People on the Move
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, April 13, 2009
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Wools of New Zealand
MARBLE HILL, Ga. — Wes Connelly, North America area manager for Wools of New Zealand, has retired after 39 years in the floor covering and textile industries.
Connelly will continue to be a consultant for Wools of New Zealand and other businesses in the industry.
Elise Demboski, who previously worked for Wools of New Zealand and has been an industry marketing consultant for the past 12 years, will assume responsibilities for managing the North American initiatives for Wools of New Zealand.
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Bedmart
TUCSON, Ariz. — Retail veteran Jorge Lezcano has joined the sales staff of Tucson-based retailer Bedmart. Lezcano had owned Beds, Etc. until it closed in 2008.
“Following 23 years of owning and running my own bedding store, the time came to try something new,” said Lezcano. “I decided to join the staff of an old friend and colleague by coming to Bedmart.”
He is at Bedmart's Orange Grove location.
Currey & Co.
ATLANTA — Andrea Combet will represent home accents and accent furniture source Currey & Co. in Southern California through her new agency, Art & Function.
“We are excited to have Andrea back in the fold with Currey & Co.,” said Bob Ulrich, vice president of sales and marketing. “Her expertise and background in sales, marketing and product development is a huge asset as we strive toward our company's vision to be a leader in the home furnishings industry.”
Combet previously was a vice president of product development for Restoration Hardware. Before joining the retailer in 2003, she represented Currey & Co. for more than 10 years through her sales organization, New Space.
Nickell Moulding
ELKHART, Ind. — Marty Wilson has joined the sales team of industry supplier Nickell Moulding, representing the company in northern California.
Wilson has been in the industry for 18 years, starting as a framer and rising to sales manager of a nationwide molding company.
Outlast Technologies
BOULDER, Colo. — Outlast Technologies, a supplier to the bedding industry, has bolstered its sales and marketing team with the promotions of Heather Listoe to Outlast North America sales and marketing director, Ashley Tilman to Web and inside sales manager, Heidi Allen to marketing assistant and Jeannie Timberman to account manager, North America.
“I'm really proud of the team we're building,” said Greg Roda, president and CEO of Outlast Technologies. “These new positions will help us maintain more efficient operations and allow us to build better relationships with our current and future customers and partners.”
Retail Marketing Services
FORT ATKINSON, Wis. — Retail Marketing Services, a division of mattress kit supplier VyMaC Corp., has appointed Art Aiello as creative director. He will report to VyMaC CEO Dave R. Young.
Aiello will manage VyMaC's in-house marketing department, directing marketing and advertising programs for the company and for clients.
He has worked for 15 years in developing, implementing and managing global marketing communications programs.
“Art has demonstrated his skills at balancing collaboration with the need to get things done,” said Young. “He is very capable to lead the charge in bringing much-need branding and value proposition focus to the factory-direct and independent manufacturers and retailers.”
Universal Leather
HIGH POINT — Industry veteran Butch Simmons has joined Universal Leather, a whole hide supplier to the leather furniture industry, to service key accounts in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Texas.
In this new position, Simmons joins Chris Thomas, servicing local key accounts; Lee Smith, servicing the Southeast; Bill Traines, servicing the Midwest; and Kristi Barrett and Larry Raike, servicing the West Coast.
Simmons has represented Dietch Plastics for 17 years and will continue to do so.
“His affiliation with them will enhance Universal's positioning in the marketplace by servicing those key accounts that are presently doing leather-vinyl matches. He brings one-stop shopping for the manufacturers in that particular merchandising arena,” said Joel Beckom, Universal Leather sales and merchandising manager.
“Butch has previously matched many of our best selling leathers, and he will be a good marriage between Universal and the manufacturers Dietch is supporting,” said Ken Kochekian, Universal Leather's director.
SPCI
DENVER — Liquidator and consulting firm SPCI has hired Alex Calder as senior project manager for the western United States and Canada.
Calder, who will oversee several turnaround and liquidations projects as well as marketing for the Denver-based company, previously was western sales director for the former Hickory Hill, and represented several furniture lines. Earlier, he owned the former HomeTowne Furniture in Olympia, Wash., and was co-owner of Dovetail Marketing, an advertising company specializing in circulars for national furniture brands.
He also worked for SPCI some 20 years ago as field consultant.
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