SAVVY RETAILERS ATTENDING the ICFA Preview Show™in July were in search of remarkable and marketable products to attract consumers to showrooms in spring 2016. Those who found their way to Veranda Classics by Foremost discovered TerraFab—and, as Danny Jelley, senior vice president of product development, states, “Customers’ first reactions to…

PRIDE FAMILY BRANDS (FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA) recently promoted Rory Rehmert to the position of senior vice president of sales and marketing and hired Erwin Gremmer as vice president of sales. With his promotion, Rehmert will continue to oversee the entire sales and marketing effort for the manufacturer, including coordination of…

DUDLEY FLANDERS AND BUZZ HOMSY have been named by the International Casual Furnishings Association (ICFA) as the 2015 recipients of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Flanders founded Lloyd Flanders with his father, Don, in 1982, and Homsy is co-owner and founder of California Backyard (Sacramento, California), a five-store retail operation.…

BROWN JORDAN OUTDOOR KITCHENS’ new line of mobile outdoor kitchens for the hospitality industry received a 2015 IIDA/HD Product Design Award. Honored in the case-goods and freestanding-furniture category, Brown Jordan Outdoor Kitchens accepted the award at this year’s HD Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, in May.

Award winners were…

HEARTH & HOME TECHNOLOGIES (HHT) celebrated another fantastic year with a week in Mexico. The 150 top-selling customers and their guests relaxed in Puerto Vallarta with HHT members from April 27 through May 1, 2015.

In addition to enjoying the amenities of the all-inclusive resort, customers experienced catamaran sailing,…