Tommy Bahama event draws Lexington dealers

Las Vegas dinner, store tour focuses on additions to line

Thomas Russell -- Furniture Today, February 17, 2010

LAS VEGAS — Lexington Home Brands celebrated the launch of its newest Tommy Bahama Home collection with a dealer event here during the Las Vegas Market that included a tour of this city's Robb & Stucky store and a dinner at a nearby Tommy Bahama Club.

This is the front entrance of the Tommy Bahama’s store and restaurant in Las Vegas.	Dealers attend a cocktail reception at the Robb & Stucky store in Las Vegas.
Fred Berk, left, and Clive Lubner of Robb & Stucky stand with Lexington President and CEO Phil Haney as he addresses dealers and reps attending a tour of the Fort Myers, Fla.-based retailer’s Las Vegas store.	Patty Donahue, left, and Randy Wierda, Art Sample Furniture, Saginaw, Mich.; and Joel Thompson, Lexington Home Brands.
Jim Burke, left, and Eliot Lupton, Lexington Home Brands; Jerry Baer, Baer’s Furniture, Pompano Beach, Fla.; and Chris Metz, Sun Capital.	Edward Massood, left, of Home Furnishings of New Jersey, Fairfield, N.J., and Phil Haney of Lexington Home Brands.

The event took place on the evening of the market's opening day. Retailers who visited the Lexington showroom that day got a preview of Ocean Club, a clean-lined group with 45 pieces of case goods and upholstery.

While more contemporary in nature than previous Tommy Bahama collections, Ocean Club still has an island flair. It features a mix of hickory veneers, woven and split rattan and metal and glass accents.

About 120 retailers from about 30 stores took part in the Las Vegas tour.

Company representatives and their guests traveled by bus to the Robb & Stucky store at Town Square Las Vegas, a village-like pedestrian shopping mall on Las Vegas Boulevard South. Product in the 93,000-square foot showroom includes eight Lexington and Tommy Bahama groups.

Robb & Stucky CEO Clive Lubner praised Lexington President and CEO Phil Haney and his management team. Lubner said the company's offerings have sold well in recent months.

"This company is the hottest company in the marketplace, and we are excited to be part of it," he said. "The management team is so head and shoulders above anybody and my compliments to you guys."