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June 6,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Outdoor Furniture on June 7, 2012
"Elements" from the Richard Frinier Collection for Brown Jordan won a best of show award at May's Hospitality Design Expo and convention in Las Vegas.
Elements won in the Group/Series Seating Outdoor category. The awards are selected by the International Interior Design Association in partnership with Hospitality Design magazine.
Since Richard Frinier returned to collaborate with Brown Jordan, they have created six new collections together garnering four design awards, including three design awards over two consecutive years from the IIDA/HD Product Design Competition for their designs: Elements, Cloud Nine and Still.
"I am honored and humbled to have these designs recognized by IIDA and HD," Frinier said. "This means we have listened to our following and there is no higher accolade for a designer than to have people make an emotional connection with their designs." Adding, "Brown Jordan did a remarkable job in the execution of these designs, so I am grateful for this collaboration, our successes together and this latest recognition."
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By Home Furnishings Business in Customer Service on June 7, 2012
Online home and garden furnishings retailer Edenvale Shoppes has selected Litle & Co. to manage its payments processing.
Edenvale and its numerous niche sites will deploy a full scope of payment processing and payments intelligence solutions available through Litle, including Tolkenization, Vault and PayPage.
"Edenvale Shoppes decision to integrate Litle's payment processing solutions bodes well with our continuous efforts and commitment to provide customers a Safe and Secure online shopping experience," said Jesse Akre, CEO and co-founder of Edenvale Shoppes. "With the growing threats to online shoppers and online retailers alike, Litle was responsive to our needs and was able to provide industry leading and cutting edge creative and technology-rich solutions that work within our existing systems framework. Litle's tokenization solution will be an invaluable addition to the checkout processes our customers enjoy and trust, and as such Edenvale Shoppes will continue to provide customers a safe and secure shopping experience."
June 5,
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By Aggregated Content in on June 6, 2012
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Richmond, Va. -- The final chapter of the RoomStore Inc. chain might be near. The financially troubled home furnishings retailer, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December, is looking at its options, including putting its remaining 27 stores and one clearance center on the selling block or closing them all. "We are diligently pursuing a variety of options for the company," said Stephen Giordano, the company's president and CEO. "We are pursuing these options simultaneously, and it is not possible to predict a likely outcome at the present time." Giordano said the Goochland County-based chain prefers to sell
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By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on June 6, 2012
The National Home Furnishings Industry's 21st annual West Coast Golf and Tennis tournament held earlier this week brought in $710,000 for the City of Hope research hospital.
The event, held at Coto de Caza Golf and Racquet Club in Coto de Caza, Calif., honored the Levitz family and its 100-plus-year legacy in the furniture industry. Sam Levitz, Mike Levitz, Shelley Levitz, Phillip Levitz, Alan Levitz, Danny Selznick and Leon Levitz were honored at the event, which was first held in 1989.
The home furnishings industry has been affiliated with City of Hope for 50 years, and continues to raise money to help the research facility find cures for cancer, diabetes and HIV.
Over the years, the golf tournament has raised more than $6 million.
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By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on June 6, 2012
Skip Rumley will join high-end furniture vendor and Furniture Brands International division Hickory Chair as vice president and creative director.
Effective June 18, Rumley will be responsible for leading Hickory Chairs product innovation, merchandising and collaborative collections with internal and external partners. Rumley reports to Jay Reardon, president of Hickory Chair. Rumley replaces Ron Fiore, who joined Bernhardt Furniture in May.
Rumley most recently served as vice president of design for Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman, where he designed and launched a signature furniture collection in 2012, 3 Beekman by Skip Rumley. Prior to that, he held various positions of increasing responsibility in furniture design and merchandising including creative director for Henredon and gallery designer for Baker Furniture.
Rumley is an accomplished interior designer. He has collaborated with nationally renowned designers and merchandised showrooms both nationally and internationally. His designs have been published in a variety of consumer and trade publications.
We are very excited to add Skip to the Hickory Chair family, said Reardon,. Skips passion and industry experience bring energizing talents to our already well-regarded product development and merchandising team. He will bring even more focus to integrating meaningful design opportunities throughout our made-to-order process.
It is an honor to join such an iconic brand," Rumley said. "I look forward to continuing the Hickory Chair legacy of innovation and exceptional design.