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December 19,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Case Goods on December 20, 2011
Longtime
Standard Furniture employee Todd Evans has been named president of the Bay Minette, Ala.-based case goods company.
In addition to his role as president, Evans also assumes the position of president of International Furniture Co., Standard's design and product development company with operations in California, Vietnam and China. Evans succeeds Mike Peters who was president and CEO since 2008.
The company also renamed William Hodgson chief executive officer. Hodgson held the CEO position prior to 2008 at which time Standard's board of directors thought Peters, the company's chief financial officer, was the best qualified to lead the company through the economic crisis.
"Over the past four years, Peters and the management team successfully navigated Standard through the latest recession, and the company has emerged much leaner, with a greater focus on product, style and value," Evans said.
Hodgson and Evans will concentrate on building customer loyalty through strong product introductions, exceptional values and continuous operational improvement. Peters will continue to work at Standard as an advisor to the CEO and as a member of Standards executive management team.
December 19,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Casual Dining on December 20, 2011
Casual dining vendor
Bermex is relocating its
High Point Market showroom to The Factory building at 400 W. English Road.
The company had shown in the Radio Building for 15 years.
Although we are excited about our new future location, it is like moving away from home and family," said Denis Darveau, Bermex vice president of sales.
Candace Lambeth, co-owner of the Radio Building, said she's confident the showroom, located at 164 S. Main Street, will be leased quickly.
December 19,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in on December 20, 2011
A consumer in Texas was the winner of
Aico's drawing for a top-of-the-bed set during a give-away on the company's Facebook page.
Debbie McCalpin of Texas picked up her winnng set from
Anderson's Furniture in Frisco, Texas. Clint and Jill Anderson own the retail operation.
"We are grateful to Clint and Jill Anderson and their staff for hosting Ms. McCalpin and making her experience in choosing her Michael Amini bedding easy and exciting," said Chuck Reilly, AICOs senior vice president of sales and marketing. "It was fortuitous that our Facebook winner was in close proximity to one of our top bedding stores.
Aico had been promoting the contest on its Web site and in dealer store locations, inviting Facebook users to sign up for the chance to win a Michael Amini Distinctive Bedding set of their choosing.
In our efforts to bring the Michael Amini brand direct to consumer, we have added social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, to our campaign," said Mike Yarbrough, Aico's director of creative services. "This contest via Facebook was our inaugural foray into bringing greater brand awareness to the mainstream.
December 19,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Las Vegas on December 20, 2011
Home Furnishings Business is putting together its editorial coverage for the Winter 2012
Las Vegas Market.
As part of our coverage, well feature photographs of productsFREE of chargebeing shown at the market.
To take advantage of this opportunity, you should send quality images of products youll be showcasing. Well cull through the mountains of information and select images to include in the pages of our special Las Vegas issue, which will be distributed at the market as well as to our retail subscribers.
We can work with color slides, transparencies or prints. You may also send digital images via e-mail with a resolution of 300 dpi or higher to slomara@napco.com. At that resolution, the image must be at least 6 x 8. If you send images smaller than this, we may not be able to feature your product.
Along with the pictures, please be sure to include company name, showroom location and Web site URL.
We need this information in hand no later than Thursday, Jan. 5. Use FedEx or another delivery service to ensure prompt delivery and tracking.
If not sending via e-mail, send all photos and press releases to:
Sheila Long OMara
5 Springsdans Lane
Columbia, SC 29229
803-419-9478
slomara@napco.com
December 19,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Bedding on December 20, 2011
Luxury mattress brand Pure Latexbliss has added a second showroom for the Jan. 30-Feb. 3 Las Vegas Furniture Market.
One showroom, World Market Center-B945, will focus solely on the latex products for which the company is known. Across the hall in WMC-B930, Pure Latexbliss will feature the Fast and Slow Response Natural Talalay Latex new Hybrid 3.0 collections.
"Last summer, we were at capacity in our showroom," said Atlanta-based Pure Latexbliss Co-Founder and CEO Kurt Ling. "Since we've experienced great success in pre-selling the Hybrid 3.0 series to select retailers, we realized we needed more space to allow us to showcase all models in this collection. By operating multiple showrooms, we can ensure we have ample floor space to give retailers the opportunity to fully experience the growing segment of our business."