Welcome to our weekly roundup of worker comings and goings and different people-related information throughout the house furnishings and accent industries. Right here’s the most recent:
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Whereas High 100 retailer Broad River Retail promoted Manny Rodrigues to president and chief operating officer in the beginning of 2025, the roots of the transfer return to late 2014.
The Fort Mill, S.C.-based retailer, which owns and operates Ashley shops within the Carolinas and northern Georgia, with plans for stores in Washington state, was in search of any individual to tackle its human assets and threat administration roles. Rodrigues had a suggestion to maneuver to San Francisco to additional his profession, however he needed to remain within the better Charlotte, N.C., space.
Rodrigues met with then-CEO Jonathan Ishee and present CEO Charlie Malouf (who was a managing companion on the time) individually at a espresso store to be taught extra in regards to the firm. Afterward, Rodrigues felt he might work nicely with Malouf and be taught so much alongside the best way.
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The City of Hope‘s annual West Coast Golf, Tennis and Pickleball event and awards dinner will happen on June 9 on the Coto de Caza Golf and Racquet Membership in Orange County, Calif.
Organized by the Worldwide Residence Furnishings Business group, the occasion raises funds for most cancers analysis and remedy and stays the largest fundraiser of its variety for the house furnishings trade on the West Coast.
This yr’s honorees are Jeff Youngster of RC Willey and Harold Hudson of Gabriella White, mother or father firm of Summer time Classics and Gabby. Each are being acknowledged for their contributions to the trade and their philanthropic work.
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Decorating Den offered its annual Designer of the Yr award and different design awards by way of a digital ceremony final week, and The Sisters and Company franchise in Georgia gained huge, receiving 5 awards.
Barbara Elliott and Jennifer Ward-Woods, house owners of The Sisters and Company Decorating Den Interiors franchise, which serves Stone Mountain, Ga., and better Atlanta, had been named Designers of the Yr. Interior design journalists throughout the U.S. and Canada acted because the judges for the occasion, together with our personal Andrea Lillo, Govt Editor for Designers Immediately.