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From zero to €2.5M pipeline in 12 months, without hiring export manager.

As Storm X Digital generated €2.5M pipeline and €900K sales for Brands Cosmos (Reebok Socks EMEA license) in 12 months — with multichannel outbound and fractional export manager, without local commercial assumptions.

Published on 2026-06-05

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Case study — 2025Outbound B2B · Export manager fractional

Outbound multichannel and export manager fractional for Brands Cosmos, licensor of Reebok Socks for EMEA area. New markets in North Africa, Middle East and CIS — without just one local business intake.

Customer
Brands Cosmos
Sector
Socks & legwear
Markets
N. Africa · ME · CIS
Duration
12 months
============ KPI BAND ============
The results in summary
€2,5MM
Pipeline generated
In 12 months
€900KEY
Converted sales
In 12 months
25
Opportunities in CRM
Pipedrive
10
Retailer who ordered
Throughout EMEA area
============ 01 CLIENT ============
01 / The customer

Reebok Socks exclusive licensor, ready to grow in EMEA.

Brands Cosmos is the exclusive licensee of Reebok Socks for the EMEA area. It manages distribution, design, marketing and production for brands that lead to international markets.

He wanted to grow in North Africa, Middle East and CIS. But without building a sales force in every single country — and without diluting control over the brand.

Reebok
Brand licensed Reebok Socks Brands Cosmos · licensee EMEA
============ 02 CHALLENGE ============
02 / The Challenge

Open new markets without inflate fixed costs.

Open new markets with a distributed sales team costs time and money: six dedicated export managers are a heavy fixed cost, year after year.

They needed conversations with the right retailers, in their language.

Brands Cosmos was looking for a leaner model, able to scale quickly — without sacrificing the quality of relationships or the control of the brand.

============ 03 APPROACH ============
03 / What we did

technological speed and human presence in the negotiations.

Two engines working together: a multichannel outbound system to open conversations, and a broken export manager to bring them to the signature.

01 / Outbound Smart System

Outbound engine on three channels

Email, LinkedIn and WhatsApp, with each message adapted to the language and context of each market.

  • Dedicated and heated domains to arrive in inbox, not in spam
  • Multichannel sequences coordinated to the right retailers decision makers
  • Custom audio notes where they serve — they convert more than text
  • Messages in the local language of North Africa, Middle East and CIS
02 / Export manager fractional

From the first contact to the signature

We did not stop at the first contact: we participated in the meetings and managed the negotiations on behalf of the customer.

  • A unique commercial reference, without the cost of six assumptions
  • Negotiations conducted until the closure of the order
  • Brand control maintained by Brands Cosmos in every communication
  • Unchanged fixed costs, quickly scaled commercial capacity
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04 / A shelf

From inbox to point of sale.

The closed negotiations were translated into physical presence: Reebok Socks brand exhibitors, ready for EMEA retailers.

Reebok Socks display — brand stand display Reebok Socks exhibitor · make of production

An exhibitor, everywhere at a glance.

Self-supporting display with full height Reebok graphics, designed for retailer floor: 105 pairs of socks for display, dedicated exhibition hooks and brand visibility on each side.

Capacity105 pairs · exhibitor
RangeLowcut & ankle · 3 pairs
ColorwayWhite / Black
DistributionRetailer EMEA
============ 05 RESULTS (DARK) ============
05 / The results

A pipeline continues to produce.

In 12 months: pipeline €2.5M, 25 opportunities in CRM and €900K of converted sales — starting from zero, without local commercial assumptions.

01 Pipeline generated
€2.5M
25 opportunities in CRM · Pipedrive
02 Converted sales
€900K
10 retailers · throughout the EMEA area
============ 06 RETAILERS ============
06 / Retailer

The signs that have open an order.

From large GCC groups to the GDO of Middle East and North Africa — prominent signs that closed an order Reebok Socks in 12 months.

Flagship
Brands For Less
Brands For Less
BFL Group · GCC
Tamimi Markets
Tamimi Markets
Saudi Arabia
Carrefour
Carrefour MAF
Middle East
BIM
BIM
North Africa · Morocco
Flagship & reorder
Brands For Less reordering without stop

The most important order — that with BFL Group — is then passed to Recurring reorganization: the clearest signal that the product turns to shelf and that the relationship holds over time.

Volume G
Tamimi and Carrefour towing the saddle-out

The signs of great distribution — Tamimi Markets and Carrefour MAF — they have towed much of the converted sales, alongside the expansion of BIM in North Africa.

============ 07 CONCLUSION ============
07 / Why it worked
We have joined technological speed and human presence in the negotiations. Brands Cosmos opened new markets without inflating fixed costs — and the built pipeline continues to produce new opportunities.
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Storm X Digital

We build outbound sales systems and multichannel marketplaces for brands ready to grow beyond their source market.

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www.stormxdigital.com Bisceglie (BA), Italy
© 2025 Storm X Digital Agency Brands Cosmos · Reebok Socks EMEA · Case Study

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