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From Home Furnishing Business
Upholstery Veteran John Hoff to Head Spectra Home
September 19,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Executive Changes, Industry 
Furniture industry veteran John Hoff has been named president of Spectra Home, an upholstery producer best known as a supplier of private label products for major specialty retailers.
Hoff has been president of leather upholstery resource Palatial Furniture since 2004. Palatial and Spectra Home are divisions of Shayne International Holdings, and the two companies will be merged under the Spectra Home brand as of Nov. 1, said Jay Shayne, managing director of Shayne International Holdings.
“Spectra and Palatial have been the marketing arms for Cosie Leather Products and Shayne Industries based in Hangzhou, China, for the past 10 years, and it is time to merge both companies to be more competitive and efficient,” said Shane. “John Hoff is a long-time veteran of the upholstery business and is a well-respected expert in the trade. He has an excellent service record with all dealers and I believe he will lead the new team to a new level of improved performance that will naturally grow the business.”
Bill Cubberley, who had been president of Spectra Home, has left the company to pursue other interests.
Prior to joining Palatial, Hoff served as vice president and general manager of upholstery at Pennsylvania House, and vice president of sales at both Highland House and C.R. Laine.
He began his sales career as a manufacturer’s representative for Franklin Furniture in Columbiana, Ohio, in 1977, working with Midwest retail heavyweights such as Marshall Fields, Colby’s and Gabberts.
“Spectra Home is known as a fashion leader, and Palatial Furniture is a leader in supplying the design trade with the kind of special order capabilities and customer service that interior designers need to grow their businesses,” said Hoff. “With the installation of Christine Pressley as operations manager last month, we have already made great strides at Spectra Home in the areas of customer service and logistics, and by April Market 2018, we will have also simplified Spectra Home’s special order program.”
Added Shayne, “Our China team has been very professional in design, product development, quality production and on-time delivery, with two-week turn-around on special orders. In short, we will be offering John full support from our side, with the expectation of more than 10 percent growth every year.”
Palatial and Spectra Home will maintain separate showrooms at next month’s High Point Market. Palatial Furniture’ showroom is at 200 N. Hamilton in the North Court, space 213, while Spectra Home will show on the sixth floor of the C&D building in spaces 6E, 6K and 6L.