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MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

MON T H LY U PDAT E<br />

President’s Note<br />

Bew White, GW president & c.e.o.<br />

Garden Party! There’s nothing like it ... anywhere. And I’m not sure there ever will be. But this<br />

year’s Garden Party was unlike any other. Perhaps it’s because we surveyed our client base and<br />

asked what they liked about Garden Party and what they didn’t like, and we tried to make<br />

garden party as perfect for the client as possible.<br />

So we mixed in entertainment with a magician. We had activities such as golf, on-message<br />

speakers, a heritage background about the history of Summer Classics and roundtables about<br />

how to grow your business. We also hosted a formal dinner at the Mountain Brook Club,<br />

which everyone said they wanted to do again.<br />

CONTRIBUTORS:<br />

President GW - Bew White<br />

Pres. SCPL - Harold Hudson<br />

CFO - Janet Roberts<br />

CMO - William White<br />

EVP Gabby - Beth Sherer<br />

VP Marketing - Mark Griggs<br />

VP Operations - Tom Livingston<br />

VP Sales - Schon Duke<br />

VP SCC - Don Smith<br />

VP SCH - Marianne Minogue<br />

VP HR - Janet Ward<br />

VP IT - Ben Erickson<br />

PR Mgr. - Susan Ray<br />

We did it all in the setting of the Summer Classics large distribution center and showrooms so<br />

that people could see who we are, what we’re about, how we operate and what specifically we<br />

could do to help them increase their business. Not just with us. To top this off, the introduction<br />

of over 170 new products made this year’s garden party one-of-a-kind. That combined with a<br />

new special events room in the outlet for dinners made the Summer Classics Garden Party ...<br />

well, just very special.<br />

Thank you to everyone who made Garden Party a huge success. A warm thanks to Roy Dollar,<br />

Jamie Monroe, Connie Kasper Dale Boehm, David House, Norma Purnell, Mark Rodell, Beau<br />

Taylor and Zach Pratt for helping pull this off. In particular, the Garden Party transportaion<br />

has never run as smoothly as it did this year despite the degree of difficutly with the distances<br />

from Ross Bridge to Barber’s.<br />

July was another great month for us! Sales for the month were up: Wholesale 22%, Gabby 33%,<br />

SC Home Retail 19% and Contract 32%. We look forward to finishing the year very strong!<br />

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MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

Asia Summit<br />

William White, c.m.o., Wright Currie, product development<br />

& sourcing director and Mr. Pam Chung, vp Asia operations<br />

In late July we held our annual all-day Asia Summit with Asia team in Ho Chi Minh, a cultural and<br />

commerce center of Vietnam and the home base for many of our Gabby products. We met together<br />

with our Asia team to review challenges, goals and recognize individuals for their outstanding work.<br />

Being with the group in Asia was an incredibly rewarding experience—we have such great respect for<br />

them. They protect our interests in the factory and work toward our goal of 100% on-time, quality and<br />

completion. Thanks to their efforts, we’ve been able to successfully increase<br />

efficiencies and reduce return rates across both lines.<br />

Our colleagues in Asia don’t get the chance to meet together like we do<br />

every day in our Pelham offices so it was a unique opportunity for all of<br />

us. During the summit the team worked in both large and small working<br />

sessions, discussing ways to improve quality, safety and communication.<br />

The team came up with great ideas and new methods that can improve our<br />

processes across the board.<br />

It was also our privilege to recognize two distinguished employees: Buddy<br />

Wang and Tricia Tao. Buddy has worked extensively on the Summer Classics<br />

line and has been one of our most dependable employees for eight<br />

years. He oversees the quality for six factories and has helped establish<br />

new ones as well. Tricia joined the team just about a year ago and her<br />

positive, hard working spirit is admirable. She’s has taken on a lot of<br />

responsibility quickly, including training two of our newest employees,<br />

Tommy Li (now stationed in Summer Classics cast factory), and Jackie<br />

Chen who is currently reporting directly to Tricia stationed in South<br />

China. Tricia is now overseeing the quality and communication for six<br />

Gabby factories.<br />

We are proud of the Asia team and are excited about the new<br />

and innovative ideas that we’ll be able to implement over the next year<br />

as a result of the summit.<br />

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MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

