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Vestiage Accelerates Retail Growth with Appointment of New National VP of SalesNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- With a focus on expanding their retail presence, Vestiage™, Inc. ("VEST"), the healthy-aging Company, has appointed industry veteran Laura Stall to the position of National VP of Sales. Laura brings a wide range of sales experience to Vestiage, Inc., along with a proven track record of sales success across a multitude of channels. Prior to joining Vestiage, Laura held various high-level positions such as Vice President Sales, Director of Consumer Marketing, Director of Trade Marketing, and Chain Sales Manager with such Fortune 100 Companies as PepsiCo, The Pillsbury Company, Aurora Foods, MillerCoors and Twinings Teas of London. "I am very pleased not only to have joined Vestiage earlier this year, but am now looking forward to my new position and expanded responsibility," said Stall. "The industry has been very responsive to our REGIMEN™ brand and we are confident that we will be in expanded retail distribution soon. I have personally made the sales calls at major retailers such as Kroger and Select Nutrition as well as appointed well respected brokers to major accounts for Vestiage. We are looking forward to working with these selected broker partners to expand into the Natural, Drug and Mass classes of business. We are positioned for growth and I am exceedingly optimistic about the multiple benefits our products offer the consumer." As National VP of Sales, Laura's responsibilities include the sales and marketing aspect within the grocery, natural and other retail channels of the Company's natural, healthy-aging lines; REGIMEN for men and Monterey Bay Nutraceuticals for women. In 2014 the Company started with a small retail presence. By the end of the year, the Company expects to have established a national retail presence with high quality retailers. "I'm very pleased to have Laura Stall taking over total responsibility for sales of our brands with her particular focus being on the expansion of our footprint into national retailers," said Scott Kimball, CEO for Vestiage, Inc. "Laura has great energy, drive and a super attitude. She hit the ground running since joining the Company in February, and as a result, Vestiage and REGIMEN now have a pipeline of national retailers from whom we have received commitments. We expect to recognize the initial purchase orders from these high quality retailers in the third and fourth quarters of this year. These are 'blue chip' retailers who provide strong credibility for the RegiMEN brand and are expected to expand our retail presence quite significantly." About Vestiage™
As with many fast-growing companies, our growth is dependent upon adequate funding for inventory, media, general overhead, professional fees, technology, salaries and other expenses related to the business. We have been able to obtain this funding to date, however, should we be unable in the future to obtain appropriate funding to pay our expenses and media at current levels, our growth, and our financial stability, may be negatively impacted. This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to our financial condition, results of operations and business. These forward looking statements can be identified by the use of terms such as "believe," "expects," "plan," "intend," "may," "will," "should," "can," or "anticipates," or the negative thereof, or variations thereon, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause industry trends or our actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by these statements. Important factors that may cause our results to differ from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in or new government regulations or increased enforcement of the same, (ii) unavailability of desirable acquisitions or inability to complete them, (iii) increased costs, including from increased raw material or energy prices, (iv) changes in general worldwide economic or political conditions, (v) adverse publicity or negative consumer perception regarding nutritional supplements, anti-aging or stem cell facial care products or stem cell technology in general, (vi) issues with obtaining raw materials of adequate quality or quantity, (vii) litigation and claims, including product liability, intellectual property and other types, (viii) disruptions from or following acquisitions including the loss of customers, (ix) increased competition, (x) slow or negative growth in the anti-aging or cosmetics, beauty, or nutritional supplement industry or the healthy foods or anti-aging channel, (xi) the loss of key personnel or the inability to manage our operations efficiently, (xii) problems with information management systems, manufacturing efficiencies and operations, (xiii) insurance coverage issues, (xiv) the volatility of the stock market generally and of our stock specifically, (xv) increases in the cost of borrowings or unavailability of additional debt or equity capital, or both, or fluctuations in foreign currencies, and (xvi) interruption of business or negative impact on sales and earnings due to acts of God, acts of war, terrorism, bio-terrorism, civil unrest and other factors outside of our control.
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