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The Gender Gap in America’s Furniture IndustryPresented by
Paula S. Fogarty
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Paula’s Blog forMetropolis Magazine,
“The Gender Gap in the American Furniture Industry”
Monty Simpson and Bruce Mulder of Kendall College of Art & Design with their mostly female graduates.
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Karen Knoch
Ph.D. Dissertation
“Ethics of Care Leadership Orientation Among Women in the Home Furnishings Industry”
1. Women have few mentors
2. Women lack confidence about their entry into the industry
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What?
Harvard Business School
study demonstrates that
95% of home furnishings decisions
are made by women
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S.C.A.D. and Kendall are graduating more females than males
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Women in Home Furnishings ProductionSource: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Women in Furniture RetailSource: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Male CEO earnings. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Female CEO earnings. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Mary Henkel, founder of Henkel Harris
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Kay Lambeth, founder of Erwin-Lambeth
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Florence Knoll Bassett
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Aminy Audi, Stickley Furniture
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Joan Karges Rogier, President of Karges Furniture (left)With daughter and husband
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Rachel Kohler and father Herb (left) and Jim Druckman
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Paula and Dad, Robert S. Fogarty
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Robert Fogarty (left) circa 1968 Los Angeles with a comrade and future enemy
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“The furniture industry represents two-hundred years of
tradition…unimpeded by progress”
Norman Hekler
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INSIDERS ONLY:
The Bone Orchard of Outsiders:
Maganavox, Masco, Burlington, Litton, U.S. Plywood….
and the list continues to grow
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Collapse of the Distribution Network
1998 – 2010 50% of Retail Stores Closed Forever
2012 80% of products are imported
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Opportunities for Women in ALL Areas,Not Just the “Fluffy Stuff”
Human ResourcesFinance and Accounting
PurchasingEngineering
Strategic PlanningProcess Improvement
Quality ControlDesign
MarketingMerchandising
Sales
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Suzanne Kasler, Mariette Himes Gomez, Alexa Hampton, and Thomas O’BrienFor Hickory Chair
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