More Asia News<br />

We are monitoring the collapse of Hanjin, a streamship line<br />

that moves containers of freight into the US, and its impact<br />

on our business. Our freight forwarding partner used<br />

Hanjin for part of their capacity. Between Summer Classics<br />

and Gabby, we have 16 containers currently in transit with<br />

Hanjin. It’s a small portion of our shipments, and we are<br />

watching the impact it will have on the industry.<br />

From CNBC.com . . . .<br />

Hanjin Shipping vessels have been seized at Chinese ports<br />

in the wake of the South Korean firm’s collapse, further<br />

roiling the industry as freight rates jump and manufacturers<br />

scramble for alternatives.<br />

Seeking to contain the fallout, a South Korean court said<br />

it would soon begin proceedings to rehabilitate the carrier<br />

- which would allow Hanjin to take legal action in other<br />

countries to keep its ships and other assets from being seized.<br />

Rival Hyundai Merchant Marine will also deploy at least<br />

13 of its ships to two routes exclusively serviced by Hanjin,<br />

while the South Korean government also plans to reach out<br />

to overseas carriers for help.<br />

The court’s move to rehabilitate the world’s seventh-largest<br />

container shipper is seen as mainly procedural, and an eventual<br />

liquidation of assets is likely, analysts and industry officials said.<br />

“Unlike dry cargo, liner shipping is all about marketing<br />

and service reliability — we haven’t seen any large carriers<br />

come back from collapse,” said Rahul Kapoor, a director at<br />

maritime consultancy Drewry Financial Research Services.<br />

“There is a loss of faith among customers. It’s very unlikely<br />

Hanjin can come back from the ashes.”<br />

Hanjin’s banks decided to end financial support for the<br />

shipper this week and since then, many of its vessels have<br />

either been denied entry to ports or unable to dock as<br />

container lashing providers fret that they will not be paid.<br />

This includes the port of Busan, South Korea’s largest.<br />

The Korea International Trade Association said on<br />

Thursday that about 10 Hanjin vessels in China have been<br />

either seized or were expected to seized by charterers, port<br />

authorities or other parties. That adds to one other ship<br />

seized in Singapore by a creditor earlier this week.<br />

The collapse comes at a time of high seasonal demand for<br />

the shipping industry ahead of the year-end holidays.<br />

Freight rates on some routes where Hanjin operates many<br />

ships have surged. The cost of shipping a 40-foot container<br />

on the Busan-Los Angeles route has jumped about 55<br />

percent, from $1,100 to around $1,700, according to South<br />

Korea-based freight forwarder Pantos Logistics. Rates<br />

between South Korea and the U.S. east coast via Panama<br />

have risen about 50 percent to $2,400, it added.<br />

Stranded televisions<br />

LG Electronics, the world’s No.2 maker of TVs, told<br />

Reuters it was canceling orders with Hanjin and was seeking<br />

alternatives to ship its freight. It is also making contingency<br />

plans for cargo already on board Hanjin ships in the event<br />

the vessels are seized.<br />

The Korea International Freight Forwarders Association<br />

said it has been inundated with calls from cargo owners<br />

worried about the fate of their shipments in transit to the<br />

United States and Europe.<br />

While mobile phones and semiconductors are carried by<br />

air, other electronics like home appliances are shipped by<br />

sea.<br />

“This will have an impact on the entire industry,” said Cho<br />

Kyung-kyu, a director at the association.<br />

South Korea’s maritime ministry said on Wednesday that<br />

Hanjin’s woes would affect cargo exports for two or three<br />

months, with about 540,000 TEU of cargo already loaded<br />

on Hanjin vessels and facing delays.<br />

A Hanjin bankruptcy would be the industry’s largest ever<br />

in terms of capacity, according to consultancy Alphaliner,<br />

exceeding the 1986 collapse of United States Lines. The<br />

shipper accounts for 7 percent of Far East-North America<br />

container trade.<br />

State-run think tank Korea Maritime Institute estimated<br />

that shipping rates on Busan to U.S. routes would rise 27<br />

percent and Busan to Europe routes would rise 47 percent<br />

in the near term, causing Korean exporters additional<br />

shipping costs of about 440.7 billion won per year.<br />

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Marketing News Mark Griggs, v.p. marketing<br />

