Thomasville of New Jersey Fetes Top Sales Writers

June 28, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on June 2007 Thomasville Stores of New Jersey, Fairfield, N.J., rewarded 16 of the retailer’s best performing retail sales staff with a group trip to New York City earlier this month.

“In a challenging economic environment, we’ve enjoyed some stellar performances from key individuals in our company,” said Michael Massood, president and chief executive officer of the four-year old franchise. “We think it’s important to recognize them.”

Collectively, the top writers, produced more $16 million in sales for the fiscal year ending December 2006, a 10 percent increase over the previous period.

“I’m looking forward to seeing more associates attain this level of sales in 2007 and beyond,” said Mike Trapasso, who was recently appointed to vice president of sales of the growing five-store operation. “Our goal is to support our sales team and provide them with the tools they need to optimize sell-through and customer relations.”

The employees, their spouses and several members of Thomasville Stores of New Jersey’s management team began the organized outing with breakfast at the company’s Paramus, N.J., store. They boarded a chartered bus, stopping at the Eatontown store for lunch, and drove across the bridge to New York City with tickets for the comedy/drama ‘Curtains’ at the Al Hirschfeld theater in the Broadway district of Manhattan.

After the play, the group enjoyed a late evening meal at Manganaros, a popular Italian trattoria dating from 1893 on Ninth Avenue, before returning home.