Famous Home shifts personnel

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 2/26/2002 12:00:00 AM

Montreal, Canada — Famous Home Fashions announced a series of personnel changes, adding key personnel and shifting others.

Taking the place of the design and product development director, a newly created position, will be William Kenney. Kenney, who will join the company on March 4, was formerly with Springs Industries. He will work out of Charlotte, NC.

Also joining Famous in a newly created position is Chantal Gosselin as national sales manager for Canada. She was formerly with Hudson's Bay as a buyer for athletic shoes.

Allison Grainger, formerly the administrative assistant to company president Barry Samberg, will take on the newly created position of assistant to the design and product development director. She will focus on design, product development, showroom display, all issues relating to the sample department and assisting the design and product development director.

Rounding out the new additions will be Joyce Veeramootoo, who will replace Grainger as Samberg's administrative assistant. Veeramootoo will also support Gosselin's sales efforts.