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Carpenter joins Boyd

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, March 31, 2002

Pomona, Calif. — Bill Carpenter has joined case goods manufacturer Boyd Furniture in the newly created position of senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Carpenter resigned in March from Kincaid, where he was senior vice president of sales.

At Boyd, he oversees sales and marketing and has a hand in development of domestic products and offshore sourcing. He will also take on the management duties of former national sales manager Greg Beckman, who left Boyd recently to join Martin.

Carpenter is a big plus for Boyd, said Robert Clark, president and chief executive officer.

"His relationship with the dealer structure is just phenomenal," Clark said. "We put a lot of credence on our word and how we go about our business, and we feel he shares those values."

Carpenter has spent most of his 30-plus years in the industry in manufacturing, but started in retail at the former Manhattan Furniture in Tulsa, Okla. Clark also got his start in retail at the former United Furniture of San Diego, and said Boyd approaches its business through the eyes of retailers.

"We always look at the retail floor and try to see where there is a void," he said.

Carpenter noted that Boyd's 1 million-square-foot plant and warehouse is close to Long Beach, Calif., where much of the furniture from China is landed. Offshore sourcing is a growing part of Boyd's business, and, "I look forward to the opportunity of participating in that," he said.

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