Scheller to Merchandise Broyhill Case Goods

June 12, 2006  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Bedroom on June 2006 Fran Scheller has joined full-line vendor Broyhill Furniture Inds. as merchandise manager for bedroom and dining room.

Scheller comes to Broyhill from Hecht’s Department Store, a division of Arlington, Va.-based May Co., where she spent 28 years. For the last 20 years, she was the company’s furniture buyer, and also spent time in retail sales and executive training.

“We are very excited to have Fran join the Broyhill team,” said Mike McCollum, vice president of merchandising and design for Broyhill. “Her background in retail merchandising will add greatly to our market-driven direction. We found in Fran a person with an enthusiastic approach to developing innovative products and concepts for the consumer.”

Broyhill Furniture is part of Furniture Brands International, also the parent company of Drexel Heritage, Henredon, Maitland-Smith, Lane, and Thomasville.