| LONG-TIME INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE JOINS CCA GLOBAL PARTNERS AS PRESIDENT OF THE OUTLET DIVISION
ST. LOUIS, MO(November 14, 2005) – CCA Global Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Eric Demaree as President of the Retail Flooring Outlet Division. Demaree, a former Home Depot executive, will be responsible for overseeing CCA Global’s Floor Trader, GCO Flooring Outlet and Stone Mountain Flooring Outlet locations.
Demaree brings 29 years of experience in the floor covering and home furnishings industry to CCA Global. He recently held the position of Vice President of Merchandising (Floor and Wall division) at Home Depot. In his 11 years with Home Depot, he also served as the Vice President of Merchandising for Expo Design Centers and as a Global Product Merchant.
Demaree will be based in CCA Global’s St. Louis office and will report to David Kraeling, the Senior Vice President of CCA Global Partners for its franchise businesses and President of ProSource Wholesale Floorcoverings.
“Eric has an extensive and impressive background in the retail floor covering industry,” said Alan Greenberg, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of CCA Global Partners. “He will bring new ideas and strategies to CCA Global and I’m confident that he will be able to significantly grow our outlet division. We are all excited to welcome Eric to the CCA team and I am really looking forward to working with him.”
Prior to working with Home Depot, Demaree served as a Vice President with Royalty Carpet Mills and Tuftex Carpet Mills. He began his career working with Armstrong, after graduating from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.
Demaree will be relocating to St. Louis from Atlanta, GA with his wife, Lynne. He also has two children; Eric is a mortgage analyst in California and Kristen is a high school teacher in Georgia.
About CCA Global Partners
With $8.7 billion in aggregate gross sales and 78 consecutive quarters of profitability, CCA Global Partners www.ccaglobal.com is a formidable leader in the retail industry. Today, more than 3,600 retail stores in the United States and abroad benefit from CCA Global’s business leadership through its 15 affiliate companies. CCA Global’s outlet division consists of more than 110 Stone Mountain Flooring Outlet, GCO Flooring Outlet and Floor Trader locations throughout the United States. For more information, visit www.stonemountainflooring.com or www.gcoflooring.com.
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