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DSW Adds Shoe Warehouses in Texas and California … and More Industry News

New for the week of September 4, 2012

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12 years ago

September 4, 2012

VMSD Staff

MANAGEMENT CHANGES

The Finish Line Inc. (Indianapolis) has appointed Harvey Bierman, vp, digital technology. Bierman has more than 20 years of retail experience, and comes to Finish Line after seven years with Demandware.

Custom woodworking and fixture supplier Daniel DeMarco and Associates (DDMA) has added Don Turner to its staff. DeMarco will serve as a project executive. He most recently worked at Quantum Fine Casework.

STORE OPENING

DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse (Columbus, Ohio) has added two new stores: in Towne Centre Plaza, in Mesquite, Texas, and Eastland Center in West Covina, Calif.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Grand + Benedicts has opened a new 31,000-square-foot showroom and headquarters at 6140 SW Macadam Avenue, Portland, Ore.

The Icon Companies (Icon Identity Solutions, Image Care Maintenance Services and Enhanced Site Solutions) has relocated into a new program management and service facility located at 1247 Church St., Moorestown, N.J. The move into the newly renovated, 11,900-square-foot space will allow 30- plus employees from its Bristol, Pa., office to move to the Moorestown facility.

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