HIRINGS/PROMOTIONS
JGA (Southfield, Mich.), a retail brand strategy and design firm, has named Miho Koshido creative director.
Mancini * Duffy (New York), an architecture and design firm, has hired Joe Montalbano as a senior associate.
Ruitenberg Displays Inc. (RDI, North Haledon, N.J.), a commercial interior design shop, has launched a lighting division and named Bud Green as its vp and David Tebbs as its vp, sales and marketing.
Yunker Industries (Lake Geneva, Wis.), a provider of retail reimaging solutions, has hired Jon Nedland as vp, marketing & business strategy, and promoted Allen Williams to vp, design services, Tom Fitzgerald to vp, sales support operations and Steve Haley to vp, IT and process development.
EcoSense Lighting (New York) has hired Ray Letasi as vp, sales and marketing, and Neil Gamble as director, sales-Europe and Middle East.
Halco Lighting Technologies (Norcross, Ga.) has hired Kristoff Byrd as a product analyst.
STORE OPENINGS
True Religion Apparel Inc. (Vernon, Calif.) has opened a 2,350-square-foot branded retail store at the Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif.
Oreck Corp. (Nashville, Tenn.), a manufacturer and retailer of vacuum cleaners, has opened its first outlet store, in Cookeville, Tenn. (Cookeville is also home to the company’s manufacturing plant.)
HH Gregg (Indianapolis), a consumer-electronics retailer, has opened a 39,000-square-foot store in Evansville, Ind., its 12th locale in Indiana and 117th overall.
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Cubellis (Boston), an architecture, engineering, and interior design firm, announced that its headquarters has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Bulbrite (Moonachie, N.J.), a manufacturer and supplier of energy-efficient light source solutions, has relaunched its web site (www.bulbrite.com) with upgraded features.