Management Changes:
Amerlux Lighting Solutions (Fairfield, N.J., lighting manufacturer) has promoted Sam Newberry to vp, sales, and Bill Plageman to vp, specification sales.
The National Retail Federation (Washington, D.C., retail association) has named Angélica Rodríguez director, loss prevention.
Davaco Inc. (Dallas provider of retail services) has named Nancy Winton vp, controller.
Best Tile Distributors of New England (Ludlow, Mass., importer of ceramic tile and stone) has appointed Jacki Adams residential sales manager at the Woburn, Mass. location.
Lectra Americas (Atlanta software and CAD/CAM provider) has named Paula Levy vp, sales, for its fashion sector in New York.
Mackenzie Keck (Hackettstown, N.J., provider of general contracting and construction management services) has appointed Vikram Reddi president.
Store Openings:
Coach Inc. (New York manufacturer and marketer of high-end leather goods and accessories) will open a 2572-square-foot boutique in the Galleria at Tyler shopping center in Riverside, Calif., in late March.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (New Albany, Ohio, specialty clothing retailer) has opened an abercrombie clothing store targeting boys and girls ages 7 to 14 years old in the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, Calif.
Business Briefs:
idX Corp. (St. Louis provider of store fixtures) has opened an office in London.
WireSpring Technologies Inc. (Minneapolis provider of digital signage) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Sign Biz Inc. to resell RoninCast® digital signage software as the content management application for the company’s LobbyPOP brand division.
JHP (London design consultancy) announced it has designed a new urban fashion store for Karnataka, India-based Arvind Brands called Flying Machine in Bangalore, India. The store is the design consultancy’s second fashion store for Arvind and will feature a fusion of Italian style and Indian craftsmanship.
Willow Creative Group (Cincinnati marketing communications agency) has created a new identity for Cincinnati-based design firm DEI that included a new logo, collaterals, web site, trade show graphics, print ads and other materials.