Midwest-CBK name director of product design, development

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MOLLY KINNEY JOINS MIDWEST-CBK TO LEAD HOME DÉCOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN


(Cannon Falls, MN – September 13, 2010) – Midwest-CBK, leading designer and manufacturer renowned for its design, style and sparkle, welcomes industry veteran Molly Kinney to lead the company’s new home décor product development and design.

Kinney will lead Midwest-CBK’s home décor product design evolution to meet changing customer needs and tastes, including managing all aspects of the company’s product development for home décor and garden.

Kinney has more than 20 years of international marketing and business experience, including extensive work in design and product development and founding Cole River Co., a boutique wholesale brand dedicated to the design, manufacture, import and distribution of unique home décor, tabletop and gift products serving specialty retail and hospitality markets. She has also served as a China-based product design and development consultant for Target, and director of Asia-Pacific marketing for Mary Kay. Kinney is also fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

“We welcome Molly and look forward to her innovative, experienced and trend-driven approach to design and product development in the reinvention of our home décor lines,” says Frederic Contino, president of Midwest-CBK. “Her depth of experience and knowledge of marrying today’s trends with specialty retailers’ changing needs will play a critical role in Midwest-CBK’s new home décor approach, helping our customers to achieve even more success and increased sales and growth.”