For the Week of June 28th

QVC Inc. (West Chester, Pa., electronic retailer) has hired Kim Maguire as executive vp and chief merchandising officer. Maguire was previously chief merchandising officer at Circuit City.

Watkins Hamilton Ross Architects Inc. (Houston architecture firm) has appointed Chuck Turner to manage its new Dallas office.

The Lighting Practice Inc. (Philadelphia lighting design consulting firm) has named Michael Barber as a principal.

Metrologic Instruments Inc. (Blackwood, N.J., manufacturer of bar code scanning and automated data-capture systems) has promoted Benny Noens to president and ceo and added him to its board of directors. Noens succeeds company founder Harry Knowles, who will continue to serve as chairman.

Weidenbach-Brown Co. Inc. (New Rochelle, N.Y., lighting and electrical solutions distributor) has hired Gary Mann as its vp, sales.

Street-Works LLC (White Plains, N.Y., development and consulting group) has named Robin Mosle as a partner.

Universal Lighting Technologies (Nashville, Tenn., manufacturer of lighting ballasts and controls) named Vance Christensen regional sales manager of its Northwest region.

W.A.C. Lighting (Garden City, N.Y., lighting manufacturer) and R.R. Howell and Co. (Spring Branch, Texas, manufacturer's sales agency) jointly announced that Stephanie Howell will serve as W.A.C.'s sales representative in Texas.

Veritas Marketing LLC (Minnetonka, Minn., business-to-business advertising agency) to 11800 Wayzata Blvd., Minnetonka, MN 55305. Phone: 877-388-8177, 952-738-8177; fax: 952-738-8191.

Silvester + Tafuro Inc. (South Norwalk, Conn., design firm) has designed the kiosk for Sunglass Pros at The Prudential Center in Boston, along with a brand and identity program for the retailer that will be rolled out nationwide.

Color Kinetics Inc. (Boston provider of intelligent solid-state lighting systems) began trading shares of its common stock under the symbol “CLRK” on the Nasdaq National Market on June 22, 2004.

KoalaPlay Group (Englewood, Colo., provider of play equipment for commercial environments) has opened a Superior Foam manufacturing plant at its headquarters. Artists at the facility create soft-foam play elements.

Projector Wholesale Supply (Poulsbo, Wash., distributor of projection solutions) has been named a distributor of audio and video products manufactured by FSR Inc. of West Paterson, N.J.

Lees (Greensboro, N.C., carpet manufacturer) announced that its Unibond and Unibond RE backing systems have earned Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) certification from Scientific Certification Systems, a third-party evaluation and certification group.

The National Retail Federation (NRF, Washington, D.C., trade group) has unveiled the RFID Resource Center at www.nrf.com/rfid. The center provides information on the latest trends and news on retailers' growing use of Radio Frequency Identification technology.

The Greater North Michigan Avenue Association (Chicago non-profit membership organization promoting retail and other businesses on North Michigan Avenue) announced the following winners in the second annual Windows of the Magnificent Mile exhibition: Best in Show, Ralph Lauren; Most Original, Hanig's Footwear; Most Eye-Catching, Burberry; Best Consumer Appeal, Neiman Marcus; Best Use of Color, Chiaroscuro; and Best Use of Material, American Girl Place.

The Society for Environmental Graphic Design (Washington, D.C., non-profit educational organization) announced its annual SEGD Awards: the Fellow Award, to Wayne Hunt, Hunt Design, Pasadena, Calif.; the Gold Arrow Award, to Ralph Appelbaum, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, New York; the Angel Award, to David Vanden-Eynden, Calori & Vanden-Eynden/Design Consultants, New York; the Distinguished Member Award, to Lee Skolnick, Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership, New York; the Arrow Award, to Mega Media Concepts, Remsenburg, N.Y.; and the Insight Award, to The Jerde Partnership, Venice, Calif.