LEE, MA - Mike Hopsicker has acquired 100% ownership of Ray Murray Inc. (RMI). The partnership between Hopsicker and the Murray family started in 2005 when they began working together on a planned transition of ownership. Prior to RMI, Mike was CEO of Agway Inc., and spent 8 years as…

HIGH POINT, N.C. – Karen Brams, president of Island Living & Patio in West Palm Beach, Fla., is serving as the 2021 chair of the International Casual Furnishings Association Retail Council following four years as a member.

Collins Stuart, owner of Outdoor Living in St. George, Utah, steps up…

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The International Casual Furnishings Association has renewed the Richard Frinier Design Scholarship program initiated four years ago, following cancellation in 2020 due to challenges of the pandemic. At the same time, the renowned designer and his wife and business partner, Catherine, have increased the scholarship award…

HIGH POINT – “Helping our retailer members get back to their level of pre-COVID health is my number one priority,” said Harold Hudson, president of Summer Classics Private Label and incoming chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Casual Furnishings Association. “Our strategic initiatives for 2021 and 2022…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – If there’s one thing that Nationwide Marketing Group and its community of members and vendor partners learned during the October Virtual PrimeTime show, it’s that, even in the face of a global pandemic, it is possible to pull off an all-digital educational and buying show while driving…