Briefly
Staff -- Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 3/1/2004
Ceramist and housewares designer Jonathan Adler, New York, licensed Croscill Inc. to create a bath collection that will launch at the spring 2004 textiles market.
Lighting industry veteran Tom Caldwell joined Currey & Co., Atlanta, as product manager for portable lighting. The appointment was announced by Currey president Marion Kelly.
The mother and son design team Tad and Beth Featherman, of Hen-Feathers, Gladwyne, PA, inked a license agreement with Demdaco for a stoneware tabletop collection. Scheduled launch date is January 2005.
Peggy Karr Glass, Randolph, NJ, appointed Frank Maxwell & Assoc. of the San Francisco Gift Center to cover northern California and northern Nevada, and Debi Wise & Assoc. of the L.A. Mart to cover southern California and southern Nevada.
Fitz and Floyd, Lewisville, TX, deployed Cataloglive! the software presentation and entry tool for sales reps created by Whereoware. The online catalog has been branded Fitz and FloydLive!
Enesco Group Inc., Itasca, IL, announced the expansion of an agreement with 170-year-old German manufacturer Nachtmann Crystal to become the exclusive distributor of select Nachtmann products in North America.
Licensing agency Linda McDonald Inc., Charlotte, NC, appointed Ashley Morgan vice president of key accounts. Morgan will head a new Chicago office for the agency.
Tabletop manufacturer Villeroy & Boch, Princeton, NJ, named Nancy McCloskey vice president of sales. McCloskey, who served the past eight years with Lladro, will be responsible for V&B's wholesale division throughout North and Central America.
Susan Hare was appointed CEO of InterArt Holding Co., Bloomington, IN, producers of the Sunrise Greetings and WeinerDog brands of greeting cards.
