Maidenform
Ann Petrone has over three decades of experience in finance and purchasing management. At Maidenform since 2004, Ann serves as Manager of Sourcing Finance, overseeing a team of five and handling responsibilities such as import/export documentation validation, contractor cost reviews, logistics compliance, and financial close duties. Prior to Maidenform, Ann worked at Sony Music Entertainment for fourteen years, initially as Director of Purchasing, leading a team of six and focusing on promotional merchandise consolidation, contract negotiations, and vendor evaluations. Ann also created a new procurement department within Sony Music, enhancing service levels and customer satisfaction. Ann holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management from James Madison University.
Maidenform
Our company, Maidenform Brands, Inc., is a global intimate apparel company with a portfolio of established, well-known brands, top-selling products and an iconic heritage. We design, source and market an extensive range of intimate apparel products, including bras, panties and shapewear. We sell our products through multiple distribution channels, including department stores, national chains, mass merchants (including warehouse clubs), other (including specialty retailers, off-price retailers, foreign distributors and licensees), and our company-operated outlet stores and our websites. During Maidenform's 90-year history, we believe we have built strong equity for our brands and established a platform for growth through a combination of innovative, first-to-market designs and creative advertising campaigns focused on increasing brand awareness with generations of women. We sell our products under some of the most recognized brands in the intimate apparel industry, including Maidenform®, Flexees®, Lilyette®, Control It! ®, Luleh®, Sweet Nothings®, Rendezvous®, Subtract®, Bodymates®, Self Expressions® and Inspirations®.