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Cost Plus World Market to Open New Store … And More Industry News

For the week of October 3, 2011

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13 years ago

October 3, 2011

VMSD Staff

MANAGEMENT CHANGES

Fixture manufacturer Fleetwood (Leesport, Pa.) named Darrell Helms chairman and Mindy Gehris vice chairman of global service strategies. Don Doherty, former Fleetwood chief financial officer, will rejoin the company as ceo and president, as well as a member of the board.

Eloise Bailey joined the U.K. sales team at lighting manufacturer Martin Professional’s (Aarhus, Denmark) EMEA sales organization as project sales manager of.

idX Corp. (St. Louis) hired Vincent Esposito as general manager of its Louisville, Ky. division and Dave Kilgore as vp of global competitiveness.

STORE OPENING

Home decor [VMSD style is no accent in decor} and furnishings retailer Cost Plus World Market (Oakland, Calif.) plans to open a new store in Stockton, Calif. The retailer operates 258 stores in 30 states under the names World Market and Cost Plus World Market.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Fixture manufacturer Chippenhook (Lewisville, Texas) launched a new website at www.chippenhook.com.

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