Vendor News: Elegant Baby, Real Kids Shades, Lucky Jade

Three children’s companies add to their sales teams.

~ Baby gift and apparel manufacturer Elegant Baby has named several new reps to sell its collection: Right Brain Enterprises, based in the Chicago Merchandise Mart, will cover IN, IA, IL, KS, KY, OH, MI, MN, MO and WI; call (773) 404-0700 or e-mail info@rightbrainenterprises.net. Mimi Garrison & Associates will cover CO, WY and UT; call (303) 355-7047 or e-mail info@mimigarrison.com. J.A. Kane Inc. will handle sales in the D.C./Metro area, including MD, DE and VA; call (202) 342-3844 or e-mail jaykanefsky@gmail.com.

~ Real Kids Shades, maker of children’s 100-percent UVA/UVB sunglasses, is growing its sales force. The company has hired Christine McCarthy of CMSM, LLC as its new national sales manager and has tapped six new reps to sell its line across the country: Bill and Sandie Ellsworth (781-326-3999) will cover the New England region; Louise Connor of The Showroom (212-947-3443) is overseeing New York and the Mid-Atlantic states; Harvey Mazin (954-752-8603) will handle the Southeast; Dick Euting Associates Inc. (214-637-1692) will rep the line in the Southwest; Al Zaiff of Zaiff & Finkelstein (847-415-2148) will handle the Midwest; and Sylvia Gill Childrenswear (415-255-9899) is selling the eyewear on the West Coast.

~ Lucky Jade is now partnering with Katwalk Kids, a showroom based in Dallas’ World Trade Center. Reps Karen Jacoby and Lisa Sabin will sell the full Lucky Jade collection of baby and children’s apparel as well as the brand’s new spinoff line, Baby Chai by Lucky Jade, from their showroom suite (#8315). For information or to schedule an appointment, call (888) KAT-WALK.