MANAGEMENT CHANGE

Lighting manufacturer WAC Lighting (Garden City, N.Y.) hired Maher Shaheen as central regional sales manager. Shaheen will oversee sales representatives throughout the upper Midwestern states down to the southeast and the Caribbean.

STORE OPENINGS

Children’s apparel brand Naartjie Kids (Salt Lake City) opened its first Saudi Arabia flagship in the Riyadh Gallery Mall. As part of an exclusive multi-year licensing agreement with Fawaz Alhokair & Co. (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), additional Saudi Arabia stores are expected to open this month.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

FFR-DSI Inc. (Twinsburg, Ohio) was acquired by Stamford, Conn.-based private equity firm Olympus Partners.

“Inspired by Anne,” based on a past window display by Landor Associates at its Cincinnati office, will run as an exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center’s Cincinnati History Museum, from July 16 through September 4. Anne Wainscott was a fashion illustrator for Shillito’s Department Store for nearly five decades. The exhibit features Landor employees’ fashion designs, a recreation of Wainscott’s studio and actual newspaper ads that Wainscott created. For more information, visit www.cincymuseum.org.

Acrylics producer and distributor Acrilex Inc. (Jersey City, N.J.) opened a new distribution center in Charlotte, N.C.

NY Stone Manhattan LLC’s showroom was recently completed to showcase 5000 square feet of Marazzi USA’s stone collection. The tile manufacturer and supplier is part of the Sassuolo, Italy-based Marazzi Group.

Outwater Plastics Industries + Architectural Products by Outwater (Bogota, N.J.) released its 2011 lighting catalog supplement, featuring a variety of lighting and lighting-related products.