DSW Opens New Store in Redmond, Wash. … and More

HIRINGS/PROMOTIONS

Kingsmen Projects Pte Ltd., the Retail & Interior subsidiary of Kingsmen Creatives Ltd (Singapore), has appointed Mark Badhwar and Stephen Hekman as vp, retail services, North America. Hekman will be based in Los Angeles and Badhwar will be based in Toronto.

Imagine! Print Solutions (Minneapolis), a provider of point-of-purchase, packaging, UV print, commercial, flexography, digital and screen printing services, has hired Tony Hoholik as vp, sales.

True Religion Apparel Inc. (Vernon, Calif.) has named Seth Johnson to the company’s board of directors. During his more than 30-year career, Johnson has served as coo of Abercrombie & Fitch from 1999 to 2004 and cfo from 1992 to 1998.

Zumtobel AG (Dornbirn, Austria) has appointed Harald Sommerer as ceo of the lighting manufacturing company. Sommerer has been serving as vice chairman of the Supervisory Board of Zumtobel AG since April 2006 and will succeed Andreas Ludwig, who is leaving the company at the end of April.

STORE OPENING

DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse has opened a store at Bear Creek Village in Redmond, Wash.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Callison’s RYA Studio’s (Seattle) design of upscale jewelry store, London Jewelers, was awarded first place in InStore Magazine’s annual “America’s Coolest Store” contest, which honors design excellence in the luxury jewelry retail industry.

Schawk Retail Marketing, the retail marketing group of Schawk Inc., a provider of brand point management services, won one gold and two bronze RACie Awards (Retail Award for Creativity, innovation and excellence) in the 2010 RAMA (Retail Advertising & Marketing Association) competition. The firm’s “Back to School” campaign for Sears won a gold, while its Bloomingdale’s “Fall 2009 Best of Men’s” and Lord & Taylor’s “Spring 2009 Style Books” took home bronzes.