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        • DESIGN WASHBASIN
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        • CARPETS
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black bread + jam
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We are a TEAM
of consultants
to the design industry, connected with the food and beverage community.
Our expertises
are in complementary business areas:

4 peoplE
​x 5 years

YEAR 1 → preparation
Study, understand, strategic thinking,
work on the product.

YEAR 2 → the beginning
Apply the strategy, start promotion,
check market and products success.

YEAR 3 → fine tuning
Hard push on what works, cut what
do not, adjustments and fine tuning.

YEAR 4 → sales
Sales, sales, sales.

YEAR 5 → end of consulting
You are in: goodbye.

Giuseppe
MARKETING

Stefano
DESIGN

Duane
SALES MANAGER

Elisabetta
NEGOTIATION

SARA
CREATIVITY

​ENRICO
NETWORKING

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Do not expect a light job, and easy job or a short job. We will challenge you continuously.

We may offer you our time, but would need to have yours back, as you are the real expert… and of course we want your money!

We give you years of experience and after assessing your world
we deliver our professional skills to build your company
​in America.
We have a long history of success in North America.


The team:

+GIUSEPPE AVESANI

During my professional career I have acquired knowledge and skills in the management of small businesses operating in various sectors of activity. I have had responsibilities in different areas such as marketing, sales, business development, export sales and communication for the design and architecture sectors.
I am a dynamic sales professional with a strong background in the furniture and design sector acquired in highly competitive markets, working with leading companies in the sector.
I spent 15 of the 25 years of my personal experience in the design sector in the North American market, helping made in Italy companies to open their market by working with A&D, General Contractors and Developers.
I hate approximation, however I approach my work in a funky way. I am curious and attracted to the exploration of the new.
I live with disenchantment, making fun of useless pomposity.

​My favorite jam is the lemon one.

+Stefano spessotto

Consulting professional in the functional sector of the corporation as well as the development and definition of the corporation’s identities and products.
Thirty years of experience in the communication and product design field along with the furniture sector.
Particularly attentive to the creation of working groups within companies, I often play a coordinator between Management, Marketing, Sales and R&D in order to refine the offer of products and / or services.
- Definition of brand awareness;
- Correct positioning respectively to the markets;
- Knowledge of production problems;
- Aesthetic sensitivity;
- Leadership attitude;
Ethically respectful for the roles
I look for win-win solutions functional to the constructive of all. Sensitive to issues related to sustainability.
I develop design and production methods aimed at saving costs, times, raw materials and increasing utility and leisure time.
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My favorite is blueberry jam.

+duane lucas

Business Develop Manager
and Brand Ambassador.
In my eighteen plus years in the Architectural and Design l industry I've acquired great insight into this vast and ever changing world of Interior Design. As an interior designer I've always pushed myself to see where the industry can improve, demonstrating creativity in thinking and planning with a trained eye for business development and passion for design with competitive ideas. I have strong written and verbal communication with a well developed ability to present complex information to a wide range of audiences from different backgrounds and cultures; Able to inspire colleagues with differentiated thinking, a positive confident attitude and flexible approach.

I like fig jam.



+Elisabetta vaghi

Experienced Partner with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry.
Skilled in Negotiation, Sales planning, Contract negotiations, Retail, Sales and Customer Relationship management.
Experience and knowledge of sales and marketing principles in Europe and GCC areas.
Solid working experience in creating and leading effective teams and working across cultures and geographies to grow businesses.
- Understanding of the market, market drivers and competitive climate;
- Operating and motivating at all organizational levels, driven by permanent personal and professional improvement;
- Demonstrated leadership;
I am a passionate and enthusiast person, capable of involving everyone on my way, with a task oriented approach and a professional ethics.
Dynamic and goal-oriented, I always like to broaden my horizons.

My favorite jam is bitter orange.

+SARA VIARENGO

I am an architect, an interior designer and a design business consultant with over 10 years of international experience.
As partner and founder of a design and consulting studio, I have a strong design sensitivity and an extensive knowledge of design strategy, creative and conceptual development, finishes and material selection, project management. 
Since 2011 I have been working and living between Milan and Toronto, building and strengthening a broad international networks while consulting major trade shows and associations in Canada, UK and Italy across the industries of design, hospitality, food and foodservice.
In my activities in design, architecture and international consulting, I try to blend the principles of yoga and the oriental philosophies like Vastu and Feng Shui, with the more pragmatic guidelines of the western culture as the Well Building Standard or the research on Biophilic Design. I strongly believe that personal    well-being passes through the quality of spaces in which we live and work, and I have been focused most of my career in research and study how to apply those best practices to design and architecture.
I love to experience other cultures through business and leisure travels and I am always looking for new business opportunity, latest trends and products and potential international relations to develop.

I love all kind of hand made jams!

+ENRICO CLEVA

I am an architect and a consultant on international business development. As a professional in building architectures, after living some time in Toronto and ten years of intensive travels in North America and globally, I am now also applying my design mindset to build business networks at international scale. Besides practicing architecture, managing people, complexity and projects at different stages and scales, I now build international business opportunities for clients such as Fiera Milano and IDC - the Interior Designers of Canada.
Working for Canadian, American, Asian and European clients, I am expert on international relations in the  design, hospitality, foodservice and F&B sectors. As a consultant in such different areas for the exhibition industry, I have a broad personal network at the highest level with trades associations and global organizations.
I am always active in exploring out of the box strategies for clients eager to challenge new markets and new business opportunities.
I am President of the Board for the Italian Chapter of the NPO NEWH, the Hospitality Industry Network, with a proven track record of success on starting, developing and managing business networks in new environments.
I sometimes write Show reports for the magazine Canadian Interiors and I am invited as speaker on design trends and business development at events and conventions. 
I have a passion for architecture, design, travels and food, which for an odd coincidence are at the real foundation of my entire career….

My favorite is kumquat’s jam.

Credits:

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Our next projects

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Happy Business to You Biennial of Italian Contract, the only B2B event dedicated to ITALIAN
companies operating in the "turnkey" contract sector for interiors and exteriors, is enriched
with an edition
abroad, specifically in Toronto, Canada.

The event will be held from 4 to 7 October 2022, at DESIGN EXCHANGE, a space dedicated to design in downtown TORONTO (Ontario)

By participating in the event, the companies will have the opportunity to meet and develop commercial relationships with the most renowned architecture, interior designer and developer firms in one of the areas where Contract supplies can have the maximum development and possibility of realization for the Italian companies.
The participating companies will meet the best architectural firms from all over Canada and the American East Coast (New York, Miami, Chicago, Boston), developers and general contractors interested in including Made in Italy products in their projects in North America.
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Our project is to set up an exclusive apartment in Downtown Toronto and make it the Canadian showcase for partner companies.

It will be your operational headquarters, your showroom, the venue for new product launch events, your address in Toronto. We will put our staff at your disposal to outline an operational strategy with you for a process of stimulating the market through specific commercial actions. We will make a furnishing proposal with its layout that enhances the living space using the products of the partner companies of the project. The living area and the dining room will become the meeting place for appointments with the possibility of offering lunches and dinners with "Italian cuisine" dishes to customers.
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CANADA BB+J
​Phone: +1 (416) 4731003
marketing@blackbreadandjam.com
USA BB+J
​Mobile: +1 (416) 473-1003
avesani@blackbreadandjam.com
UK BB+J
​Phone: + 44 20 3095 6449
Mobile: + 44 7950 958 569
​marketing@blackbreadandjam.com
ITALY BB+J
​Phone: +39 02 8322049
marketing@blackbreadandjam.com