CHULA VISTA, CA - As prime outdoor entertaining season nears, SunBriteTV and Soundcast are teaming up to offer consumers a rebate of up to $300 when they purchase a SunBriteTV outdoor television and Soundcast outdoor speaker. As founding members of the Outdoor Entertainment Alliance (OEA), SunBriteTV and Soundcast can be paired together for the ultimate outdoor party.

“We launched the OEA in order to bring more awareness to outdoor living,” said Tom Dixon, vice president of Marketing, SunBriteTV. “This co-promotion will make it easier for consumers to join the most exciting trend of 2014 in preparation for everyone’s favorite…

DELRAY BEACH, FL - Twin-Star International, a home furnishings manufacturer of quality furniture, thermoelectric wine coolers, and electric heaters, has appointed Steve Ashman as its new vice president of Operations.

Ashman will be responsible for the company’s global operations and be based at Twin-Star’s global headquarters in Delray Beach, Fla. He reports to Rob Cohen, president and CEO. Previously he served as vice president, Supply Chain, with Masco Asia, Slam Brands, and WE Connor in Hong Kong. Ashman’s experience includes manufacturing operations, product development, strategic sourcing, vendor quality management, and product distribution in the United States and Asia. 

MINNEAPOLIS - The Outdoor GreatRoom Company has added a newly designed version of The Pointe Fire Pit Table. The gas fire pit is designed in an “L” shape with two Crystal Fire burners meeting at a 90-degree angle—the first of its kind.

The Pointe Fire Pit TAble features a sleek modern design with a black stucco base and Midnight Mist Supercast Top. It is perfect for use in corners with modern “L” shaped outdoor sofas, around pools, defining space outdoors, and in commercial settings. This design is both durable and beautiful.

The Pointe features include:
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COLUMBUS, GA - Christine (Chris) M. Robins will be joining the Char-Broil Division of the W.C. Bradley Co. as president and CEO, effective Monday, June 2, 2014.

“We are very pleased to have Chris Robins join our company,” stated Marc Olivié, president and CEO, W.C. Bradley Co. Chris has an excellent background with two major and globally respected consumer products companies. Chris brings broad-based experience to Char-Broil in strategic planning, finance, acquisition and integration, product innovation, channel strategy, global marketing and brand management.”

Robins served for the past five years as president and CEO of Pittsburgh-based BodyMedia, a…

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Twin-Star International Home Furnishings of Delray Beach, Fla, presented a check for $1500 to Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County last week during the company’s TEAM Build project. 

Eighteen energetic employees joined Twin-Star president Robert Cohen to frame, roof, paint and landscape the Habitat for Humanity home at 1024 Lincoln Road, West Palm Beach, Fla. “We encourage all of our employees to give back to the community, and it is our pleasure to advance the wonderful work of Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County,” said Cohen. 

TEAM Builds provide local companies…

IRVINE, CA - With the HD Expo & Conference in Las Vegas set to begin next week, Tropitone Furniture Company Inc is set to unveil two new chaise lounge models with arms for its South Beach and Elance groups.

“In response to repeated requests from designers and property managers, we asked noted designers Richard Holbrook and John Caldwell to add arms to their respective South Beach and Elance armless chaise lounge designs,” said Peter Homestead, vice president of Design. “In addition to the functional benefit, the arms add extraordinary aesthetic dimensions to designs that were already quite special.” 

In the beginning of April, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee voted to include the Residential Energy Efficiency (25C) Tax Credit in a tax extension package of 50+ tax breaks. This provision, which expired on December 31, 2013, includes a tax credit for biomass-fueled stoves that would be applicable for qualifying appliances purchased between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2015.

The tax extenders are expected to be discussed on the Senate floor in May or June of this year. One piece of legislation, known as the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency Act (the EXPIRE Act), has…

ONTARIO, CA - OW Lee, a manufacturer of high-end outdoor furniture, fire pits, and accessories based in the Golden state, has launched a new interactive Fire Pit Builder tool on their website.

The Fire Pit Builder is designed to help consumers, designers, and dealers visualize any OW Lee fire pit in real time. It allows the user to choose one of OW Lee’s 15 fire pit styles and apply any top, finish, tile, and fire media available from OW Lee, totaling over 1,500 different configurations. The tool also allows users to save, print, or download the image with a…