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Retail News: Former AGS President’s Home Goes Viral Online; Tourneau Appoints New CMO April 01, 2015 (0 comments)
AGS Jeweler’s Home, A Former Bank, Goes Viral Online
Spring City, PA—Jeweler Cathy Calhoun, owner of Calhoun Jewelers in Royersford, PA, and former president of the American Gem Society, knows a thing or two about renovating banks. Her store is housed in a former bank building and her home (left) also is in another former bank--that one on the National Register of Historic Places. At home, she even turned the bank’s old basement vault into a sauna because of its lack of ventilation, while the upstairs safe deposit vault--now a bar--still held treasures left by former patrons of the bank when she bought the building. As she drilled the boxes open, she found coins, deeds, and, fittingly, lots of jewelry.
Her bank house was featured in 2007 on HGTV’s If Walls Could Talk, but since then social media has sent Calhoun’s story viral. Click here to watch.
Cathy Calhoun, left, and a night view of the exterior of Calhoun Jewelers in Royersford, PA.
Tourneau Names CMO, New Business Development Officer
New York, NY—Tourneau announces the appointment of Katherine Bahamonde Monasebian as Chief Marketing Officer and New Business Development. She will lead efforts to further develop the brand, evolve the digital and retail marketing strategy and e-commerce channel, and capitalize on new growth opportunities as Tourneau enters its 115th year of business.
Previous to Tourneau, Monasebian served as CMO and executive vice president of e-commerce at Burch Creative Capital’s startup (and now closed) lifestyle brand, C. Wonder, and headed e-commerce at Juicy Couture and Lululemon Athletica. In each of these roles, she spearheaded the build, launch, and growth of the online channel and developed high-ROI, integrated marketing strategies that fueled profitable sales growth. In her early career, she held positions in strategic planning and finance at PepsiCo, Nike, and Citigroup.
Katherine Bahamonde Monasebian