Hollander Adds Basic Bedding VP

Saks Vet Webster Responsible for Design of Multiple Categories

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 9/5/2005 12:00:00 AM

Boca Raton, Fla. —

Hollander Home Fashions has added Amy Webster as vice president of its basic bedding division.

She reports to Dave Sides, president of basic bedding, and will work closely with Beth Mack and Andy Schantz, also vice presidents in the division.

Webster is responsible for the design of key basic bedding categories including down comforters, down alternative products, blankets, fiber and featherbeds, and mattress pads. Her duties include product design, costing, increasing representation of the corporate brand, and developing an overall growth strategy for Hollander's basic bedding line.

Prior to joining Hollander, Webster was a product manager at Saks Department Store Group's private brand of basic bedding and table linens, where she worked directly with the factory to develop the company's exclusive private label programs. She also served as associate product manager for the company's soft home division, which was first in volume of all private brand sales in 2004.