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Bill Gruttemeyer Joins White Pine Trading as Regional Sales Manager

Published

8 years ago

July 29, 2016

INSTORE Staff

(Press Release)
NEW YORK, NY – White Pine Trading, a recycled diamond and fine jewelry company, has announced that Bill Gruttemeyer has joined the company’s national sales team as a regional sales manager covering retailers in California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii.

Gruttemeyer comes to White Pine with more than three decades of jewelry sales experience. He was most recently a sales representative at Simon Golub & Sons in Seattle, covering California, Nevada and Arizona. Prior to that, he held positions with MWI Eloquence in New York, NY and Crescent Jewelers in El Paso, TX.

Benjamin Burne, CEO of White Pine, says, “We are pleased to have Bill join our national sales team. We look forward to leveraging Bill’s industry knowledge and expansive network of relationships to serve a growing segment of retailers across the western United States.”

With the addition of Gruttemeyer, White Pine has nine regional sales managers spanning the United States, offering retailers opportunities to buy from the company’s diverse inventory of fine, branded, signed, antique and estate jewelry.

Through in-store appointments and selling events at select trade shows, White Pine provides retailers with a tailored consultative service aimed at delivering value. Additionally, White Pine sells GIA-graded diamonds and offers inventory and consumer purchasing services to retailers worldwide.

To learn more, visit whitepinediamonds.com.

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