Garden Party<br />

August was a whirlwind, due in large part to Garden<br />

Party 2016! We prepared, entertained and communicated<br />

with our customers for a fantastic week. The information<br />

we shared and gained was phenomenal! Every detail<br />

from the gifts adorned with our logo, to the activities<br />

and entertainment, right down to the catalogs and a<br />

multitude of collateral was produced by the Marketing<br />

staff. Special thanks to Marisa, Renee, Jamie and Willie<br />

for all their hard work. Linda and Jessica were non-stop<br />

on social media. LeeAlice’s catalog was tremendous hit<br />

again this year. Gwen and Doriesa have been hard at<br />

work delivering the initial materials for the sales staff<br />

and John got quite the introduction with his continuous<br />

video services during the big event.<br />

Print Shop<br />

We added our new Print Shop here at headquarters.<br />

We were printing and training all month to position<br />

ourselves to take over much of the printed materials we<br />

produce. We are printing price lists and small catalogs for<br />

sales distribution, business cards, banners, wall graphics<br />

and outdoor graphics for our partners and company<br />

needs. We’ll soon be announcing the new custom catalog<br />

program for 2017 and providing reps with a menu of<br />

items available to customers.<br />

New Members<br />

We welcomed John Rockett, Susan Ray and Jessica<br />

Miller to the staff. John will serve as our full time inhouse<br />

videographer. Susan is the new manager of public<br />

relations and content creation. Jessica is a graphic<br />

designer who will work with retail, digital and the print<br />

shop. All three have made an immediate positive impact<br />

on the department!<br />

MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

Casual Show<br />

We are preparing for the Casual Show in Chicago in<br />

September. We’ll be introducing the theme for our “White<br />

Label Signature Event!” The party will be September 21<br />

in the showroom. We’ll invite everyone for an intimate<br />

introduction to the 2017 White Label Collection and a<br />

“Signature” giveaway.<br />

Congratulations<br />

Congratulations to Andrea Rezzonico, our marketing<br />

analyst, and his fiancé Julia on their pending nuptials in<br />

Louisiana. We’re wishing them many wonderful years of<br />

marriage and a happy honeymoon!<br />

Press & Announcements<br />

SEPTEMBER PRESS:<br />

• HGTV Magazine – bedroom makeover<br />

featuring Gabby’s Gertrude Chevron Chest<br />

(donated)<br />

• House Beautiful – Gabby Van Mirror<br />

Susan Ray, public relations manager<br />

SEPTEMBER AD:<br />

• SC: Hearth & Home<br />

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SC Home Update<br />

Marianne Minogue, v.p. SC Home<br />

MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

“Teamwork is the ability to work together<br />

toward a common vision. The ability to<br />

direct individual accomplishments to<br />

organizational objectives. It is the fuel<br />

that allows common people to attain<br />

uncommon results.” ~ Andrew Carnegie<br />

What an amazing August we have had<br />

in retail... coming together and working<br />

together as we continue to build on our<br />

successes and plan for the future. Our<br />

leaders enjoyed a week of time together<br />

exchanging experiences, best practices<br />

and ideas, learning about new product<br />

and merchandising vision while talking<br />

out leadership and what it means to<br />

them. They got to put a face to the<br />

name of all their Corp. Partners who<br />

assist them day in and day out and we<br />

can’t thank you all enough ....you know<br />

who you are :)<br />

Huge kudos to our Chicago Licensee,<br />

Bruce and team, who reached 1 million<br />

in sales since opening their new store.<br />

Our Nashville team with a record<br />

breaking month and surpassing their<br />

MTD goal by the middle of the month<br />

at 140% over. And special thanks to our<br />

Pelham Showroom and Outlet teams for<br />

all their prep work, participation and<br />

partnership with Garden Party. Just a<br />

few highlights from our month with<br />

many more to come<br />

And as we continue to highlight design successes, this<br />

month we have a home designed by our own Deborah Jessop<br />

and featured in the Atlanta Homes magazine. Simply<br />

stunning with deep seating Sierra in Oyster, Charleston<br />

dining in aluminum and the club rectangular table<br />

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MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

