DAWSONVILLE, GA - New products include Fermob’s entry into upholstery with a new outdoor sofa and armchair, fun portable lighting, an accessories collection, and a new woven outdoor furniture collection.

New products include:
• Bellevie sofa, armchair and low table is a new entry into upholstery; and
• Balad lighting is a wonderful way to light the patio and garden and extend summer nights;

The Croisette Collection debuts this summer. It is a new collection of comfortable, generously proportioned and smart garden furniture. Standing at “mid” height, this woven set is all about accessibility and comfort.…

PELHAM, AL - Summer Classics has promoted Schon Duke to vice president of Sales for both Gabby and Summer Classics. Duke joined Summer Classics in April 2015 as VP of Sales for Summer Classics Wholesale Division. In 2015, Duke’s teams:
• Launched multiple designer friendly programs, which increased market share in this channel;
• reconfigured sales teams and territories, resulting in exponential sales growth and increasing the customer base of both designer and dealer accounts since January 1, 2016;
• restructured Summer Classics’ annual National Sales Meeting and Garden Party Event, increasing attendance and engagement;…

HIGH POINT, NC - The International Casual Furnishings Association has begun work on its first educational forum, slated for February 14-16, 2017, at the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale, Ariz.

“ICFA’s 2017 conference ‘Navigating the Future’ will combine giving our members educational content that they can put to work immediately in their businesses and providing networking opportunities across our industry,” said Gary McCray, president of Klaussner Outdoor and 2016 chairman of ICFA. “In keeping with our focus on participation, the event is being planned by our conference committee of retailers, sales representatives, manufacturers and suppliers with an eye towards actionable…

SIMPSONVILLE, KY - With its large portfolio of successful luxury outdoor furniture brands, Brown Jordan International has created a new organizational structure for its two largest brands. Since 1945 and 1954, respectively, the Brown Jordan and Tropitone brands have a heritage of delivering quality products to the discriminating outdoor consumer.

Effective immediately, and to unite the operations behind the brands, Brown Jordan International has promoted John Mattson to group vice president of Contract Sales, and Frank Verna as group vice president of Retail Sales and Marketing. “Brown Jordan and Tropitone are two great complementary brands that cover a broad…

TRIVANTAGE®, THE ONE-STOP SOURCE FOR FABRICATORS in the marine, awning, and furniture industries, has added the durable and versatile shade-sail fabric, Sunbrella® Contour, to its product offering, giving fabricators another option for creating beautiful and functional shade designs. The knit-textured fabric can also be used for canopies, windscreens, casual furniture, and marine applications.

Steve Daegling, industrial-products manager for Trivantage, says, “Striking a balance between style and performance is key for any fabricator. Sunbrella Contour bolsters our already-diverse selection of shade and marine fabrics and hardware, supporting our mission of making ordering quick and simple.”

Sunbrella Contour fits a…

STEVE MANGANO WAS APPOINTED THE new sales representative for the Northeast marketing area (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Pennsylvania) for Modern Home Products (MHP) and ProFire Grills. Mangano has been involved in the gasgrill, hearth, and patio-furniture industries since the mid-1980s.

He began at Fortunoff, a leading retailer in the grill/patio-furniture arena at the time, where he expanded the sales of gas grills each season. In the early 1990s, he began a relationship with MHP as a co-representative with Darche & Associates. For the past 10 years, Mangano has represented upscale patio-furniture…

IN ADDITION TO EXHIBITING NEXTREMA® grill lids at HPBExpo 2016, SCHOTT displayed a Heat Scope infrared heater (by Munich Home Systems) with a NEXTREMA glass-ceramic insert, which radiates heat evenly to warm outdoor spaces efficiently. Available in six interchangeable transparent, tinted, and opaque glass-ceramic panels of different colors, NEXTREMA features high transmittance of infrared radiation in the short- and medium-wave ranges.

SCHOTT also introduced an outdoor fireplace with a ROBAX® glass ceramic front, as well as panels of ROBAX for indoor fireplaces and wood stoves. The panels are available in different colors and are used to create new reflections…

UNDERLINING THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE and a trust in nature to keep us grounded, Phifer’s Green Scene collection combines delicate neutrals with shades of green and brown reminiscent of nature’s resources. Instilling a sense of wonder and awe, this timeless collection beckons us toward relaxation. The Green Scene collection recreates these images in a selection of cushion and sling outdoorfurniture fabrics, adorned with a variety of traditional and whimsical patterns and sophisticated solids.

Phifer’s designed fabrics (plush, 100% recyclable GeoBella® indoor/outdoor cushion fabrics and sleek, sling Phifertex®outdoor fabrics) are available in an array of intricately woven designs in dobbies,…