aspenhome® announced that its Annual Awards Dinner hit a new high this year. Held at the Golden Nugget, on Saturday, January 30th, the ceremony and dinner were attended by 111 aspenhome employees and sales associates. The theme, “Renew the Rally,” set the stage for honoring 26 sales associates for their performance in 2009.
“Despite the adverse conditions at retail, we had sales increases in many of our territories,” stated Bryan Edwards, vice president of sales for aspenhome. “Increases were impressive with a range of 8% – 33% over their previous year. Some of our associates also achieved a new high on the monetary scale with dollars reaching new levels.”
Stephen Caudle, representing aspenhome in VA, MD, and Washington DC was the big winner for the evening taking home the “Salesperson of the Year 2009” award. “Stephen excelled in territory objectives and also grew his business to a new sales high,” said Edwards. “His execution of corporate objectives shows leadership and serves as a role model for our sales organization.”
Stephen Caudle has been with aspenhome for 12 years. When asked what makes aspenhome a great company, Caudle replied, “it’s the people. They are a wonderful group. They always do or try to do the right thing for the customer. They support all their employees not just their sales associates. That makes a strong foundation for the company. I believe aspenhome has the best business model in the industry, from customer service, financial, marketing, logistics, through product development. Selling that model to the retailer is the secret to our success. aspenhome’s consistent and flexible programs are just as attractive when business is bad as when business is good. Our retailer’s make money with our line.”