Family houses and design-led makers whose name already means something at home. You may have a few clients in North America through a trade fair or a showroom visit, but nobody here who answers for the brand day to day. You want to grow in Canada without discounting, without the wrong retailer, and without losing control of how you are presented.
Furniture, lighting and interiors
Leather goods and accessories
Fashion, textiles and home linen
Tableware, glass and design objects
We start as your appointed agent. We present the collection, open the doors to the retailers, interior designers and hospitality buyers who should carry you, and negotiate in your name, while you ship and invoice direct. Exclusive distribution comes later, if the volumes justify it and you want it. Nothing is agreed in your name without your sign-off.
Appointed agent first: you ship and invoice direct
Retailers, designers and hospitality buyers chosen for fit, not coverage
Your wholesale pricing floor and presentation standards agreed in writing
Exclusive distribution only once the volumes prove it
Before any long-term commitment, a short first phase with a fixed scope. We map where your category sells in Canada and at what price, test your landed cost against it, and put the collection in front of a shortlist of the retailers, designers and buyers who fit the brand. At the end you have a written read on whether Canada is worth it, and a decision to make.
Where your category sells, who carries it and at what price
Landed cost: duty, freight, labelling and retail margin
A shortlist of retailers, designers and buyers who fit the brand
First presentations made, ending in a written go or no-go
A luxury name takes decades to build and one bad season to cheapen. We choose retailers who sell at your price in every province, never open the channels you refuse, and make sure the stores that carry you present the brand the way you would. Once the base in Canada is solid, we plan the United States with you.
Retailers chosen to sell at your price
We never open the channels you refuse
Presentation standards checked where you are sold
The United States planned once Canada is solid
Furniture, lighting and interiors, leather goods and accessories, fashion, textiles and home linen, and tableware, glass and design objects. If your category is close to these, ask. If we are not the right partner, we will say so.
No. A price that drops in the first year rarely recovers. We would rather open with a few retailers who sell at your price than many who will not, and we agree your wholesale pricing floor with you in writing before the first presentation.
Only where they sell at your price and present the brand properly. Most premium houses do better starting with selected independent retailers, interior designers and hospitality projects, and widening once the name is known here.
Yes. In Canada we launched Tonino Lamborghini's products, and placed its coffee and hot chocolate with selected Italian premium retailers rather than chain retail, because chain retail could not hold a luxury price. Before that, our founder met Formitalia's volume target, which earned his employer at the time the Aston Martin furniture exclusivity. We also built Lusso Scelta, our own Italian coffee and gourmet brand in North America, from its first order.
Only a few at a time, so each one has our full attention, from the first conversation with a retailer to the customer who orders again.
A short call. Thirty minutes is usually enough to understand the house, the collection and whether Canada is worth your time. Book it with the button at the top or bottom of this page, send us a message through the Contact page, or write to reception@tehranitrading.ca.
Someone on your side who can agree terms without a long internal review. Clear answers early save a season later.
Ex-works prices, minimum orders, lead times, and the margin a Canadian retailer needs to carry you. Optimistic numbers cost everyone a year.
What the brand will and will not do. Pricing floors, channels you refuse, presentation standards. Tell us what to defend and we will defend it.
A premium name is built slowly. The first twelve months build the base, and the return comes in the years after it, which is why we plan for several years, with clear points to review.
A 30-minute call is usually enough to tell. If it is, the first phase ends in a written go or no-go. If it is not, we will say so.
Or write to reception@tehranitrading.ca, or call +1 (866) 984-0356.
Twenty years of building brands in markets where they had never existed.
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