Operations Update<br />

Tom Livingston, v.p. operations<br />

Here’s a list of our current operation priorities.<br />

Overall (Tom):<br />

• Set, and publish KPM<br />

• Get safety information posted<br />

• Break area for cut / sew team<br />

• Leadership definition meeting with team<br />

• Develop IDP with leadership team<br />

• Buy in for early buy production<br />

Purchasing (EE / Jess):<br />

• Define structure and responsibility of the department – what is the strategy?<br />

• Develop and communicate plan to use Nathan warehouses to improve in stocks<br />

• Plan and execute first game plan meeting<br />

• Forecasting software implementation<br />

• Staffing solution for SC purchasing<br />

• Foam solution for jackets, backs, and dining (Ryan for September meeting)<br />

• Cut / Sew capacity planning for 2017 — purchase labor / capacity<br />

• Finish samples purchasing plan<br />

• Make to projection for Linen Dove Essentials<br />

Manufacturing (Scott / Jess):<br />

• Cutting upgrades in place<br />

• Cutting machines vented out of cutting room<br />

• Fabric inspection and yardage machine in place<br />

• Plantation Patterns benchmarking trip<br />

• Repairs for Southern Sewing — method to handle<br />

• Produce production metric reporting<br />

• Quality process for cushions defined — WAWG<br />

Distribution / Transportation (Micah):<br />

• Shipping Team Lead in place<br />

• WMS Project implementation<br />

• Select freight forwarder<br />

• Test and switch to port of Mobile<br />

• LA distribution plan<br />

• Nebraska Furniture Mart benchmarking trip<br />

• Forklift Training — safety<br />

• NC conveyer process<br />

• Plan and execute discontinued and excess to Montevallo and current to SC31<br />

• Produce the production metric reporting<br />

• DOT compliance process and ownership<br />

Engineering (Fred):<br />

• SCPL cushion Pricing<br />

• SC cushion pricing<br />

• Thos Baker cushion pricing<br />

• Hire the Cut / Sew inspection and QC team member<br />

• FG new development pricing<br />

• Restoration Hardware cushion pricing<br />

• Define process for installing new cushion cost standards<br />

• Price the Jersey SCPL collection<br />

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Accounting and IT Update Janet Roberson, c.f.o<br />

MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

Branch Conversion Complete<br />

Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence — only in constant improvement and constant change.<br />

— Tom Peters<br />

The Syspro branch conversion was completed the last weekend in July. It was a project 18 months in the making and<br />

required a tremendous effort by many people. I want to extend a great big “THANK YOU!!” and “GREAT JOB!!” to<br />

the IT and Accounting teams for all of the long hours they worked before, during and after the conversion. And while<br />

things were not perfect, they went extremely well considering everything involved in a project this size.<br />

All areas of the Company were impacted by the change. It’s a big adjustment and there’s always a learning curve. I want<br />

to thank each of you for your patience and perseverance during these times of constant change. I’m confident within<br />

the next 60 to 90 days we will start to see efficiencies throughout the business as a result of branches.<br />

Gabby Update<br />

Beth Sherer, e.v.p.<br />

This is a big day for me as I write my first official monthly update for Gabby! I’m<br />

thrilled to be part of such an amazing organization and a sincere thank you to<br />

those who have helped me with the transition. Everyone I have come in contact<br />

with has been a wealth of information and I am learning a ton each day.<br />

As usual, we have a lot going on as we wind down from Las Vegas Market and Garden Party and<br />

begin preparations for High Point. Garden Party was a big success and our customers were in awe<br />

of their experience in Birmingham. We received a lot feedback in the Round Tables that they loved<br />

hearing about the heritage of the company. The new product introductions from Atlanta market<br />

have been shot and will be announced within the next week. Our Chapter 12 Catalog has been beautifully executed<br />

by the Marketing and Design Team. We cannot wait until it reaches our customers by the beginning of October! Our<br />

annual Customer Survey will be going out at the end of August, and we hope to receive some great feedback regarding<br />

our products and service. Next month marks the launch of our StyleMakers program. We have targeted specific markets<br />

where we want to grow the Gabby Brand. We have chosen Designers in Texas, Utah and California who will become<br />

