[1]Eric Cross Joins Home Resource.
Home Resource announced that Eric Cross was named General Manager of the firm. Home Resource is Florida Gulf Coast’s leading retailer of modern and contemporary home furnishings.
“Home Resource is fortunate to have someone of Eric’s caliber joining our team,” said owner Michael Bush. “I have known Eric for many years and have always admired his talent, design sense and tireless enthusiasm. His high-fashion background translates well into helping our clients select furnishings as design elements for their home.”
A graduate of the Ringling College of Art & Design, Cross has 29 years of experience in luxury fashion retail, creating interior and window merchandising visuals for Saks Fifth Avenue and Marshall Field’s. He last served as Visual Manager for Saks Fifth Avenue in Sarasota and Naples, Florida, and worked as a team member for new store openings and renovations in Dubai, Chicago, Las Vegas, Atlanta, La Jolla, and major markets in Florida. His movie credits include the set styling in the Beverly Hills store for the Steve Martin film “Shopgirl.”
Prior to Saks, Cross did visual merchandizing for Marshall Field’s in Chicago, where he worked on special events for designers Givenchy, Karl Lagerfeld, Valentino, Gianni Versace, Mary McFadden, Zandra Rhodes, Oscar de la Rental, Bill Blass, Perry Elliss, Clavin Klein, Paloma Picasso and Emmanuel Ungaro.
“The level of products at Home Resource is exciting,” said Cross. “I feel privileged to be working with Home Resource and its clients.”
Home Resource is located at 741 Central Avenue, Sarasota, Florida 34236. For more information, please visit www.homeresource.com [2].
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