Top 36 U.S. Upholstery Fabric Buyers: 2020
June 10, 2020
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- The first “Top Upholstery Fabric Buyers” listing was published two years ago.
For 2020, the new listing has seen some key changes.
Heritage Home Group is no longer in business. It was a key buyer, which filed Chapter 11 last July.
Schnadig no longer exists. The new name is Caracole. Universal became a key player in custom upholstery with the purchase of Southern Furniture in Conover, North Carolina, last October.
Key personnel changes include Melanie Cooper left Sherrill and we don’t know where she has landed yet. Deitra Carpenter joined King Hickory, a new name on the list.
Erica Wingo left Bernhardt for Baker. Corey Keifetz retired from Rowe Furniture and Carrie Bleile from Flexsteel.
Amy Archer left Lee. Hannah Rangel joined Rowe. Also, Kim Caraballo joined Universal late last year after being with Mitchell Gold + Bob
Williams for over 17 years.
Claudine Simone recently joined Kravet after being at Heritage Home Group and Radiate.
If we missed something else, we’d love to hear from you. Your comments on the listing would be appreciated. Please email Eric Schneider at: Eric@fabricsandfurnishings.com
Company Contacts Head Office
- American Leather . . . Kristen Foster . . . . . . Dallas, Texas
- Ashley . . . . . . . . . Lisa Adair, Joel Nowacki . . . . . Tupelo, Mississippi
- Bassett . . . . . . . . . Kena Cohenour . . . . . Bassett, Virginia
- Bauhaus . . . . . . . . Aaron Larry . . . . . . . Saltillo, Mississippi
- Bernhardt . . . . . . . Dawn Pearson, Taylor Hoffman . . . Lenoir, North Carolina
- Best Chair . . . . . . . Brooks Messner Cook . … Ferdinand, Indiana
- Caracole . . . Roger Turnbow, Larissa Whitt . …. Hickory, North Carolina
- Century . . . . . . . . . Lynn Wright . . . . . . . Hickory, North Carolina
- Craftmaster . . . . . . Suzanne Hinson . . . . . Taylorsville, North Carolina
- Corinthian . . . . . . . Jason Ethridge . . . . . Corinth, Mississippi
- England . . . . . . . . Megan Hudson, Cara Perkins . . New Tazwell, Tennessee
- Ethan Allen . . . Patricia Hoffman, Mary Rose Cleary. . Danbury Connecticut
- Flexsteel . . . . . . . . Mallory Appleton . . . . Dubuque, Iowa
- Franklin . . . . Jamie Cook, Chuck Tidwell . Houston, Mississippi
- Fusion . . . .. . . Bo Robinson, Anna Claire Reed . . . Tupelo, Mississippi
- Hooker . . . . . . . . . Sandy Teague . . . . . . Martinsville, Virginia
- HM Richards . . . . . . Andrea Banda . . . . . Baldwyn, Mississippi
- Hughes . . . . . . . . . Susan Morris . . . . . . Randleman, North Carolina
- Jackson . . . . . . . . . Anthony Teague . . . . . Cleveland, Tennessee
- Jonathan Louis/ Javier Sanchez, Heide Gonzalez, Eric Boling/ Gardena, California
- Kimball . . . . . . . . . Jan Dodd . . . . . . . . . Jasper, Indiana
- King Hickory . . . . . . Deitra Carpenter…..Hickory, North Carolina
- Klaussner . . . . . . . . Jay Foscue , Jill Sprehe. . . . . Asheboro, North Carolina
- La-Z-Boy . . . . . . . . Paula Hoyas . . . . . . . Monroe, Mississippi
- Lee . . Jan Whitson, Reine Cenac, Bondi Coley…Conover, North Carolina
- Lexington Home . .Katrina Patton, Erin Tsucalas . . . . Hildebran, North Carolina
- McCreary Modern . . Bob McCreary, Michelle McCreary, Himes Hunt, Holly McLaughlin, April Winters, Beth Miller . . Newton, North Carolina
- Mitchell Gold+ Bob Williams . .. Leslie Stoll, Katie Czyzewicz….. Taylorsville, North Carolina
- Palliser . . . Brenda Gurica, Cameron Cook Sellers, Madi Cash. . . . Winnipeg, Canada
- Precedent . .Arika Lowthe, Lori Grigg-Hartzog.. Newton, North Carolina
- Rowe . . . . Hannah Rangel . . . . . High Point, North Carolina
- Sherrill . . . . . . Susan Bay, Melody Kearns . . Hickory, North Carolina
- Smith Bros . . . Steve Lehman, Amy Wright. . . . Berne, Indiana
- United . . . . . . . . . Chris Burgett . . . . . . Tupelo, Mississippi
- Universal . . . . . Kim Caraballo . . . . . . High Point, North Carolina
- Vanguard . . . . . . . . Harriett Miller . . . . . . Conover, North Carolina
