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July 26,
2012 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on July 27, 2012
Steve Baumberger has joined luxury mattress brand Pure LatexBliss to lead sales for the companys growing southwest division.
Baumberger comes to Atlanta-baed PureLatexBliss, Atlanta, with more than 20 years of sales experience. Prior to Pure LatexBliss, Baumberger served as a senior territory manager for International Bedding Group where he was responsible for spearheading sales growth in Southern California. Prior to that post, he was president of Baumbergers Furniture from 1997 to 2007. Baumberger is credited with tripling the companys revenue in only a few years. He first joined the family business in 1992 as a sales representative and assistant manager. Previously, Baumberger held a sales management position at Bassett Furniture in Irvine, Calif., covering the Southern California territory.
Steve brings over 20 years of sales experience with a superior understanding of mattress retail, sales management, merchandising and sales training. His extensive industry insight makes him the ideal person to build our business in the southwest, said Pure LatexBliss President Kurt Ling. We continue to hire seasoned executives with specific sales backgrounds and a deep understanding of the sleep products industry to support our strategic growth plan.
Baumberger received his bachelors of arts degree from Indiana University. He currently resides in Ladera Ranch, Calif., with his family.
July 26,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Markets on July 27, 2012
RTA furniture vendor Prepac Mfg. has a new and larger showroom for next week's Las Vegas Furniture Market.
The company, which manufactures more than 300 SKUs of RTA furniture ranging from bedroom to media, is moving into World Market Center-B705. The new showroom will showcase the companys most popular products, along with innovative new ideas in RTA Furniture.
One of Prepacs strengths is its ability to quick ship all 300 plus SKUs in less than 48 hours directly to any address in the 48 contiguous states, Alaska and Hawaii, and the 10 provinces in Canada.
This is our ninth Las Vegas Market, and we are excited to showcase some of our newest furniture ideas including wall furniture in our new and larger showroom in the B building, said Prepac National Sales Manager Jim Mathison.
July 26,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on July 27, 2012
Executive search and recruitment firm MRINetwork has opened a new affiliate office, Connector Team Recruiting, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Owner and Managing Partner William OMalley will focus on bringing MRINetwork's services to the furniture industry.
Mr. OMalley comes to us with all the attributes that success in our business demands, said Rob Romaine, president of MRINetwork. With more than 45 years of experience in search and recruitment, we not only know how to find the best candidates for our clients, we also know how to identify the best people for our own organization.
Calling upon his more than 30 years of industry experience, OMalley returns to executive search after spending the past five years at Macys as facility vice president, big ticket operations in the California region. He also spent more than 20 years with Levitz Furniture in positions of increasing responsibility and rising to the position of vice president operations.
As owner and founder of Furniture Team Management Recruiting in Annapolis, OMalley has extensive experience in recruiting for companies in the industry, which gives him a solid foundation for his new venture.
As the economy continues to improve, the need for highly qualified employees is increasing, and the competition to hire the best is intensifying, said OMalley. We are ready to assist our clients in building high performance teams and our candidates in furthering their careers.
July 25,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in licensing on July 26, 2012
High-end contemporary furniture vendor Phillips Collection will produce a collection licensed with acclaimed hotel and furniture designer Roger Thomas.
Phillips Collection will expand the current offerings of The Roger Thomas Collection, which currently includes signature designs of mirrors, furniture, carpet, green sustainable lighting, and outdoor furnishings.
We couldnt be more excited about working with a designer as iconic as Roger," said Phillips Collection President and CEO Mark Phillips. "He not only brings a sophistication and cache to the table but he also will further elevate our design position.
We have great expectations for The Roger Thomas Collection, which we will be debuting in 2013," said Vice President and Creative Director Jason Phillips. "While these are the earliest stages of the process, I can share that we are working on some extraordinary sculptural forms, wall décor, vessels and containers, and accessories for indoor and outdoor settings.
Thomas is best known for his iconic interiors at the Bellagio, Wynn Las Vegas, Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, Wynn Macau and Encore Macau. He has been recognized for his design achievements and been honored three times as an Architecture Designs AD 100, International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show Designer of the Year (2008) and elected to the Hospitality Design Platinum Circle (2005). Roger also serves as a Trustee of Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS.
The Roger Thomas Collection includes signature designs and products for APF Master Framemakers, Boyd Lighting, Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman, Fromental, Rocky Mountain Hardware, Samuel and Sons Passementerie, Townsend Leather, Veneman, Koroseal, S. Harris, Maya Romanoff, SICIS and now Phillips Collection.
July 25,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Upholstery on July 26, 2012
Upholstered furniture manufacturer Lazar will provide seating for the NBC set of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
NBC host Bob Costas and other NBC team members will use the chairs on-air during the casting of the Summer Games.
This is our second time providing seating for NBC through one of our fine accounts in Vancouver, Parliament Furnishings, and we are excited to have our products used for this great event, said Lazar President Robert Luce. We had to turn around this product order in about five hours to meet the deadline, but we made it.
Lazar has production facilities in Los Angeles, Calif., and Siler City, N.C.