TROPIC CONSULTING - Key Persons

Tropic Consulting is an advisory firm specialized in the retail, wholesale, public relations and marketing fields of the fashion industry. Created by Maria Carolina Tavares de Melo to fulfill a void in the market, it provides a 360-degree approach to addressing the needs of Latin American companies that wish to enter the US market. An attorney by trade, Carolina moved from Brazil to Miami in 2006. In Miami, she further enhanced her education and graduated from the University of Miam with two LLM degrees in Comparative Law. Shortly after, she decided to follow her true calling and dived into the fashion industry, in which she has worked in different capacities since 2009. Carolina's background as a commercial attorney, as well as her vast experience as an investor, distributor, producer, and agent for fashion companies, allows her to have an all-encompassing perspective on how best to help brands to reach their potencial. Her assessment of any project includes her knowledge of legal matters, PR, style, merchandising, sales, wholesale, and finance, which minimizes mistakes and give Tropic Consulting's clients an advantage in the market.