ProQuip has appointed Harry Thundow as its sales agent for Scotland, strengthening the weatherwear and apparel brand’s support for retailers across its home market.
Thundow has established relationships with golf clubs, resorts and online retailers through his work with brands including G/FORE, Alan Paine and personalised accessories company AK Golf.
He replaces Douglas MacMillan, who covered eastern Scotland, and Graeme Shaw, who represented the company in western Scotland. Both have stepped down to pursue new business ventures after 23 years with ProQuip.
“We are delighted to welcome Harry to the team and he joins ProQuip at an exciting moment,” said Russell Brooks, General Manager of ProQuip.
“We are investing strategically in new digital technologies, have launched an upgraded consumer website, and seeded strong AW26 and SS27 collections with the trade.
“We look forward to working with Harry and our Scottish customers to generate excellent sales and productive partnerships in the ‘Home of Golf’.”
Brooks also thanked MacMillan and Shaw for more than two decades of service to the company.
Thundow said: “Representing ProQuip, an iconic Scottish brand, with a proud and established heritage, was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.
“ProQuip clothing has been selected by 20 Ryder Cup teams since 1983, and its specialist lightweight weatherwear has earned the trust of serious and recreational golfers for almost half a century. I know my current clients are going to value the depth of products, technical innovation and margin-generating potential that the brand offers.”
The appointment forms part of a broader restructuring of ProQuip’s sales coverage. In May, the company appointed Ian Singleton and Tom Hicklin of IDS Golf to support green-grass retail accounts across north-west England, northern Wales and the area extending to Scotland’s southern border.
Thundow is also part of the sales team for Ashworth, the Californian golf lifestyle brand for which ProQuip is the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor.
Retailers interested in stocking ProQuip can contact Thundow on 07557 969208 or at harrythundow@hotmail.com.
For more information visit www.proquipgolf.net.