Brand Ambassadors and give us additional exposure across social media and marketing platforms. This is yet another<br />

step in moving Gabby closer to becoming a National Brand. With significant growth comes change. In order to create<br />

more synergy, the entire Customer Service Team will merge in to one team beginning next week. This will only enhance<br />

the amazing experience our customers already receive. A special shout out to these folks for coming along for the ride<br />

and remaining as hard working and professional as they have always been.<br />

The Gabby and Summer Classics teams want to take this opportunity to send our thoughts and prayers to the victims<br />

of the recent flooding in Louisiana. We have customers who have damaged homes and warehouses. Please join us in<br />

helping to support the victims by dropping off any of the following items at Gabby Customer Service. We will have<br />

boxes in our lobby: Soap • Shampoo • Toothpaste • Toothbrushes • Deodorant • Wipes (no water, showers/baths in<br />

areas)• Diapers<br />

Wishing everyone a Happy and healthy Labor Day!<br />

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MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

Sales Update Schon Duke, v.p. sales<br />

Garden Party was a huge success!<br />

Summer Classics had its 15th annual<br />

Garden Party this year in our new<br />

Corporate headquarters. We had the<br />

largest dealer turn out in attendance<br />

ever. Many were visiting us for the very<br />

first time. We had new and existing<br />

key dealers from all over the country in<br />

“round table” discussions where they<br />

got to share best practices. We had our<br />

showroom set up with all of the 2017<br />

collections displayed beautifully. The<br />

dealers in attendance responded with<br />

orders and incredible interest.<br />

Many dealers are just now stepping<br />

into the outdoor category and seeing<br />

the SC products on display got their<br />

wheels turning. Summer Classics,<br />

being a one stop shop for the category,<br />

makes us the perfect go-to leader in<br />

the industry. I have received numerous<br />

compliments on our company, people<br />

and products from these new dealers<br />

in attendance. It is apparent we have<br />

made and influenced some of the best<br />

retailers in America!<br />

Garden Party is just one way we are<br />

able to set ourselves apart from the<br />

competition. We could not have<br />

gotten that separation without all of<br />

our amazing help behind the scenes.<br />

From our display team, logistic team<br />

and countless other Summer Classics<br />

employees this Garden Party could<br />

not have been as successful as it was.<br />

Thank you to everyone who made this<br />

Garden Party an amazing success.<br />

The sales team is building off of this<br />

successful Garden Party and booking<br />

Early Buy orders as you read this article.<br />

We have many dealers to work with<br />

and are looking forward to another<br />

successful Early Buy season. The<br />

products are amazing. The discount<br />

programs are set and Summer Classics<br />

is poised to grow again this year!<br />

SC Private Label<br />

Harold Hudson, president<br />

Summer Classics Private just finished another successful Garden Party. We showed our entire line in the Museum area of the<br />

building and customers were receptive to our new offerings.<br />

We have added several past Summer Classics products to our 2017 line and they were on display during the Garden Party. The<br />

new offerings are Palm, Milano, Ocean Grand Teak, Aire, Aqua, Dolphin, Kipling, Detron, Equestrian, St Croix and Tetra.<br />

Customers now have the ability to change the resin colors and finishes since these items are now in the Private Label offerings.<br />

We will be showing these collections at the September Casual Show and adding them to our catalogue.<br />

We had several new customers of Private Label commit to containers during the Garden Party. Two of these customers will be<br />

using their own logo branding plates on the furniture making the product their own product.<br />

If you have questions or would like additional information on how to make your own Private Label product contact Harold<br />

