Distribution agreement with Pitman Creek
Pro Tackles and Pitman Creek Wholesale from Hustonville Kentucky, have reached a non exclusive distribution agreement of MOLIX branded products throughout the US. The agreement, born after a couple of years of negotiations during ICAST, was signed during the annual Pitman Creek Wholesale Show held on 19 and 20 of October in Somerset, Kentucky.
The Pitman Creek Wholesale is an historic company founded in 1978 in Somerset, close to Lake Cumberland in Kentucky, a favorite destination for US bass fishermen. The company changed hands in 1993, bought by James Coffey who has captained and made it grow to this day. The Pitman Creek Wholesale has built its reputation on superior customer service, fast delivery, a sales network always accessible to customers, as well as the availability of “high quality” specific products and dedicated “hard to find” items.
Pitman Creek is committed to providing our dealers with the highest level of customer service available in the fishing tackle industry. “We are dedicated to pro-actively addressing our customers’ needs – like Molix in this case – to help run their business as efficiently as possible and accomplish their goals” commented Chief Operating Officer, John D. Johnson.
“We are honored to be working with such a professional and highly qualified partner as Pitman Creek Wholesale. We are convinced that a close cooperation between our companies will lead to the achievement of important goals for the US market “- said Paolo Vannini, Molix international general manager. “I was impressed by the professionalism of their sales network, customer service and the great team work among the various colleagues of the company. James Coffey, the owner, has managed to create an important reality, constantly growing, combining to the best motivation and business needs of the American consumer, “- said Elio Canuti, Molix’s manager for foreign markets.
“We believe that our company can help – thanks to the attention to detail and the care with which we design and manufacture our products – to expand the range of Pitman Creek with very interesting tackle for their customers. Our goal is to create a strong partnership based on common strategies and actions that will bring benefit to both keeping in mind what are the needs of the dealers and the US consumer, “- Paolo Vannini concluded.