Aspire Brands Europe
Marius Ferstad is an experienced executive currently serving as the CEO of Aspire Brands Europe since January 2016, where the focus is on strategic distribution and brand value growth. Marius also holds a position as a Board Member and Non-Executive Director at Bricks Beverages AS, providing strategic support to the general management. Previously, Marius was a Partner and Commercial Manager at Aspire Brands AS and managed Agati A/S, a company in the beauty and cosmetics market, after acquiring it in 2007. Marius has also held roles in sales and development at Elite Performance Norway and as Prospect Development Manager at Relation. Marius holds a Bachelor’s degree in Strategic Communication from Copenhagen Business School.
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Aspire Brands Europe
Aspire Brands is a strategic distribution company. We partner with passionate brand owners to grow the value of their brand. Aspire provides the expertise to strengthen sales, build brand equity and expand distribution. With decades of beauty industry know-how, Aspire builds, runs and grows dynamic, profitable beauty brands in the Nordics, Baltics and BeNeLux. Our Head Office is based in Fredrikstad, Norway but we believe that it is important to be close to the market so we have offices in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Rotterdam to secure continued development of the brands in the marketplace. We mainly focus on three categories: face care, hair care and body care, but we have some projects within the fragrance category as well. We supply all the major retails in our markets and are proud to work closely with chains like Vita, Kicks, Åhlens, H&M, Etos, Kruidvat, DI, Matas, Sokos, Stockmann, Kronans Apotek, ICA and COOP to mention a few. Our brand portfolio: Batiste, Tangle Teezer, Real Techniques, Hero, The Breath Co, Femfresh, Blossom, EcoTools, WOWBROW, O'Keeffe's, Invisibobble, Elegant Touch, Eylure, WAGS