Furniture sector hires, promotions, awards

• Georgia furnishings group honors Turner Furniture

  Furniture Today Staff, July 2, 2009
  ST. SIMONS, Ga. — The Georgia Home Furnishings Assn. has honored Turner Furniture of Tipton, Ga., as its 2009 Retailer of Merit and Rick Putnam of Jamison Bedding as the year's Rep of Merit.  More

• Eric Spitzer, Bill Frame join new Spring Air

  David Perry, July 1, 2009
  BOSTON — Spring Air International, the new Spring Air entity aiming to relaunch the brand across the country, has named two key members of its management team.  More

• Six industry leaders nominated for Furniture Hall of Fame

  Furniture Today Staff, July 1, 2009
  HIGH POINT — Six industry leaders have been nominated for election to the American Furniture Hall of Fame for 2009, the Hall of Fame Foundation announced today.  More

• Finalists in 15 categories chosen for annual Pinnacle Design Awards

  Furniture Today Staff, June 30, 2009
  NEW LONDON, N.C. — Finalists in 15 categories have been announced for this year's 14th Annual ASFD Pinnacle Design Achievement Awards.  More

• High Point showroom exec Ann Aston Pickering dies at 68

  Furniture Today Staff, June 26, 2009
  BALD HEAD ISLAND, N.C. — Ann Aston Pickering, the longtime property manager at the 200 Steele showroom in High Point, has died after a short illness. She was 68.  More

• Doughnut seat wins Chair Affair competition

  Furniture Today Staff, June 26, 2009
  WASHINGTON — A doughnut-shaped chair made of strips of cardboard has won this year's Chair Affair competition, sponsored by the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation and administered by the American Institute of Architecture Students.  More

• Eric Easter rejoins Kittle's as president

  Clint Engel, June 25, 2009
  INDIANAPOLIS — Retailer Kittle's has rehired Eric Easter as president and chief operating officer, the position he previously held at the company until 2003.  More

• New sculpture depicts Leon's Furniture founder

  Furniture Today Staff, June 25, 2009
  WELLAND, Ontario — A new life-sized sculpture of Leon's Furniture founder Alban Leon in Chippawa Park here is popular with local residents, according to a report in the Welland Tribune.  More

• T.H. Perkins Furniture wins SEHFA's Retailer of Year Award

  Furniture Today Staff, June 25, 2009
  DESTIN, Fla. — Don and Theresia Perkins of T.H. Perkins Furniture, Brookhaven, Miss., received the Retailer of the Year Award from the Southeastern Home Furnishings Assn. at the group's annual convention here earlier this month.  More

• Group honors Kincaid Furniture for catalogs

  Furniture Today Staff, June 24, 2009
  HUDSON, N.C. — Case goods and upholstery source Kincaid Furniture has been saluted by a graphics and printing organization for the design of two of its recent catalogs.  More

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