Management Changes:
Retail Entertainment Design (RED, Seattle media marketing provider) appointed Lynda Stenge, director, strategic marketing and partnerships.
Boston Retail (Medford, Mass., provider of display, power and protection solutions for retail environments) hired Mitch De Bonville as sales director for its Canadian territory.
Arbitron Inc. (New York media and marketing research firm) appointed Linda Dupree, executive vp, portable people meter, new product development.
Versatile Card Technology (Downers Grove, Ill., financial plastic card manufacturer) has hired Julie Hermanson as director, quality management systems.
Urban Retail Properties Co. (Urban, Chicago retail real estate management company) named Mike Lesiuk senior vp, central region leasing.
MBH Architects (Alameda, Calif., retail and commercial design firm) has promoted the following to the associate and senior associate levels: Vanden Baysa, senior designer; Ken Kurano, project architect; Juan Castaneda, project architect; Wendy Hawkins, project manager; Pallas Pulling, studio accounting manager; Catherin Sychr, accountant; Oscar Castelo, senior job captain; Daniel Harris, senior designer; Brandon Dedmon, job captain; Kevin Albaugh, senior project manager; P.J. Cosgrove, vp, business development; Oliver Mellows, accounting manager; Gordon Crespo, restaurant studio director; Emad Michael, senior project manager; Greg Simonoff, director, developer retail studio; Wilse Alfonso, senior designer; Reinhardt Muir, senior designer; Gerald McDaniel, director, MIS.
Store Openings/Contracts:
JHP (London retail design firm) has been named by Ruetz bakery and café (Tyrolean, Austria) to update its brand positioning, corporate identity and store design.
Harlan Graphic Arts Services Inc. (Cincinnati graphics company) will produce and install graphics for the Helzberg Diamonds prototype stores in Atlanta and Denver. FRCH Design Worldwide (Cincinnati design firm) will complete the design and documentation.
Business Briefs:
DuPont™ Artistri™ (Wilmington, Del., digital printing for textiles company) will exhibit at the Latin America textile fair, Febratex 2006, in Brazil.
DigiPoS Systems Inc. (Burlington, Ont., retail p-o-s systems manufacturer) was featured on MSNBC’s “Winners Circle” program hosted by Terry Bradshaw.
Firehouse Image Center (Indianapolis printing company) acquired the Rho 350, a digital, high-resolution printer with 11-foot-wide, roll-to-roll output capabilities.
Awards:
Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design (New York lighting design firm) received the IESNA/International Illumination Awards Lumen Award of Merit for its lighting concept at The National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.