Hudson at 205.807.0295<br />

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Contract Update<br />

Welcome to the second half of the year from all of us in<br />

commercial sales! Our August has been filled with fantastic<br />

opportunities and events, we kicked off the month by<br />

welcoming our newest team member Mark Rodell to our<br />

corner of SC31, Mark comes to us with a vast knowledge and<br />

understanding of business development in the healthcare,<br />

multifamily and government business sector and has jumped<br />

right in to assist quite literally anywhere and everywhere<br />

including Garden Party and installations. Speaking of<br />

installations, kudos to Meg, Deana, Alissa, Mark, Blake,<br />

Rob, the crew from New Latitudes and a couple of guys from<br />

Micah’s team, we completed what would have been a multiday<br />

installation in less than twelve hours at Ross Bridge<br />

insuring that our guests were able to experience the best that<br />

SC has to offer.<br />

Along with what is always the highlight of the summer,<br />

Garden Party our team was in attendance at an NEWH<br />

event in Orlando with Angela making the rounds with<br />

multiple design firms in attendance, a regional multifamily<br />

event in Texas where Sara could barely keep up with all of<br />

the companies stopping in for information and several online<br />

presentations related to multifamily that we are excited to<br />

share in the coming months. Suffice it to say we are definitely<br />

looking to manage each and every one of our niche markets<br />

Don Smith, v.p. sales of SC Contract<br />

MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

to a position of outperforming not only today but well into<br />

the future as well. Speaking of sales, as always we want to call<br />

attention to our internal and external teams, so far we are on<br />

an eight month run that has us with double digit growth!<br />

We have also spent some time choosing products for our<br />

fourth quarter national shows and can’t wait to share those<br />

photos with you.<br />

Mark Rodell<br />

Starkville Courtyard<br />

Pool<br />

Drinks By Design in Florida<br />

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Ross Bridge


MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

<br />

NAME LOCATION DEPARTMENT BIRTHDATE<br />

Adam Durrett Corporate Distribution Sept. 2nd<br />

Wynne White Sales Sept. 5th<br />

Andrea Rezzonico Corporate Marketing Sept. 7th<br />

Ariana Vidal Corporate Cushions Sept. 8th<br />

Andrew Stough Corporate Distribution Sept. 8th<br />

Antonio Clark Corporate Cushions Sept. 9th<br />

David Abrams Corporate Cushions Sept. 9th<br />

Oscar Galvez West Coast Ops Operations Sept. 9th<br />

Beth Gewant-Sherer Corporate Gabby Sept. 10th<br />

Laurie Lewis Corporate Accounting & Finance Sept. 11th<br />

Richard Young Corporate Distribution Sept. 12th<br />

Martha Beaird Nashville Retail Management Sept. 14th<br />

Gwen Harris Corporate Marketing Sept. 17th<br />

Elizabeth Fowler Corporate Operations Sept. 18th<br />

Marisa Geiger Corporate Marketing Sept. 19th<br />

Rita Lopez Corporate Cushions Sept. 20th<br />

Randolph Hite Showroom Retail Management Sept. 27th<br />

Regina Hall Corporate Cushions Sept. 29th<br />

Marcus Underwood Corporate Distribution Sept. 29th<br />

Rick Carden Corporate Quality Assurance Sept. 30th<br />

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER<br />

Sept. 5th – Labor Day – Corporate Offices Closed<br />

Sept. 8th – WIT Award and Birthday Celebration<br />

Sept.30th – Family Meeting/Picnic<br />

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H. R. News<br />

FAMILY MEETING<br />

NEW HIRES<br />

Janet Ward, v.p. human resources<br />

Please help me welcome the following employees to our family!<br />

Please help me welcome the following employees to our family!<br />

MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

Our family meeting is now set for Friday, September 30th and will be held off-site at the YMCA’s<br />

Camp Hargis. We will be integrating this with a team-building and company picnic event that<br />

we hope will help bring us all closer together and underscore our value of “Family.” The format of<br />

the meeting has changed to emphasize the purpose of these meetings which is to improve Company-wide<br />

communication as well as facilitate understanding amongst the various teams and units.<br />

We will be setting up the Question Box in the weeks to come in various departments and will be<br />

addressing overall strategic-based questions at the Famiy meeting. Your individual department heads<br />

will be holding meetings a week prior to this gathering to address questions of more functional or<br />

individual nature. More details will be forthcoming as we draw closer but we will be providing food,<br />

games and other “goodies.”<br />

HALLOWEEN PARTY & CONTEST<br />

Get started on thinking about your department themes, decorations and costumes as we will be<br />

having another Halloween Contest and Trick-R-Treat. All Corporate departments will decorate and<br />

dress up and our operations employees will enjoy the chance to trick-r-treat throughout the building<br />

as well as judge the winning department. Last year’s contest showed some outstanding creativity and<br />

horrific humor so we are looking forward to seeing what people can do this year. We will be announcing<br />

