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MAPLEWOOD, NY – Gordon Clements, of Gordon’s Window Décor, received the 2007 BlindCrafter of the Year Award for the Northern Region at the BlindCrafter National Convention in Nashville, TN. Mr. Clements received this distinction for his embodiment of the BlindCrafter strategy and remarkable business growth as a BlindCrafter.
Since its inception in 1985, Gordon’s Window Décor has grown from a one-person, home-based business, to a 30-employee, five-office business with a main plant and showroom in Essex Junction, Vermont. Throughout this tremendous growth, Gordon’s Window Décor has remained committed to providing quality products and quality service, and has maximized the benefits of the BlindCrafter program to bring both to their over 6,000 satisfied customers throughout New England and New York.
The presentation of the award kicked off a three-day BlindCrafter Convention held in Nashville, TN, where BlindCrafter dealers from around the nation gathered for three days of networking, product workshops, and business strategy seminars.
For additional information on the BlindCrafter program or Comfortex Window Fashions, visit www.comfortex.com/bus_opps.cfm.
Comfortex Window Fashions, founded in 1986, is an innovator in the window fashion industry. Thomas J. Marusak serves as President of Comfortex Corporation, and is also one of the original founders of the company. The company maintains its headquarters just north of Albany in Maplewood, New York, and operates manufacturing facilities in Melbourne, Florida and Phoenix, Arizona. The Comfortex complete line of cellular, roller, Roman and pleated shades, wood alloy blinds, plantation shutters, sheer window shadings and verticals is distributed in every state in the United States and in over 50 countries on five continents worldwide. Comfortex Window Fashions is committed to exceeding customer expectations by providing quality products and services, establishing excellent customer partnerships, developing innovative technologies and remaining a respected name in the window treatment industry. More information about these products may be found on the company web site at www.comfortex.com.
GORDON’S WINDOW DÉCOR PRESENTED 2005 BLINDCRAFTER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Gordon Clements, Gordon’s Window Décor, Essex Junction, VT, was presented the 2005 BlindCrafter of the Year Award by Comfortex Window Fashions, Maplewood, NY, at its BlindCrafter National Convention in Saratoga Springs, NY. Clements was awarded this distinction for his remarkable business growth as a BlindCrafter.
Clements owns and operates Gordon’s Window Décor in four locations in Vermont, New York and Massachusetts. He has been a BlindCrafter since the program’s inception in 1992 and an active retail fabricator since 1985. An established name in the window treatment industry, prior to opening Gordon’s Window Décor, Clements was vice president and general manager of Hunter Douglas US and Canada and president of Graber Canada and Conso Canada.
Jim Hopkins, Accent Verticals, and Bob Silver, Blinds Factory Outlet Superstores, were presented Honorable Mention awards.