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Dennis Doerfl Takes Over Leadership of Spreadshop

GREENSBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spread Group warmly welcomes Dennis Doerfl, an experienced manager with a digital mindset and international connections, as the new Director of our B2B brand Spreadshop. Dennis brings along his remarkable experience as Sales Operations Director EMEA and Operations Director EMEA at Groupon where he advanced the outsourcing of business processes to 23 countries worldwide. Since 2016, he’s been a Co-Founder and board member of Fourstarzz Media, an American software-as-service company specialized in social-media and influencer marketing.

Dennis’ cosmopolitan mindset compelled him to get a degree in business administration with a focus on marketing, taxation and auditing. He also worked as a business consultant and strategic advisor for Accenture on a global scale. "In my new position as Director of Spreadshop, I would like to continue to grow and foster the B2B business in Europe and North America. Of particular importance is increasing Shop Owner satisfaction, developing an innovative e-commerce Shop system and building strong brand visibility," says Dennis. Having successfully led international marketing and e-commerce teams for over 15 years, he will now focus on working with our new and emerging brand ambassadors: the fashion influencers.

"Through his diverse experiences and management responsibilities, Dennis has gathered extensive expertise in process optimization and application development. His consulting prowess in digitally transforming companies makes him a perfect fit for Spread Group and Spreadshop’s international approach," says Hugo Smoter, Chief Commercial Officer of Spread Group.

With his exceptional connections in the international marketing industry and his Forbes Agency Council membership, Dennis has his fingers at the pulse of current trends, challenges and solutions in e-commerce marketing. He also writes as a specialist contributor for forbes.com.

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About Spread Group

Spread Group is a collection of four digital brands to empower self-expression. We enable individuals and businesses to express themselves with print-on-demand products that people can use, wear and carry.

At the core of our business model is the idea that we print whatever customers want – whenever they want it. Customers and businesses can customize clothing and accessories with Spreadshirt’s Create Your Own service. Spreadshirt’s Marketplace connects a global community of designers with customers on Spreadshirt’s domains and external marketplaces like Amazon and eBay. Contractors can sell merch on their free Spreadshop online. And any kind of group can get matching outfits with Teamshirts. Finally, SPOD gives merchants using external shop systems access to our network of fulfillment facilities.

Founded in 2002, our brands now connect with customers, businesses, designers and sellers in over 170 countries via 18 domains in 12 languages. Five production facilities across the United States and Europe make sure we deliver on-demand printing solutions at market-leading speeds with sustainable practices.

In 2019, we obtained a global revenue of $146 million, printed more than 6.4 million items and employed 900 people from 40 countries.

www.spreadgroup.com
www.spreadshirt.com
www.spreadshop.com
www.teamshirts.com
www.spod.com

Contacts

Eike Adler
Director Corporate Communications
(+49) 341 594 00 5381
press@spreadgroup.com

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Contacts

Eike Adler
Director Corporate Communications
(+49) 341 594 00 5381
press@spreadgroup.com

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