With smart home products and whole-home connectivity gaining in importance and popularity in the residential community, the search for the best integrated home products has begun. The annual CEE Integrated…
Shoppe Object/Shoppe Online Joins IMC Market Roster
International Market Centers (IMC), which operates twice yearly mega-markets in Atlanta, High Point, and Las Vegas will acquire the more boutique-like New York City-based Shoppe Object twice-yearly, design-focused home and…
Hubbardton Forge Makes Staff Changes
Domestic manufacturer Hubbardton Forge has announced recent staff hires and promotions in key roles within the company. “To support our continued growth and expansion, we have made some key hires…
Chelsea House to Feature Licensed Designs by Kristi Nelson
Ahead of the Spring High Point Market, lamp and lighting manufacturer Chelsea House has announced the launch of an exclusive collection by Los Angeles-based designer Kristi Nelson, principal of KMNelson…
Bulbrite Announces Annual Rep Award Winners
Earlier this month at the Lightovation: Dallas International Lighting Show, Bulbrite announced its sales representative award winners for 2021. “It’s our pleasure to recognize our sales representatives who practice…
In Memoriam: Brad Friend
Lighting and ceiling fan industry veteran Brad Friend, who retired from the business in 2019, passed away on January 19 after a sudden illness that began in the fall of…
Hunter Fan Adds Lighting Category + Brand Ambassador
Due to COVID-19 concerns (specifically the high transmission rate of the Omicron strain), the Hunter Fan team was not able to make the product splash and lighting division announcement it…
Justin Kennedy Named VP/Sales for Access Lighting
After four years as Director/Sales at Capital Lighting Fixture Company, Justin Kennedy is returning to Access Lighting, where he had served as National Sales Manager/Eastern Region for four years prior…
Ferguson Bolsters Product Mix by Acquiring RP Lighting + Fans
In a move to bolster its proposition to multi-family specialty electrical distributors and expand its lighting and fan offering more exclusively, Newport News, Va.-based Ferguson Enterprises, LLC (the U.S. operating…
JuniperMarket Ecommerce Platform Opens in Time to Curb Omicron Market Disruptions
With the rate of positive cases in the Omicron variant surging nationwide at the precise moment that retailers and distributors are making their much-anticipated pilgrimage to January markets to place…
