Famous Peruvian Entrepreneurs Topitop Aquilino Flores

Mr. Ricardo Candela Homes

Early

In Huancavelica, central highlands city of Flores family resides. When his father died Aquilino was 12, the eldest son of the Browns decided to emigrate. Which travels at Pisco. Start Apana (collecting) cotton pawn Their work leads then to Chincha, Cañete and finally to Lima.

In the capital of Peru, began to make a living washing cars around the Central Market. It was a nice guy and hard working and one day, the owner of one of the cars washed, proposed to sell him some of the poles that made in informal workshop. He gave twenty told him to take as much time as he needed. But the twenty Aquilino shirts sold in one day. Thus, before reaching adolescence, passing cars to wash clothes peddler in the heart of Colonial Lima.

One day he asked the provider if the poles could make with color figures, which were the favorites of its customers. and as he did not make clothes stamped Aquilino informal subcontract to a dry cleaner to add ornaments and images to T-shirts he sold.

The expansion

Success smiles so as soon buy a sewing machine. Begin to develop their own clothing, then decide to extend a half-dozen of these machines.

As the business worked well, Huancavelica Aquilino brought his brothers Manuel, Carlos, Mark and Armando and put them to work with. From street vendors to be passed after traders stable at the Central Market.

The big jump

The great leap craft business Aquilino Flores began the day a merchant outlet, the border town between Peru and Bolivia and a paradise of smuggling and informal economy, we placed an order for ten thousand dollars of shirts with color cartoons !

Immediately, all subcontract sweatshops in the neighborhood and working at top speed came to deliver the ten thousand dollars of poles within the time promised.

In 1966, the brothers Flores organized the first workshop of knitted garments.

It begins to dye the fabric because providers do not offer the variety of colors required.

In 1982, they decide to invest in the first part of the process is the bookkeeping.

It further resolves no longer to work through dealers and opened its first store in downtown Lima and three in the city of Trujillo

In 1983, the company "Topy Top"

At the end of 1995 built its first plant to produce model Full Package 40 to 50 thousand pieces per day for export.

In 1996, he initiated the first exports to nearby countries such as Argentina, Paraguay, Chile and Brazil, to large chains like Gap and Old Navy, among others.

In October 1997, merger with Flowers Creations SRL. , In a process of liquidation, the latter acting as the acquiring company. After these operations, "Flores Creations Inc." change of name, adopting the name "Topy Top SA"

In 2000, it was agreed the merger of the company Color Star Peru SA company affiliated with the group, dedicated to providing dry cleaning services.



By January 2001, decided to move the distribution and marketing activities of production, the company Trading Group SA Fashion Line The buying all production for the domestic market.

In 2002, Topy Top becomes the fourth largest exporter in Peru

Achieved in 2005 as the first exporter located in Peru.



Today, Topy Top has 30 stores in the country, and 10 in Venezuela.

In addition to very refined changed its name, now is not "Topy Top SA" is now "Topitop"



Human Development in the textile sector the biggest problem is finding qualified personnel in the handling of machines and especially tissue. To overcome this problem by creating the area of ​​Talent Development, responsible for annual accreditation of all workers according to the different areas and subjects. Are evaluated after train workers.



In September of 2009. Topitop fired 45 workers reinstated, the action would not have been voluntary. After the workers demanded his reinstatement, the CGTP was contacted outside the trade unions, which located to the main Spanish clients Topy Top. The latter company demanded strict respect for their workers and the use of good working practices in exchange for keeping their business relationship.



Source:

1.-Strategia

Enero-febrero2007/Lima-Peru 2/Nro03 Year

2.-Web: http://www.topytop.com.pe/paginas/gnr_prod.asp

3.-newspaper "La Republica": 19 September 2009

4 .- The lesson of the poor: Mario Vargas Llosa (06/05/2008)

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