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International Market Center streamlines gift, home decor team |
11.21.2012
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International Market Centers (IMC) announces strategic modifications, including promotions, lateral moves, and new appointments, to streamline its gift and home decor team.
Effective immediately, the changes create a single unified team to support both cross-category leasing for permanent and temporary presentations in Las Vegas, and for permanent home decor floors at IHFC in High Point.
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"We are maximizing team leasing efforts to take best advantage of individual category expertise," said Bob Maricich, CEO of International Market Centers. "This effort mirrors the strategic development of Gift+Home at Las Vegas Market, and facilitates its growth as the industry's premier western marketplace."
Under the new structure, Lee Hershberg has been promoted to the role of Vice President of Gift and Home Decor, and will continue to report to Dorothy Belshaw, IMC's President of the Gift and Home Decor Division. Hershberg will manage all category related leasing efforts. His team will include Boyd Tasker and Ron Radin, both Leasing Directors of Home Decor based in Las Vegas, as well as RJ Maricich, newly appointed Leasing Manager of Home Decor, who will be based in High Point, NC.
Pam Williams has also been promoted to Leasing Director of Gift, reporting to Lee Hershberg. Williams will assume management of day-to-day gift leasing activity, and will manage Gift+Home at Las Vegas Market tradeshow leasing. Her team members include: Cassie Catania and Sheri Makransky, Leasing Managers, Gift; Lindsay Pearson and Joy Jansen, Leasing Managers, Gift+Home Temporaries; and Keith Davis, Leasing Manager, Home and Design Temporaries.
As Vice President of the Las Vegas Design Center, Paul Watson will assume management of the c-ONE temporaries, working with Dorothy Belshaw and Keith Davis to launch a merchandised and juried presentation of showrooms for the Summer 2013 Market.
Experienced industry experts also have been recruited in consultancy positions. Terence Morris, a 25-year industry veteran who has held positions with Americas Mart in Atlanta and the California Gift Show, will work with the gift leasing team to accelerate participation by industry leaders at Las Vegas Market.
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