Dre Hayes has extensive experience in the fashion and lifestyle industry. They co-founded The Foundation Showroom in 2009, where their primary role was to provide sales and retail strategies for emerging and established brands. They worked closely with these brands to develop innovative retail solutions and brand building strategies. Prior to that, Dre Hayes worked as a Midwest and Midatlantic Account Executive at Azzure Denim from 1999 to 2005.
Dre Hayes attended Old Dominion University from 1995 to 1999, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science.
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The Foundation
The Foundation is a multifaceted organization designed to help curate and build fashion, tech, home and lifestyle brands. We are a full service agency and pride ourselves on working closely with our clients and partners, taking them to market in a stalwart and strategic manner that assimilates both business and image requirements. Our primary business is sales. We are involved on many different levels with each brand to help build them monetarily while simultaneously enhancing their notoriety. We consider ourselves "brand architects", as we believe the success of each brand depends on the way it is built. The Foundation consists of four founding members: Antwain, Ari, Daniel and Dre. Each founder has 20+ years in sales experience and relationships in the industry. They each contribute diverse experiences from working for small niche brands to some of the most authoritative and successful brands in the world. At The Foundation one of our most regarded assets is our team. We have a fantastic staff with the drive and determination to conquer any and all goals that are set before them. In addition we are blessed to have multiple decades worth of relationships with retail partners that we revere and treasure. Their businesses are our businesses as our success is directly dependent on their success. In 2017 we expanded our services and we are now focused on a full suite of services inclusive of Distribution, Licensing, Development & Design. We have a full team focused on Imports, Logistics, Warehousing, Marketing, Finance, etc...