Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Shake-Up at Shaw

Jeff Meadows, the man who moved Shaw Living aggressively into home textiles, has left the company. Furniture Today is reporting that Jeff Brown, the former director of operations, has assumed his position as vice president, on an interim basis.


Meadows had been head of the rug division of Shaw Inds. since 2000. Under his leadership, the division broadened its product range to include bath and kitchen rugs as well as room-size and accent rugs. FurnitureToday.com


Jeff also helped deepened Shaw’s commitment to the very popular Mary Kate & Ashley and Kathy Ireland lines. His are mighty big shoes to have to fill. Having come to Shaw directly from college he seemed to be a fixture at the company. It will be tough to replace his understanding of Shaw’s relationship with their customers and the distribution network that he gained from his experience as sales and marketing executive in the broadloom division.