People Today
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, July 16, 2007
Marketing/sales
Kittles Home Furnishings
Indianapolis — Kittle's Home Furnishings has named two new store managers. Jeff Stayner now runs Kittle's Furniture Store in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Joe Duncan now runs the Castleton Kittle's Rooms Express Store in Indianapolis.
Stayner has worked in retail for more than 18 years, as regional store manager for Leath Furniture in Indiana, director of store operations for Jason's Furniture in New Jersey and regional manager for Cort Furniture in Orlando, Fla.
Duncan has more than 20 years of retail furniture experience with Rhodes and Leath Furniture throughout the Midwest, Florida and Alabama, including experience as corporate sales trainer and divisional sales manager.
Safavieh
Port Washington, N.Y. — Charles Tagliarino has been named Midwest territory manager for rug and furniture source Safavieh, according to John Thompson, national sales manager.
He is responsible for sales in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Before joining Safavieh, Tagliarino handled wholesale sales to architects and designers and was retail operations manager for Peykar Oriental Rugs in Westbury, N.Y.
"Tagliarino is a perfect fit for Safavieh's long-term strategic sales plan," said Thompson. "His strong retail experience combined with his penchant for assisting retailers to expand into new and profitable products will prove invaluable to our dealer network."
VyMaC
Fort Atkinson, Wis. — VyMaC, a manufacturer of bedding kits and related supplies, has named Katrina Janes marketing and advertising manager.
She will assist CEO Dave R. Young in providing brand-specific project support and administrative marketing support.
Before joining VyMaC, Janes worked as the advertising and marketing manager for The Milton Courier newspaper in Wisconsin. Earlier, she was the marketing manager for Cost Cutters Family Hair Care.
Associations
Acimall
Ischia, Italy — Acimall, the Italian manufacturing association for woodworking machinery and tools, has elected members to three-year terms on its board of directors.
Those continuing on the board include President Ambrogio Delachi and Vice Presidents Grazia Finocchiaro and Paolo Griggio.
Others were Claudio Ginnasi, appointed as the new treasurer, Luca Lari, Marco Alberti and Gianni Volpato.
New members are Franco Paviotti of Metal World and Gianni Raggi, Falcioni-Cefla.
Acimall represents 221 Italian equipment manufacturers, an estimated 90% of the country's production, which is valued at US$2.45 billion a year.
In 2006, 82% of these goods were exported.
