Welcome to our F&P Team - Ilona Garich I was born on Sylt but I have been living in Berlin for over 30 years. Before Ilona came to F&P she worked as an accounting manager at a large service company for electricity and gas in Potsdam for seven years. She also worked about ten years as an accountant in a plastic production plant in Berlin. From the beginning I felt very comfortable with F&P. The whole team is great, the way of working is very professional and teamoriented and the atmosphere is very pleasant. We wish Ilona all the best and a very exciting time at F&P! ...

What do we do the whole day? Have a look behind the scene! Today - Head of Event (Fashion Flash)   Morning respectively forenoon: Planning the day, coordination in the team & processing time-critical ToDo's   Every day is different and there are always new challenges that have to be tackled together with the team - accordingly every week or in a shorter version every day begins with a get-together of the Fashion Flash Team in which each employee updates the areas / topics supervised by him / her are checked, the planning status of the upcoming event is checked, upcoming ToDo's are recorded, prioritized and distributed and all further topics are discussed together.   The rest of the morning I usually block myself to process the most important mails and ToDo's. I am happy to answer questions from the team. As a final act before lunch, around noon, I visit our colleagues from the labeling and quality team to have a real-time look at the latest collections and merchandise and speak directly with people and get information for future decision-making because they have - together with our buyers - the best view of goods and quality.   Lunch or afternoon: Lunch & consultation with stakeholders and interface functions   Lunch is eaten together in the team - in good weather on the sunny terrace of the E-Com building. Then it's time for a collective exercise therapy and fresh cell feed: the legendary F & P after-lunch table tennis rounds!   In the afternoon, the weekly meetings will be held for discussions with the departments, project managers and external service providers involved in running the event business. One of these rolling meetings is, for example, the weekly Jour Fixe with the purchasing team, where the current inventory is checked, the purchasing planning for the upcoming events is discussed and current trends and seasonal highlights are discussed.   Evening: recap of the day, planning for tomorrow and after-work activities   Before I leave work, I recapitulate the day, preparing for the upcoming meetings or business trips of the next day and memorably note the fresh ideas and solutions that have been shot in the head over the day on Post-It's.   At the end of the working day, friends, cooks or, to be honest, far too rarely, a round of sports. Such a day as a head of event is quite diverse and tightly timed - one has to deal with an incredible number of people, makes many decisions and deals with various topics and stakeholders. But it‘s guaranteed never boring! (written by Georgious (Jorgo) Kotsougianis, Head of Event) ...

At F&P Stock-Solution we work directly with a wide network of fashion brands, retails stores and eCommerce platforms, and help them liquidate their inventory, deal with customer returns and defect goods. Our young, dynamic, and international team works every day, to create and develop effective solutions for overstocks and access inventory.   We have 2 channels through which we sell the products we buy, an innovative B2C pop-up event in Germany (www.fashion-flash.de), as well as a B2B channel mainly in Russia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. We are aware that brands are concerned about image and brand value. Therefore we explore our partner's requirements and restrictions and ensure full control of our point of sales worldwide protecting our supplier's brands.   Our philosophy is to build up long lasting and trustworthy relationships and we welcome partners and customers to visit us at any time so they can get to know us, our business model and talk about the many ways we can collaborate, and why not, join us for a ping pong match?   In the buying department, we are constantly looking for new collaborations and for that reason, we visit partners at fashion trade shows and events like for example Berlin Premium, Panorama, and many others.     Our most recently attended event was the pre-release of PUMA x Outlaw Moscow by Overkill. The global release for this capsule collection took place on 14.07. and we had the honor to celebrate the launch at the event two days before.   We love having direct contact with the brands and building trustworthy relationships. I am looking forward to many more.   (written by Keiko Tanaka, Junior Buyer) ...

Fashion Flash Summer Vibes Düsseldorf – 20. & 21. Juli 2018, Boui Boui Bilk    Summer, fun, sun and cool cocktails?  All of this was prepared at Fashion Flash Summer Vibes in Düsseldorf. On top we had summer fashion, trendy shoes, beach-accessories and must-haves of the year last Friday and Saturday!    At almost 2.000m² more than 1.000 women gotten into shopping mania while our cooperation partners prepared cool cocktails, tasty snacks, perfect accessories and matching make-up all over the place in- and outside.      At our fun-area visitors were playing football, can knock down and relaxed at our chillout lounge afterwards. Memorial pictures with beach accessories were taken at our photo corner.    We want to say thank you for this unforgettable summer special to all visitors, cooperation partners, employees and the Boui Boui Bilk.  We’re looking forward to the next time!  (writen by Sandra Dehn, Project Assistent) ...

Today we welcome our new team member Gergana from Bulgaria. After finishing her Linguistics Studies in Vienna, Gergana moved to Berlin in 2015 to study fashion styling and photography. “I have been passionate about fashion from a very early age (my mother’s fault). I always feel the need of being creative even on a daily basis so I started my own fashion blog during my studies back in 2012.” Before she became a member of us Gergana worked as a fashion copywriter and freelance stylist. “Besides fashion I am also interested in art and photography.” Gergana joined us this month and will support our team as a merchandiser. “I am happy to be a part of the F&P crew, which already feels like a family to me!” We are happy to welcome Gergana in our team and wish her a lot of success and great experiences. ...

What do we do the whole day? Have a look behind the scene! Today - Merchandising The merchandiser's position is probably one of the most diversified  and most interesting at F&P. Acting as a interface  between purchasing, sales, warehousing, accounting and content management, our work focusses on assessment of the needs of our sales team including the analysis, the management and the allocation of purchased goods for the various distribution channels such as B2B, Fashion Flash or online platforms. When analyzing large amounts of data, accuracy, speed and sometimes as well as a decent portion of creativity are essential. Our sales team relies on us to be fast and accurate in order to be able to successfully sell our products on a profitable basis. But those who believe that our work is limited to just analysing Excel tables are clearly wrong. In order to classify articles and assess their sales potential, it is essential to get in touch with our products and to stay in permanent communication with the sales management and the management directors.   The speed and diversity of our work is by far the most exciting and sometimes also a littlbe bit frustrating thing that wholesale has to offer. Even greater is the  excitment and happiness, when commitment and passion are rewarded with satisfied customers and sales colleagues   The decisive step to success is often only a dataset away. (written by Marcus Wolf, Merchandiser) ...

Brainstorming while watching Soccer Match, that's modern conferencing! Monday, 4 pm, Soccer World Cup Match Brasilia vs. Mexico! Daniel, Co-Founder & CTO from Kreatize is a born mexican and thus has to watch the match, of course. Nevertheless, meeting with our companioned team from the Start-Up Kreatize in Berlin started at the dot of 16:30. We spoke about our experiences within the scope of Human Resources, IT and company policies.  KREATIZE® helps manufacturing companies with smart purchasing solutions. We believe in the future of the manufacturing industry in Germany and Europe, and want to help businesses in this market achieve more success and agility. KREATIZE® digitalizes the way custom parts are ordered and manufactured. Companies receive a complete offer for their request within 120 minutes. With our smart solutions we are proud supporters of the digital and agile world of manufacturing, and plan to support as many businesses as possible. Website from Kreatize It's very important for us, to maintain an exchange of ideas with other companies, mainly other Start-Ups. Maybe we will learn something new from them and hopefully the other way around.  The best way to talk about new ideas is a relaxing atmosphere without any pressure. We have the possibilities to talk all about what's coming up in our mind, to hear otherone's thoughts and opinions about important topics and issues about company policies, strategies and know-how from different kind of people. (Ole)   ...