advertorial Q&A with Kym Bauguess VP Hospitality Sales & Marketing, Caroll Leather What differentiates you from your competitors? Tell us something surprising about your company that people may not know? Our diversity! Yes, stocking leather is our priority but we offer so many specialized services and products like embroidery, laser etching, hair on hide rugs, custom colors, sheepskin pillows, cut-to-pattern and the ability to add an embossed pattern to any of our stocking leathers with a 1 hide minimum. With our diversity in multiple markets we are able to offer price points unseen in the hospitality market. Our foundation is in sustainability! Over 49 years ago Carroll Leather started by picking up scrap leather from local manufacturers and repurposing the leather. Today, we continue this program and work with any manufacturer willing to be a part of the effort. Leather is fully sustainable and with our programs leather does not have to reach the landfill. How is technology playing a role with product development? We consistently use technology to solve problems and address needs in the industry. With the development of our Purely Protected® leathers we have a propriety product that offers the durability of a protected leather yet has the look and feel of a residential leather. 018 November 2019 hospitalitydesign.comhttp://www.hospitalitydesign.com