Ripple MarketingSM recently moved their headquarters to 194 Northstar Lane in Bozeman, Montana, USA. Ripple Marketing, an internationally recognized strategic operations, marketing and branding firm, is now co-located with its associate company, Flat Earth Imports®. Simultaneously, through its team of specialists and strategic partners, the firm has also expanded its operations internationally, beginning with two affiliate locations in Italy.
According to Kitch Walker, President and Cofounder of both companies, “The re-location in Bozeman, Montana and the expanding operations in Italy allow us to fully realize the synergies we have been cultivating between Ripple Marketing and Flat Earth Imports for the past three years in import/export services for small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs/SMBs).” He continues, “With globalization truly affecting small and big business alike, we found it was imperative to evolve, adapt and expand our business model to help our clients bring about their desired results, both domestically and internationally.”
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by Kitch Walker
COMPLETE STORY AT: Bozeman, Montana Importer Brings Unique Products to U.S. – Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
published on Thursday, November 5, 2009 8:45 AM MST Bozeman Daily Chronicle
When Ripple Marketing principals Kurt Palmquist and Dodd “Kitch” Walker went to Italy a few years ago as part of a marketing-Montana trip, they had no idea the ideas they were pitching would turn into a wholesale import business in Bozeman.
But when Richard Helzer, former director of Montana State University’s art school, asked Palmquist to turn his attention to Umbria — a region in central Italy, between Florence and Rome — a business was born. Helzer had been taking students to study in Umbria for years, where they stayed at a villa owned by Filippo Vasta. When Vasta asked Helzer for help developing an artisans’ cooperative, Helzer went to Palmquist for help.
Now Palmquist and Walker work out of a 5,200-square-foot warehouse behind industrial buildings in Four Corners, where shelves are stacked with exquisite and folksy Italian hand-painted and hand-thrown ceramic dishes and woven tablecloths, all tucked into cardboard boxes that rise toward high ceilings…..
Photo By NICK WOLCOTT/CHRONICLE
Kurt Palmquist, Nikki Walker and Dodd “Kitch” Walker of Ripple Marketing have gone beyond marketing and now import handmade Italian goods.
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by Kitch Walker
In March 2009, Flat Earth Imports | Ripple Marketing founders and Montana State University (MSU) Alumni were fortunate to be featured in the MSU Alumni’s prominent publication, the MSU Collegian magazine. The featured article, ”Flat Earth Imports: An Artful Collaboration of Alumni, Artisans And Art Professor, by Marjorie Smith, appeared in the March 2009 issue.
…If you happen to have a terrific idea for a business, but think you’d like to mull it over for a few years, don’t mention it to Kitch Walker, ’96 BioSci/F&WL, ’98 BusMrktg,BusMgmt. With Walker involved, you’re likely to find yourself helping manage an international corporation within a matter of months.
Flat Earth Imports, the company Walker created with [his wife Nikki Walker, '97 Photo] Kurt Palmquist, ’88 Art, and his wife, Denise, ’86 Bus, also his partners in Bozeman-based Ripple Marketing, markets the creations of Italian artisans in Umbria, poetically known as “the green heart of Italy.” [read/download PDF of complete article]…
Special thanks to Ron Lambert, Art Director at MSU Marketing and Creative Services and Marjorie Smith, writer, for their creative efforts and professionalism in sharing our story. Also, special thanks to Jaynee Groseth, President & CEO of the Montana State University Alumni Association, and Richard Helzer, retired Director of the MSU School of Art, for their ongoing support, friendship and advocacy.
Article. Marjorie Smith, “Flat Earth Imports: An Artful Collaboration of Alumni, Artisans and Art Professor” MSU Collegian, magazine, March 2009.
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