Home Interiors & Gifts News

Home Interiors and Gifts Advises of Possible Employee Cuts

Dallas Business Journal | 9/27/2008

As reported earlier in the week, Home Interiors & Gifts Inc. asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of Texas for approval to sell its operating entities earlier this week.

The move follows the retailer’s decision five months ago to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Home Interiors to Cut 83 Jobs

Bizjournals.com | 6/2/2008

In a filing with the Texas Workforce Commission, the direct seller of home decor products said the layoffs will occur at its site at 1649 Frankford Road West. Employees affected will have the opportunity to move to the day shift instead of being laid off, the company said.

"We anticipate that additional separations will occur; however, we do not currently know the date(s) on which these separations will occur," the company said in the filing.

Home Interiors and Gifts Closing Two Subsidiaries

Dallas Morning News | 5/13/2008

As expected, Home Interiors, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, will close Dallas Woodcraft Co., leading to 119 lost jobs in Dallas County.

Home Interiors will also close Laredo Candle Co., leading to 77 job cuts in Webb County, but a spokesman said the company would be actively looking for an opportunity to sell the candle business as a going concern over the next two months.

Home Interiors Chief to Retire

Dallas Morning News | 2/22/2008

Heather Chastain, senior vice president of sales support, has been promoted to president, the company said.

Ms. Chastain previously was vice president of operations at BeautiControl Inc., a Dallas-based company co-founded by Mr. Heath.

Home Interiors Introduces New Fundraising Candle

Ancaster News | 10/31/2007

The fragrance blends fresh, juicy apricots with rich notes of clove, cassis and vanilla. Approximate burn time is 48 hours. Candles are $10.99, and Home Interiors donates 100 per cent of its profits from the sale of these candles toward cancer research. With over 100,000 decorating consultants, Home Interiors is one of the largest direct seller of home accessories in North America. The Home Interiors Charitable Foundation has contributed over $78 million to charity causess.

Home Interiors in the Herald

HeraldNet | 7/25/2007

How it works: The business model is similar to Mary Kay Cosmetics or Avon. Consultants sell directly to friends, family and others they know, earning a commission on their sales and on the sales of people they have recruited into the company. It costs new consultants about $150 to get started, which pays for merchandise and training material. That amount fluctuates, she said. Friends who volunteer to a host a party at their home receive special gifts and credit toward merchandise. Consultants who recruit enough other people into the company can become directors, a position Spainhour holds.

Home Interiors Charitable Foundation Help Build Homes

NEWSPost India | 7/6/2007

'After the day's work was completed, a special ceremony took place to surprise 20 Los Angeles families with the news that they have qualified to become 'Habitat for Humanity' partner families. Their reactions were a mix of shock and joy,' Bhagwagar said.

Recollects Diana: 'The joy and euphoria was stunning! Some were clapping, some laughing and crying. When you see the expression on their faces you feel so special to be part of something so beautiful. And when you work alongside them, the love and magic you experience is priceless.'

(...The event was sponsored by Home Interiors Charitable Foundation, part of Home Interiors and Gifts, a direct seller of home decor accessories....)

The partner families were chosen from more than 500 applications. They were selected on the basis of need, willingness to invest at least 500 hours of 'sweat equity' building their home and an ability to repay a zero-interest loan.

Home Interiors Its Not Your Mothers Home Business

nwitimes.com | 4/3/2007

"Home Interiors has an incredible Web site," Stoces said. "We sell over 1,600 products, and all of them are easily visible on the Web. Potential customers can go online and view products they are interested in, and even compare like products."

Starting in mid-April, Stoces will be able to set up her own Web site under the Home Interiors umbrella. Customers will be able to place orders as a customer of Stoces, and Home Interiors will ship the order directly to the customer.

Home Interiors and Gifts Fundraising

Ancaster News | 7/29/2006

Candles are $9.99 each, and all of the proceeds go to building homes for women and children in need. To purchase candles, call Krista at 905-304-8927.

Trenton Home Interiors Consultant Tops Sales

Middletown Journal | 6/17/2006

After selling $56,000 in products in one month, she won a free trip to meet actress Roma Downey. By Meghan Crosby

TRENTON — How would you like to make your own schedule, throw parties for a living and win tropical vacations in the process?

Don’t get jealous, but that has been the story of Tricia Wilkes’ life since she began her home decorating business two years ago.

Last month, Wilkes, a 37-year-old Trenton mother of three, sold $56,000 worth of candles and other home accents as a consultant for Home Interiors, North America’s largest direct seller of home decor products.

Home Interiors and Gifts Awards Mexico Trip

The Leader-Call | 6/8/2006

Home Interiors and Gifts Inc., one of the nation’s largest direct sellers of home décor accessories, recently rewarded one of its top achievers in sales and sponsoring, Norma Morgan of Laurel, with an exciting trip for two to Acapulco, Mexico.

The trip is part of the company’s incentive programs designed to inspire its sales force.

Winning consultants spent three days and four nights at the majestic Fairmont Acapulco Princess – a world-class resort surrounded by lush tropics and stunning views of the Sierra Madre.

Those decorating sonsultants who were in the top 100 in personal sales earned the option to extend their stay two additional nights, complements of Home Interiors.

Home Interiors incentive trip 2006 is planned for a luxurious stay for two in Hawaii.

Home Interiors Plant Closing in Grand Island

Journal Star | 5/13/2006

GRAND ISLAND — The closing of a home accessories plant in Grand Island will cost 114 people their jobs.

The Grand Island Accessories plant will close on July 31, said officials of its Dallas-based owner, Home Interiors and Gifts Inc.

The plant makes molded resin wall decorating items that are marketed by decorators in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada.

“This business decision was a needed one based on market demand and not a reflection of the employees’ service or performance,” said Heather Chastain, Home Interiors senior vice president of operations and corporate development.