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Luxury Products Group
The Luxury Report July 2018
With so many changes happening in the
last six to eight months at LPG, Allison is is looking forward to what she describes as great opportunities ahead for members.
“I am really excited about the new service vendors that Jeff is bringing in to LPG,” she noted. “We need to nd ways to make our showrooms an experience for our clients and Jeff really understands that. LPG is pursuing a deeper footprint into lighting, which is a natural t with our plumbing showroom.
“We added lighting to our showroom about
ve years ago when Hudson Valley Lighting had a free-standing display at the LPG show that was really geared toward Kitchen and
Bath showrooms. It was a great way for us to get comfortable talking about lighting with our clients. Logistically the hardest thing for us was coming up with a better way to display lighting when we added another lighting vendor. We worked with a local contractor to create a
wall system for us and we dismantled the original Hudson Valley display. Now lighting is interspersed among our vignettes as well as on the lighting walls our contractor created, and a cloud for pendants. Offering lighting has been one more way to keep clients in our showroom instead of sending them somewhere else. It also makes sense to choose your lighting at the same time as your faucets and other hardware items. You can make sure that metals and styles are cohesive.”
In addition to the responsibilities she handles at Hulbert Supply, Allison also has taken on a volunteer leader role within LPG. She serves on the Social Media and Marketing Sub-Committee and the Cabinetry Sub-Committee.
“With the Cabinetry Sub-Committee we are researching additional cabinetry vendors,” Allison explained. “With Social Media and
Marketing we are discussing ways to help our members with their Social Media presence because creating social media content is very time-consuming and is something that some of our members really struggle with. We’re also researching things like Virtual Reality
for showrooms and programs for tracking showroom traf c and sales.”
Even after all these years, Allison continues to be motivated by her career and its rewarding experiences.
“I really enjoy helping clients improve their living spaces. One of the biggest lessons I have learned is to really listen to my clients. I make suggestions when they ask me to but otherwise I ask questions that help me determine exactly what their needs are and I actively listen to their answers. I also write EVERYTHING down.
I know we are supposed to live in a paperless society, but I have learned through multiple computer crashes and new operating systems that the hundreds of manila le folders in my of ce are not subject to system failures!
“Each new project is a chance to reinvent a space that is vitally important to our client’s everyday lives. The desire to transform those spaces into something that makes them happy and content is a huge motivator for me.”
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