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May 8,
2008 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in on May 2008
Jim Gaffey has been named senior vice president of business development for Twin-Star International.
Prior to joining the company, Gaffey was merchandise vice president for furniture and accents at retailer Fortunoff. Prior to his 19 years with the New York retailer, Gaffey was with Bloomingdales in its furniture division.
In his new position, Gaffey is responsible for developing new business opportunities including the introduction of a line of media consoles under the Tresanti name. He is also responsible for certain existing and new accounts.
“We are excited to have an experienced merchant like Jim join our growing team as we continue to expand our business in existing product categories as well as launch new product categories,” said Mark Asofsky, senior vice president and founder of Twin-Star.
May 7,
2008 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Case Goods on May 2008
The Kohler Interiors Group has added Mark David, an upscale provider of furniture to the hospitality sector, to a stable of brands that includes Baker and McGuire, the company anounced earlier this week.
Based in Kohler, Wis., the company did not disclose the purchase price for Mark David, a provider of sourced goods and upholstery based in High Point. Mark David focuses on four- and five-store resorts throughout the United States.
“Mark David provides a strong complement to our existing portfolio of premier home fashion brands,” said Rachel Kohler, group president, Interiors. “We intend to leverage Mark David’s expertise in the hospitality segment, as well as the brand’s focus on product value and processes that support outstanding customer response. All brands in the Kohler Interiors Group will be enhanced as we combine our existing depth of design and product resources with Mark David’s ability to serve a highly demanding hospitality clientele.”
Mark Norcross, the company’s founder, will serve as president for the brand, reporting to Rachel Kohler. Norcross, a well-respected leader within the hospitality industry, was recognized last month by
Hospitality Design magazine with the Manfred Steinfield Award for Humanitarianism.
Mark David’s upholstery production and warehouse facilities are located in High Point. Customer order management and engineering is directed from an office in Cebu, Philippines, and is complemented by a sales and marketing office in Shanghai, China.
May 7,
2008 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on May 2008
Denver-based Furniture Row announced Wednesday that it will add to its more than 330 stores nationwide with a new four-store Furniture Row Shopping Center in Corpus Cristi, Texas.
Located on South Padre Island Drive, the center will open Saturday. It includes separate Oak Express, Bedroom Experssions, Sofa Mart and Denver Mattress Company stores in a single shopping center. An Oak Express and a Bedroom Expression stores that were previously located nearby have been moved to the new four-store complex.
May 7,
2008 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in High Point on May 2008
The International Home Furnishings Center (IHFC) announced Wednesday that Tom Lindh has resigned as president and chief executive officer of High Point’s largest showroom complex, effective immediately.
Bruce Miller will serve as interim president during the search for a permanent replacement for Lindh, who took over from Miller as CEO in 2006. Miller has remained on the IHFC board since his retirement.
An IHFC press release had no details on the reasons for Lindh’s departure.
May 7,
2008 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Customer Service on May 2008
Global Link Logistics, Atlanta, a leading furniture freight forwarder from China to the United States, has expanded FLEX, its trans-Pacific mixed and less-than-container service, to include the Shanghai region of China effective immediately. With the expansion to Shanghai, FLEX is now available from the three major Asian furniture origins: Ho Chi Minh City, Yantian and Shanghai.
Several furniture manufacturers, including Chromcraft-Revington, Lane Furniture, and Schnadig are already on board with the Shanghai FLEX service.
“We are excited to participate and partner with Global Link Logistics in this new opportunity,” said Mike Gregory, vice president of dealer services and transportation for Lane Furniture. “Lane’s new ‘Consolidated Container’ program will allow participating retailers, regardless of size, the ability to mix our most popular imported upholstery products, from multiple Asian factories on a single container, while offering significant cost savings.”
FLEX was created so manufacturers and dealers of all sizes could cost-effectively consolidate orders from any number of factories at origin and ship individual orders—as small as 300 cubic fee—directly to any destination in the contiguous United States and many Canadian points through a logistics network dedicated to furniture. FLEX offers furniture importers the cost advantages of a direct container program combined with the order size flexibility of a North American warehouse program.
“As the cost of fuel and transportation continues to increase, furniture importers are looking for ways to gain a competitive advantage,” said John Williford, president of Global Link Logistics. “Global Link’s expansion of FLEX provides furniture importers with a transportation option in Shanghai that will give their companies that advantage.”
FLEX was also expanded in the Midwestern United States in November 2007.