LAN Partners named licensor for popular HGTV host

CHICAGO Popular HGTV host Michael Payne has named LAN Partners, a full-service agency specializing in consumer product brands, as exclusive licensing representative.

“We’re thrilled to be working with Michael, who is one of the country’s most recognized and respected interior designers,” said Lisa Marie Davis, LAN Partners president. “We’ll continue to build on and leverage the high visibility and credibility he’s achieved through his television and other media appearances, his best-selling book, and his frequent presentations at conferences and other events.”

Payne, original host of the long-running HGTV program “Designing for the Sexes,” is a Los Angeles-based interior designer, furniture designer, author, and speaker who has worked with corporations including Benjamin Moore, Exciting Windows!, Macy’s, Merrill Lynch, The Chicago Furniture Mart, The Powell Company and Wickes Furniture.