Hooker Furnishings names two trade veterans to government roles

MARTINSVIILLE, Va. – Hooker Furnishings, one of many largest North American furnishings makers, has named Minoo Hinman and Allison Eremita to government roles with HMI Group and Accentrics Dwelling, respectively.

Hinman joins the corporate with greater than 25 years’ expertise within the furnishings trade, as its new director of showroom design for HMI Group. In her new position, she can be accountable for the conception to execution of its showroom initiatives and can report back to Alexandra O’Hare, vp of selling and inside design of Hooker Furnishings.

“Minoo not solely brings together with her years of expertise throughout the house furnishings area, but additionally her creativity and her capability to design charming showrooms and visuals,” mentioned O’Hare. “We’re very excited to have her be a part of our workforce.”

Previous to becoming a member of, Hinman held the place of director of visible show and cloth merchandising at Theodore Alexander. Earlier in her profession, she spent seven years with Maitland-Smith as its director of visible merchandising.

Eremita replaces Jordan Noe as vp of product growth and merchandising for Accentrics Dwelling. She can be primarily based out of the Excessive Level workplace and reviews to Kevin Walker, president of Accentrics Dwelling. Eremita has practically 30 years of expertise within the house furnishings trade.

“Allison is a proficient and modern product designer and we couldn’t be happier that she is the latest member of our workforce,” mentioned Walker. “She brings together with her a wealth of product growth and merchandising information, and she is going to play an enormous position in our future collections.”

She can be accountable for creating new designs and creating the Homeware by Hooker Furnishings model of higher to center price-point merchandise to compete on-line. Eremita will even oversee product line administration, showroom ideas and product placements.

As well as, she frolicked in Shandong, China because the artistic director for Dinglong Furnishings in the place she centered on product growth, merchandising and showroom design. Eremita has additionally held related roles with Dwelling Supply, Violino and Magnussen.

Based mostly in Martinsville, Va., Hooker Furnishings is ranked among the many nation’s largest publicly traded furnishings sources and encompasses 12 working companies. These manufacturers embody: Hooker Furnishings, Hooker Upholstery, Bradington-Younger, Sam Moore Furnishings, Shenandoah Furnishings, H Contract, Accentrics Dwelling, Pulaski Furnishings, Samuel Lawrence Furnishings, Prime Useful resource Worldwide, Samuel Lawrence Hospitality and HMIdea. The corporate has company places of work and fabric manufacturing services in situated in Virginia and North Carolina, with showrooms in Excessive Level and Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, Vietnam.