the actual day of this Halloween celebration so keep checking for updates.<br />

Antonio Pinto<br />

Sharon Farmer<br />

John Rockett<br />

Vershona Hughley<br />

Mark Rodell<br />

Susan Ray<br />

Jessica Miller<br />

Marvin Lewis<br />

Retail – Charlotte<br />

Retail – Pelham<br />

Marketing<br />

Retail – Pelham<br />

Contracts<br />

Marketing<br />

Marketing<br />

Retail – Raleigh<br />

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD<br />

The August Employee of the Month went to a very talented and<br />

humble employee…Matt Scallions! Matt is a Lead Designer in<br />

our Product & Sourcing Department who has brought his own<br />

roll-up your sleeves attitude (literally) and great creative eye to our<br />

company. Everyone who knows and works with Matt can attest<br />

to easy-going attitude and strong work ethic. He is definitely a<br />

hard worker and talented designer. Congratulations Matt!<br />

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Inspiring Thoughts<br />

MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

Pray For Louisiana #LAflood<br />

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,<br />

faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”<br />

- Galatians 5:22-23<br />

“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”<br />

- Michael Phelps, most decorated Olympian of all time<br />

“If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.”<br />

- Mark Spitz, Nine-time Olympic swimming champion<br />

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does -- that makes you a winner<br />

right there.”<br />

- Venus Williams, Four time Olympic gold medalist, tennis<br />

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”<br />

- Muhammad Ali, Olympic light heavyweight champion, Rome 1960<br />

“Yes, we’ve discovered a planet orbiting the nearest star but let’s not lose our minds.”<br />

- Elizabeth Tasker, Scientific American<br />

“August is like the Sunday of Summer.”<br />

- anonymous<br />

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MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2016<br />

Employee Spotlight<br />

Name:<br />

Jessica Miller (like the beer)<br />

City of Residence:<br />

Birmingham, AL<br />

Inhabitants at my residence: (pets/family/friends)<br />

Roo the Dog (named after kangaroo,<br />

because he jumps a lot)<br />

Start date and current position with SC:<br />

Aug. 16th, first day of Garden Party, lol.<br />

Digital Graphic Designer<br />

What I like best about working for SC:<br />

Guess I’ll find out soon...<br />

Best job (other than SC):<br />

Barrista at airport cafe. I met lots of<br />

cool people from all over the world, like<br />

Channing Tatum, Henry Winkler and<br />

Vander Holyfield.<br />

Worst job:<br />

2 year old day care teacher...lots of poopy<br />

diapers.<br />

What 3 traits define you:<br />

Driven. Creative. Unicorn.<br />

Motto or Personal Mantra: (Git ‘er done)<br />

I’ve been hustlin’ since I was born.<br />

What’s one thing you couldn’t live without?<br />

Oreos<br />

What I fear most:<br />

Failure. It’s legit; I was talking to my<br />

mom about it last night. I push myself<br />

really hard.<br />

Proudest of:<br />

How far I’ve come since the beginning of<br />

my graphic design career 3.5 years ago.<br />

Favorite Place to Be:<br />

The couch with my dog, wine, popcorn<br />

& Netflix.<br />

Favorite sports or pastimes:<br />

Live music and Alabama football.<br />

People would be surprised to know:<br />

I once was a cheerleader.<br />

What would you most like to tell yourself at age 13?<br />

It will all work out.<br />

Favorite Memory:<br />

Going to France... a month was not<br />

enough time. Ah, the food, the wine, the<br />

scenery. On New Year’s, everything was<br />

iced over and everyone was busting their<br />

tails, lol.<br />

Pet peeves:<br />

Passive aggressive behavior.<br />

Favorite song, movie, book, or comedian:<br />

To sing: “House of the Rising Sun” To<br />

read: Eat Pray Love. To watch: Guardians<br />

of the Galaxy...anything Marvel, except<br />

the first Daredevil with Ben Afleck, ugh.<br />

Favorite Vehicle:<br />

My Honda Accord is pimped with a<br />

backup camera.<br />

Before I die, I would like to:<br />

Spend a Summer in Tuscany learning to<br />

cook from the natives.<br />

CORE VALUES<br />

We Believe Deeply In:<br />

Family | Obsession With Design | Relentless Attention to Detail<br />

Integrity | Pace | Exceptional Business Results<br />

OUR BRANDS:<br />

WHOLESALE | CONTRACT SALES | PRIVATE LABEL | SC HOME STORES<br />

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