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Changes in Sales Force at Meridian Cover 13 Additional States
September 9,
2024 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Industry 
Meridian Furniture, a fast-growing furniture brand serving retailers and designers with reasonably priced high-style designs sourced globally has expanded its sales force to cover 13 additional states.
Areas of the country with expanded representation include Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma, North and South Carolina, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
The new Territory sales representative team members include:
Steve Emold — Illinois & Wisconsin
Jerry Lloyd — North & South Carolina
Danielle Carlson — Ohio & Indiana
Paul Ciciarelli — MA, VT, CT, RI, & NH
Dale Kaminski — Tennessee & Kentucky
Brooks Roughton — CO, UT, WY, ID, & MT
Nick Byers — Texas & Oklahoma
Jackie Brown — Louisiana & Mississippi
Chuck Thiele — Minnesota, N. & S. Dakota
According to Mitch Hodges, vice president of sales, Meridian Furniture continues to attract A+ sales professionals able to help retailers curate a fashion-forward line with more than 10,000 SKUs as a fast-growing brand.
They are able to bring excitement to the retailer's floors and attract new audiences while also leveraging the brand's dynamic platform and speed to market.
Meridian’s inventory rich model (the company is more than 90 percent in-stock at any given time) is coupled with the ability to ship goods from its 400,000-square-foot warehouse in New Jersey, 24 hours after an order is placed with white-glove delivery and drop-shipping options.
“We have been growing exponentially on the brick-and-mortar front in large part because of the sales team we are building,” Hodges said. “Each of our sales representatives not only comes to the table with deep experience with independent retailers and their markets, but also intimately understands the omnichannel reality in which dealers must operate in order to be successful today.”