For the Week of September 5th

Management Changes:

Richter + Ratner (New York construction company) has appointed Marc Heiman president and coo.

Benchmark (Cincinnati design and brand consultancy) has hired Scott Chovan as design director, beauty and fashion team. Chovan previously worked for Design Forum (Dayton, Ohio).

PlayNetwork Inc. (Redmond, Wash., provider of audio/visual entertainment systems for retail and hospitality environments) announced that Stephen Dorsey, vp marketing and creative, will leave the company to pursue opportunities in his home country of Canada.

GreenbergFarrow (Atlanta architecture and engineering firm) has hired John Nourzad as a principal and senior vp, engineering.

Mergers and Acquisitions:

Cubellis Associates (Boston architecture and engineering firm) has merged with Ecoplan (Englewood Cliffs, N.J., architecture firm).

Relocations:

Cloud Gehshan Associates to 400 Market St., Ste. 300, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Business Briefs:

HAPO Community Credit Union (Richland, Wash.) has begun a company-wide deployment of digital signage software and hardware from CoolSign, a subsidiary of Clarity Visual Systems (Wilsonville, Ore.).

Federated Department Stores Inc. (Cincinnati) paid tribute to Paul Reinermann at its recent fifth annual golf outing. Reinermann, co-founder of Retail Interior Consulting, worked with Federated for 15 years. He passed away last October.

Wind Mill Slatwall Products (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.) is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Goldsmith Inc. (Long Island City, N.Y., mannequin manufacturer) creative director Dwight Critchfield was quoted extensively in an article, entitled “Sizing Up,” in the Fall 2005 edition of Vibe Vixen magazine. In addition, the firm's mannequins were featured in a recent US magazine “Where to Shop” guide that included Goldsmith customer Intermix.