Oriental Weavers USA has named Blake Dennard vice president of sales for its newly created Main Street Market Group.

In this post Dennard will be develop sales to the mid-level dealer base for OW's area rugs and will introduce new categories of products from OW Global. He reports to Sam Belak, vice president of sales for the Oriental Weavers of America brand.

Dennard joined Oriental Weavers in 2001 as a territory manager for the Sphinx brand, and most recently served as the company's Midwest regional manager. Prior to coming to Oriental Weavers he worked for Beaulieu.

"Blake brings over 15 years of experience in the industry and in successful sales management," said Mike Riley, president. "Blake will be focusing on channels where we can offer tremendous value from our overseas production combined with U.S. production and support."

Blake Dennard