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Eric Rossi announces new consultancy: Game On Club

Published on: 19th June 2024

Eric is leaving Vulli after five and a half successful years to pursue his new business venture, Game On Club, which will support everyone from start-ups to multinationals.

Game On ClubEric Rossi has announced that he is to leave his role as chief executive officer of Vulli SAS, the company behind brands including Sophie la Girafe and Klorophil, to set up his own specialist consultancy.

Game On Club will offer its clients business consulting in international expansion, marketing and brand strategy, coaching, general management, environments and development activities based on Eric’s 30+ years of experience in the Toys & Games market, both in France and internationally.

Game On Club’s objective, Eric told Toy World, is to provide its clients and partners with all the support they need to manage game-changing projects and transform innovations and ideas into commercial, marketing and internationalisation successes. Support is available for all sizes of client, from start-ups to multinationals, and for all stage of the development process, from concept to market, with business development as the target outcome.

Eric said: “I offer three decades of expertise in market trends, product development, stepping up businesses and strategic planning. My mission is to help businesses innovate and thrive, ensuring their success in this dynamic industry.”

Game On Club

Eric Rossi

Prior to his role at Vulli, Eric worked for a raft of leading toy companies including Vivid Imaginations (now Vivid Goliath), Hasbro and Tomy.

Announcing the news of his departure from Vulli, Eric said he had a “heart full of emotions and a mind filled with happy memories”.

“Over the past five and a half years, together we have continued to develop our strong brands with international influence,” he wrote in an email to his colleagues and industry peers. “We have collectively embarked on wonderful adventures and shared good times over the years, even during the challenging periods we have faced. I am incredibly proud of what we have accomplished together, and I want to express my sincere gratitude. Thank you to my colleagues for their commitment; to our partners, clients, international distributors, suppliers, and industry organisations for their support, which has been crucial. Thank you for being part of this incredible journey and for this very special period of my life, which I remember with only good memories and much affection.”

Anyone interested in working with Eric and Game On Club can email ericrossi@gameonclub.net or call (33) 613 85 40 46. Eric is also contactable on LinkedIn.

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