Hastings Tile & Bath Expands Market Reach with Three New Rep Agencies

Freeport, New York - Hastings Tile & Bath, the premier importer/distributor of luxury kitchen and bath products and tiles, announced this week that they have significantly expanded their brands reach with the addition of three seasoned manufacturer rep agencies. Providing coverage from Connecticut to South Carolina, and into the Pacific Northwest, these firms will provide deeper coverage for Hastings’ growing clientele of architects, designers, high-income consumers, and the showrooms that serve that audience.

“In order to provide our long-term authorized Hastings dealers with service to support their rising sales, we decided to go with independent rep agencies”, says Jody Rosenberg, Director of Sales & Marketing for Hastings. “We feel these three agencies will not only provide excellent service to our existing dealers but they will also help us penetrate even further into the A+D markets.”

“We’re excited to represent Hastings Tile & Bath because of their inspired, innovative European product lines. The green movement is very popular in our market and our customers appreciate that Vola is a very environmentally conscience company”, said Dan Carr of DC Sales (covering North and South Carolina), speaking about just one of the lines Hastings distributes.
Steve Toor of ST Sales (covering CT, NY, and NJ), having just received an ‘Agency of the Year’ award from ThermaSol®, one of his other lines, has this to say, “The manufacturers which Hastings brings to the market are not only admired by architects and designers but their products are specified to a great extent by them. Hastings has always been in the forefront of fashion for the bathroom. Now, with the leadership of Jody Rosenberg, there is one more reason to be excited about Hastings."

Byran Philbrick, of PhilBrick Sales Associates will be covering Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia for Hastings.

A leader in the kitchen and bath industry, Hastings is the largest importer and distributor of premium bath and kitchen products in North America. With 125 years of experience, Hastings Tile & Bath continues to pave the way as a respected resource for the A+D community. With showrooms in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, and the A&D Building in NYC, Hastings Tile & Bath Collection provides the critical link between seeing products online, in catalogs, and displayed in designed settings.

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For 125 years, Hastings Tile & Bath has been at the forefront of providing architectural products to the building industry, beginning with pavers for large-scale installations, such as the walkways that surround New York City’s Central Park. In the 1970’s, the company began importing tile and bath products from Italy for the high-end home furnishings Industry. Today, Hastings has over 200 Bath and Tile dealers across the country, including their own fashionable showrooms in the A & D Building in New York and in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. Known for providing a full range of innovative and functional products to architects and designers, Hastings Tile & Bath continues its long tradition of sourcing the best tile and plumbing products from Europe. Their collections have included some of the finest names in the industry; Philippe Starck, Andrée Putnam, Matteo Thun, Gio Ponti, and they are the exclusive importer and distributor of the Arne Jacobsen designed Vola line in the United States. They recently added the Sonia® line of contemporary bath products to their family. Visit Hastings Tile & Bath on the web at www.hastingstilebath.com. For additional information contact DRS and Associates at 818.981.8210 or www.drsandassociates.com.

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