Regency - Classroom Regency, Inc. is located in Akron, Ohio. Started by Norma Summerville as a retail office products business in 1940. Norma was succeeded by her son, John “Skip” Summerville. Skip saw a need in the office furniture market for a source of good quality products and decided to remake Summervilles’ into this source, transforming it into Regency, Inc. Regency has now grown to more than three times its size and is a leading, national third-party B2B retailer of office furnishings.