Announcements

Mary Anne O'Neill has dropped her role as a multi-line rep top become the East Coast Regional Manager of Tiger Leather.  The main line she carried as an independent rep - Concertex, has not yet named a local rep.

Dervon Hampton, the rep most of you have worked with from Design Lines (reps David Edward among others) has moved to Hunter Douglas.  We are awaiting more details on Dervon's new position; but for those needing help with Design Lines products, please contact Kevin Pitt.

Scott Coulter (formerly of Architectural Ceramics) and James Katz (formerly of Division 9) have founded a new company by the name of SPEK CREATIVE.

Stacy Murphy, formerly of Interface, has joined the Mohawk Group.  Details of accounts and contact info are pending,   If Stacy was your Interface rep, your interim point of contact will be Jim Brown.

It was announced in mid-March that Balta, a Belgian carpet manufacturing group and also the manufacturer of MODULYSS, purchased Bentley.  Here is a link to the press release on this announcement…

Marke Elledge and Julian McMichaels, the founder of THE REP GROUP, have become partners with Alisa Lange and all are working under the DESIGN PRODUCTS INC. banner.  This merger occurred in April of 2017.

The long-time and excellent Architrectural Ceramics rep, Scott Coulter, has parted ways with the company.  While a replacement is being sought, the point of contact for Scott's account will be the the Sales Manager - David Arabe.

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Robert Allen and Duralee Fabrics merged on 31 March.  The newly formed company will be called the Robert Allen Duralee Group, or the RAD Group. They will continue to be marketed separately.