Management Changes:
DMX Music (Austin, Texas) has promoted Ray Basile to vp of its New Media Group (formerly the company's video division). Basile is based in DMX's Seattle office.
P.O.P Store Fixtures (Philadelphia) has named Ron Dascenzo executive vp, sales and marketing, and Emily Liebl executive account manager. Dascenzo is based in Indianapolis and focuses on establishing client relationships, building and managing a nationwide network of account executives to support retail fixturing programs and planning and implementing marketing strategies. Liebl is based in the Los Angeles area and is responsible for a sales territory that includes California, Nevada, Washington and Colorado.
Callison (Seattle architecture firm) has promoted Yan Yang to principal. Yang is general manager of the firm's Shanghai office.
MTI (Hillsboro, Ore., provider of interactive retail merchandising solutions) has hired the following: Jason Petredis, sales manager, national accounts; Bob Miller, sales manager, national accounts; and Robert Adrian, manager, new business development.
BHDP Architecture (Cincinnati) has hired Tess Luthman as a design architect.
Davaco Sourcing (Dallas provider of sourcing and procurement services) has promoted Rob Johnson to director, responsible for managing the company's online sourcing services.
Relocation:
Graphtec America Inc. (manufacturer of precision imaging products) to 1251 E. Dyer Rd, Ste. 110, Santa Ana, CA 92705.
Store Openings/Contracts:
Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. (St. Louis) will open a 3500-square-foot store at The Galleria at Tyler (Riverside, Calif.) on March 24.
Business Briefs:
Frank Mayer & Associates Inc. (Grafton, Wis., in-store merchandising company) is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Do it Best Corp. (Fort Wayne, Ind., buying cooperative for home-improvement retailers) has opened a retail service center in Mesquite, Nev.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) announced that they have agreed to co-sponsor the development of a new ASHRAE/USGBC/IESNA minimum standard for high performance green building.