Atlanta, Ga., (September 2010) — Jay Howard, CEO of I.O. Metro; his wife, Christine; and I.O. Metro managers kicked off the opening of new stores in Atlanta, Georgia with HGTV’s Vern Yip, host of Design Start and Deserving Design with Vern Yip. The VIP opening events drew more than 500 guests each.
The series of VIP parties were huge for the company and the first time, I.O. Metro has partnered with a design celebrity. So far this year, I.O. Metro has expanded to seven new locations including St. Louis, Kansas City and Lees Summit, Mo.; Collierville, Tenn.; and Cumming, Snellville and Marrietta, Ga.
For more information on I.O. Metro, visit www.io-metro.com.
- Jason Lahay, I.O. Metro director of corporate relations, with Meredith Goodsell, sales manager at I. O. Metro’s Fayetteville location
Molly Maloney, The Avenue Portfolio merchant relations coordinator and Megan Jurkovic, The Avenue Forsyth, marketing manager
- Jay and Christine Howard with Vern Yip
