Pat Cockrell Markets Own Brand
Staff -- Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 6/1/2001
Burlington, NC — Pat Cockrell, artist and co-founder of Riddle & Cockrell, will launch her own business to license her art and designs to home accent and gift manufacturers. She will continue to develop product for Riddle & Cockrell under a six-year agreement, but will give up her equity position and partnership in the company. In 1998, she introduced the Pat Cockrell Signature Collection of shaped pillows for Riddle & Cockrell. "After being approached over the past years by other manufacturers wanting to license my art, I decided it was time to branch out and build on the Pat Cockrell brand," she said. Riddle & Cockrell's CEO Tim Riddle said, "We are saddened that [Pat] is leaving, but are very excited that she has this opportunity to bring her design skills to the marketplace while continuing to provide us with substantial product development."
As first reported in Gifts & Dec Direct
