‘An incredible journey’: Rituals turns on the magic at 15th birthday

Rituals was profiled and Raymond Cloosterman interviewed by Martin Moodie in the latest issue of The Moodie Report Digital Print Edition. Click to download.“An incredible journey.” That’s how Rituals Founder & CEO Raymond Cloosterman described the company’s 15-year history, which was celebrated in spectacular style in Amsterdam last night.

“All of us as the Rituals family have brought us to where we are today,” he told an audience of some 1,100 management and employees from around the world at the Amsterdam Concert Hall (The Concertgebouw).

In a short and poignant speech, Cloosterman spoke about the company’s impressive evolution from a one-store retailer in the year 2000 to one that is now available in 24 countries, in over 400 stores.

In October Cloosterman told the story of that incredible journey in a landmark interview with The Moodie Report Chairman Martin Moodie. Click on the image to download.

A proud Raymond Cloosterman (above) is joined by his senior management team (below) on stage in Amsterdam last nightMartin Moodie was on hand to enjoy a spectacular evening of music and magic (Right) Pictured from left to right are Rituals Director Wholesale Neil Ebbutt, who also handles the company’s burgeoning travel retail business; Peter Lightfoot, Owner of leading communications agency Lightfoot Marketing; and Kapila Gohel, Editor of Duty-Free News International

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