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Cathy Allen, W.S. Badcock — 2008 Furniture/Today Leadership Conference

Speaker profile — Vice President, Merchandising, Accessory Category

Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, December 5, 2008

—— Cathy AllenCathy Allen

 

• Born and educated Chicago area, now calls Florida home.

 

Family:
• Husband is a retired minister, now a furniture rep
• Daughter, Kimberly, is Director of Sales for the Tampa Bay Bucs publication, Pewter Report
• Son, Scott, owns an internet consulting company in Orlando
• 3 Granddaughters and 1 Grandson - want to see pictures???


Past Experience:
• Sales Correspondent for Simmons Bedding, Munster, IN
• Sales Manager for Hilton Hotels, Clearwater, FL
• Newspaper Editor for Jackson County Floridian
• Director of Public Relations for Baptist Bible University
• Commercial Sales Director for American Products Co., Dallas TX

 

Badcock Accomplishments (24 years):
• Hired as Administrative Assistant to Executive Vice President Merchandising
• Assumed duties of Telecom Director over all Corporate locations
• Promoted to position of Accessory Buyer
• Increased Accessory sales by 118% the first year as Accessory Buyer and 20-30% year over year for past 10 years
• Developed and organized annual offsite Dealer Meetings to introduce our stores to new merchandise for the upcoming season
• Named Vice President, Merchandising, Accessory Category
• Created "Lasting Impressions", the Badcock branded "store within a store" accessory category
• Led strategic plan and implementation of the new website initiative for W S Badcock which was launched 9/1/2008 with our first e-commerce offerings

 

Miscellaneous:
• City of Hope Endowment Chair 2005

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