Kohler Interiors
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{{Infobox company
| name = Kohler Interiors
| image = Kohler logo.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| image_size = 275px
| type = Division
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| fate =
| location_city = Kohler, Wisconsin
| location_country = U.S.
| location =
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| key_people = Rachel Kohler, Group President
| products = Furniture, title and decorative products
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| parent = Kohler Company
| divisions =
| subsid = Ann Sacks
Baker Furniture
Dapha, Ltd.
French Heritage Furniture
Mark David
McGuire Furniture
| homepage = [http://www.us.kohler.com www.us.kohler.com]
}}
Kohler Interiors is the furniture, title and decorative products division of the Kohler Company. It includes six subsidiaries.
Subsidiaries
=Ann Sacks=
The Kohler Company acquired Ann Sacks in 1989{{cite news|last1=Bergquist|first1=Lee|title=Kohler says '89 'tough year,' but gains made|newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel|date=April 21, 1990}} from teacher and owner Ann Sacks.{{cite web|title=Our Story|url=http://www.annsacks.com/our-story|website=Ann Sacks|accessdate=24 November 2015}}{{cite web|title=Ann Sacks|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=6195874&privcapId=4372955|website=Bloomberg Business|accessdate=24 November 2015}} In 2011, Ann Sacks opened an international showroom in London. Since its start in 1980, Ann Sacks has been based in Portland, Oregon, where it creates handcrafted tile, stone, and luxury plumbing fixtures.
=McGuire Furniture=
Founded by John and Elinor McGuire in 1948, McGuire Furniture was acquired in 1989 by the Kohler Company.{{cite web|title=Kohler Company|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/kohler-company-history/|website=Funding Universe|accessdate=24 November 2015}} The company creates high-end designer furniture of bamboo, laced rawhide, and aluminum in San Francisco.{{cite web|title=The McGuire Story|url=http://www.mcguirefurniture.com/rightathome/landing.mcg|website=McGuire Furniture}} Baker{{clarify|reason=what's Baker got to do with McGuire?|date=December 2015}} is sold at Marshall Field's{{update inline|reason=Marshall Field's is defunct|date=December 2015}} and Macy's, in addition to a flagship store in Chicago.{{cite news|title=Upscale furniture designer to open store on Near West Side|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20070614/CRED03/200025344/upscale-furniture-designer-to-open-store-on-near-west-side|accessdate=24 November 2015|newspaper=Crain's Chicago Business|date=June 14, 2007}}
=Mark David=
In May 2008, the Kohler Company acquired Mark David, an upscale provider of upholstered seating to the hospitality industry.{{cite news|title=Kohler buys Mark David hotel furniture firm|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2008/05/05/daily12.html|accessdate=24 November 2015|newspaper=Milwaukee Business Journal}}{{cite press release|title=Kohler Acquires Hospitality Furniture Leader Mark David|url=http://www.corporate.kohler.com/press-releases/2014/2/28/kohler-acquires-hospitality-furniture-leader-mark-david|website=Kohler Company|accessdate=24 November 2015}} Mark David was founded by brothers Mark and David Norcross in 1990 as a privately held, family-owned company, and became a supplier of case goods and seating to hospitality properties throughout the United States. As of 2015, Kohler has ceased producing custom contract furniture and Mark David was no longer taking new orders.{{cite web|title=Mark David|url=http://www.markdavid.net|website=Mark David}}
Sale to Samson Holdings
In 2017, Kohler agreed to sell the Baker, Milling Road and McGuire luxury furniture brands to Samson Investment Holding Company, based in High Point, North Carolina. Samson already owns and operates furniture manufacturing companies in the middle and upper price point segments of the home furnishings industry.https://www.corporate.kohler.com/press-releases/2017/2/16/test
References
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External links
- [http://www.us.kohler.com Kohler Company]
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