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Van Buren, Ark. - Jan. 23, 2020 – Dillmeier Glass Company, a premier manufacturer of glass store fixtures, glass components, glass wall systems, and myriad of other glass applications for customers worldwide, has appointed Jerry Goolsby as Vice President - Operations.
The University of Connecticut, or UConn, boasts one of the most-celebrated basketball histories in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). With 11 total national championships for its women’s program, and four for the men, they rank as the first- and sixth-most-winning programs in the nation, respectively.
For Bruce Barteldt, retail innovation has been a daily passion for more than 30 years.
The Chief Innovation Officer at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting—a leading architecture and design firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina—has actively participated in several phases of significant growth, punctuated by multiple industry awards and speaking engagements around the world. There is even a documentary chronicling the shift in customer retail experiences away from traditional, cookie-cutter chain stores toward those more personalized and communal, such as via mobile and online shopping.
Office partitions are growing in popularity as useful remedies to the many distractions of open workspace environments. Not only do these structures provide greater privacy and organization, but a host of other benefits, depending on composition.
Glass office partitions, in particular, offer a wide array of advantages, from improvements in employee morale associated with increased natural light, to greater options regarding aesthetics and functionality within the workplace.
From his start watching his father and grandfather in the department store business, to establishing two fixture companies of his own, Hochberg has seen the industry from many angles. He’s used this perspective to grow Icon into one of the leading fixture makers in the country. Among his keys to success: building a small, nimble team, and relying on high-quality vendors, such as Dillmeier Glass.
Glass exists as its own state of matter—a unique composition of environmental factors, crucial ingredients, and chemical reactions all coalescing into a structure used for both practical applications and creative inspirations.
In 1985, Dillmeier Glass Company faced a dilemma. More than 50 years prior, the Dillmeier family had created a successful glass business from the ground up, founded upon relationships with clients across the United States. However, JCPenney—as their largest client, accounting for more than 95 percent of all orders—was beginning to run out of projects.
If there’s one thing Tom Grzywa has learned from 30 years in the retail fixture business, it’s that security and transparency go hand in hand.
For more than 25 years, Grzywa has worked with Dillmeier Glass as a commercial glass fabrication partner to source top-quality lites for retail fixtures and other fabrication projects. Most recently, that partnership has flourished at Jahabow, where Grzywa works as vice president of the retail fixtures division. There, he’s overseen the manufacturing and sales for Jahabow’s full line of glass display cases and cabinets, ranging in application from sporting goods stores to luxury retailers.
Starting on the operations side of the business and eventually transitioning into sales and his current position, Grzywa has gained an appreciation for the people behind the business, whether in partner companies, or Jahabow’s factory in Missouri.
His extensive career has also provided an ideal vantage point to observe the many changes and trends that have emerged throughout the past three decades and will continue to push the industry forward into the foreseeable future.
Foremost among these are an increased need for security to stave off crime, and improved fixture mobility to help provide a flexible customer experience.
According to Grzywa, “smash-and-grab” crime—theft that includes destruction of a product display case to access valuable products—is on the rise.
