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Billy Lloyd: "Simple design, honest craft, modern concept". These word describe the London based designer and potter perfectly. Billy Lloyd is someone that we here at TabletopJournal have written about before, but his work can be found with restaurants, hotels, private clients, architects, and retailers worldwide.
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EveryWare Global, Inc. - parent of hospitality tabletop leader Oneida Foodservice - announced that its board of directors has appointed Sam Solomon to serve as interim CEO, effective immediately. Solomon is succeeding John Sheppard, who left the company effective February 24, 2014. Sam Solomon joins EveryWare with more than 20 years of leadership experience in branded consumer, multi-channel businesses including Sears, The Coleman Company and Procter and Gamble. Most recently, he served as president of the Sears/Kmart tools, hardware and paint business where he was responsible for the Craftsman brand. Prior to Sears, Solomon served as president and CEO of The Coleman Company, a division of Jarden Corp., the global consumer products company, for seven years. At Coleman, Solomon led the company to double-digit sales and profit growth through innovative marketing, effective sales strategies, operational excellence and aggressive international Daniel Collin, chairman of the board of directors at EveryWare, said, "Sam is an accomplished executive with a clear understanding of strategy, finance and operations in the branded consumer product industry. We are confident that he brings the right management skills and leadership to ensure the company continues to execute its business strategy, including securing new customer wins in underserved channels, expanding the international and specialty segments, and identifying cross-selling opportunities in the foodservice segment." Collin added: “We look forward to working with Sam as EveryWare continues to grow and innovate. In addition, on behalf of the board, I would like to thank John for his contributions and wish him the best in his future endeavors." The board of directors has formed a search committee to evaluate candidates to serve as the company's permanent CEO and has engaged executive search firm Korn Ferry to assist in the process. Solomon is a candidate in the search for a permanent EveryWare CEO. Solomon said, "I am excited about EveryWare's opportunity to build on its established and compelling business model. The company has extensive avenues for growth that can be achieved by leveraging two of the most recognized brands in the tabletop industry, strong customer relationships and continued product innovation. I look forward to working with EveryWare's customers, suppliers and team members." TabletopJournal has comfirmed that Jacqui Gagnon-Volles, Chief Marketing Officer, for Everyware has also departed the company this week, as well.
To learn more about their new product introductions and discover the wide range of hospitality products available from Churchill, go here:
http://www.churchillchina.com/ The BHS Tabletop group, parent of the Bauscher, Schonwald, and Tafelstern brands and a world marketleader for professional porcelain, increased its sales in the past financial year (2013 calendar year) by 10.7 per cent to Euro 91.1 million (preceding year: Euro 82.3 million). And the operating result also showed a positive pattern. BHS Tabletop’s success comes from a variety of projects. For example, BHS supplied the Confederations Cup in Brazil with porcelain and Bauscher, Schönwald and Tafelstern could also be found at the just completed Winter Olympics in Sochi. Quite a number of luxury hotels have opted for quality china from Upper Franconia and the Upper Palatinate regions in Bavaria. In addition, business in the US saw a disproportionally good market development. CEO Christian Strootmann expects to see further momentum there, given BHS’s collaboration with the Hepp and WMF Hotel cutlery brands. Also in the US, and in Canada and the Caribbean, BHS sells high-quality glass produced by the Italian manufacturer Luigi Bormioli. “We reinforced our global sales power and our position as a provider of integrated tabletop and logistics solutions. Given our service packages and supply dependability, the international catering sector increasingly views us as a provider for all issues concerning the set table,“ Strootmann said. He wants to further intensify the company’s sales expansion. In 2013, in a difficult market environment, BHS’s strategy had once again turned out to be right and reliable: “In a market showing excess capacities and cut-throat price competition, our 200-year-young company successfully developed its robust business model further,“ commented Strootman. For more information on BHS Tabletop and their results, go here: http://www.bhs-tabletop.de/index.php/company.152.html
With new people, new products, new website, new catalog....and new approaches to their hospitality tabletop business, Homer Laughlin appears poised to resume its leadership role as America's favorite foodservice dinnerware. Lots going on at this West Virginia based company. And, of course, HLC Dinnerware is also the home of Hall China and the North American home to global leader RAK Porcelain.
To learn more about what is happening at Homer Laughlin or get your own copy of their new catalog, go here: http://www.hlcdinnerware.com/home Hospitality tabletop leader Libbey announced today a 45.9% improvement in income from operations to $19.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to $13.1 million in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted income from operations of $26.7 million and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA) of $37.6 million were both records for any fourth quarter in Company history. "Fourth quarter revenues were in line with our expectations and, along with the benefits of our much improved cost platform, allowed us to achieve a 25.9 percent increase in adjusted EBITDA, compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. We remain on track with our longer-term goals, including increasing profitability, increasing cash generation and reducing leverage. Our restructuring initiatives over the last two years have strengthened our cost position considerably, and we are now focused on maintaining the hard won margin increase and profitably growing our business," said Stephanie A. Streeter, chief executive officer of Libbey Inc. Streeter continued, "We look forward to a stronger sales environment in 2014 and the opportunity to better leverage our global capabilities." To learn more about Libbey's recent financial results, go here: http://investorrelations.libbey.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=64169&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1902206&highlight= To learn more about Libbey's wide array of tabletop products for the hospitality industry, go here: http://foodservice.libbey.com/
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