Management Changes:
Econoco Corp. (Hicksville, N.Y., store fixture and display manufacturer) has promoted Ron Mayer to vp, sales.
Boston Retail (Medford, Mass., provider of display, power and protection systems) has hired Colleen Witherell as its FastLane program manager and Jim Brown as its FastLane business director.
Callison (Seattle architecture firm) has named the following associate principals: Stephen Blackstone, Slava Simontov, Pat Whempner, Brian Gowers, Steve Moody, Darryl Custer, Mark Taylor, Tina Cantwell, Jonathan Chang, Crystal Inge, Jim Moore, Denny Monick, Tom Rasnack, Lloyd Baker, Andre Bilokur, Annmarie Brintnall, Adam Grutz, Matt Laase, Chuck Pautz and Mike Riggs.
Gandinnovations (San Antonio grand format printing firm) has hired the following sales representatives: Steve Vandenberg, Aberdeen, N.C., East Coast territory; Troy Lesher, Houston, Southern territory; and Jeff Burgener, San Diego, Western territory.
Relocations:
Vista System to 1800 N. East Ave., Unit 102 , Sarasota, FL 34234. Phone: 800-468-4782, 941-365-4646; fax: 888-316-5198, 941-955-2681.
Business Briefs:
Windsor Marketing Group (Windsor Locks, Conn., in-store marketing firm) has completed an expansion and upgrade of its production facilities.
Do it Best Corp. (Fort Wayne, Ind., buying cooperative for home improvement retailers) has introduced the Best Rewards program, a customizable, turnkey program designed to help its members convert occasional customers into frequent shoppers.
Mannington (Calhoun, Ga.) announced that its commercial carpet manufacturing operations have been registered to the ISO 14001 environmental standard.
Awards and Competitions:
LS3P Associates Ltd. (Charleston, S.C., design firm) won an honor award for its Just Fresh Restaurants design (Charleston, S.C.) in the 2005 ASID Carolinas Chapter Design Specialty Awards competition.
W.A.C. Lighting (Garden City, N.Y.) presented awards of excellence for 2005 to the following employees: Dan O'Donohue, marketing department, rookie of the year; Bo Chen, marketing team, above & beyond award; Michael Stanton, accounting department, inspiration award; Jami Kitz, in-house sales department, achievement award; Laurie Cannella, human resources manager, leadership award; and accounting department, team spirit award.
Laticrete Intl. Inc. (Bethany, Conn., manufacturer of tile and stone installation systems) announced that its salesperson, Ron Nash, was named outstanding vendor sales representative for 2005 by Inland Northwest Distributing.