Simmons VP of Sales Dies in Car Crash
ATLANTA, Georgia – Gary Pleasant, senior VP of sales for the west for Simmons Co., was killed over the weekend in a car accident, according to local news reports. Pleasant, 64 at the time of his death, was on board a chartered van for… Read more.July 2, 2007
Designer George Kovacs Dies at 80
NEW YORK, New York – George Kovacs, a lighting designer and marketer who had great influence on contemporary furniture, has died. He was 80. Kovacs sold his own designs and represented interior designers like Ingo Maurer, Isamu Noguchi… Read more.July 2, 2007
Softline Home Fashions Opens Showroom in NY
GARDENA, California – Softline Home Fashions, a fabric and window treatment supplier, has announced plans to open a new showroom in New York. The showroom will be located at 230 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Rodney Carr, one of the company's… Read more.June 29, 2007
Valdese Weavers Purchases Circa 1801, Joan Contract
WILMINGTON, Deleware—Valdese Weavers Inc, Valdese, N.C. and Gordon Brothers Group jointly paid $29.75 million for the assets of Circa 1801 Doblin, a Connelly Springs, N.C. upholstery weaving mill, and the Joan Fabrics contract division.… Read more.June 27, 2007
Westgate by ADF Enlists Design Consultant
NEW YORK, New York – David Crowder, a textile industry veteran, has joined Westgate by ADF as a design consultant. Crowder, a fabric designer for the last 20 years, has worked for companies such as Valdese Weavers, Mastercraft Fabrics… Read more.June 27, 2007
W.A.C. Lighting Appoints Senior Product Manager
GARDEN CITY, New York – W.A.C. Lighting has recently announced the appointment of Andrew Shabica to senior product manager. Shabica most recently served as senior product designer/NPD manager for SPI Lighting. He also worked as Visa… Read more.June 27, 2007
Broyhill Appoints Webb to New Position
LENOIR, North Carolina – Don Webb, formerly vice president of sales for western North America at Magnussen Home Furnishings, has been hired by Broyhill Furniture Industries to work in the newly-created position of executive vice president… Read more.June 26, 2007
Therapedic Bedding Co. Announces FR Guarantee
PRINCETON, New Jersey – According to Gerry Borreggine, president and CEO of Therapedic, the bedding company has recently become the first bedding producer to have a guarantee that protects retailers selling its fire-resistant bedding against… Read more.June 26, 2007
