Prior to year 2000, the closet industry consisted of the franchises and the other guys. Trying to pull this industry together was like herding cats, until a chance encounter at the Hafele booth at IWF-1998 when Mike Carson saw Closet written on Jeff Klein’s name badge, and visa-verse. Read the rest of the story

The 2016 Closets Symposium, held Tues., Aug. 23, was an all-day event featuring a wide range of closet industry professionals and veterans offering insight, tips, industry research and know-how to a packed room.

Jeff Bruzzesi, president and Mike Mendelssohn, marketing director for Closets Factory, Virginia Beach, VA: a closets company, builds an entire house for the annual local Homearama, will both take part in the Closets Symposium panel at IWF 2016.

What business opportunities does the closets marketplace hold for you? At the IWF 2016 Closet Symposium, you'll learn how the closet has evolved from white wire frame racks to a luxury experience for consumers. Join these industry experts and learn more about this rapidly growing sector.