The fact that Google Glass is months away from launch hasn't dimmed speculation about what the most-anticipated tech product of 2013 will be like to use when it actually lands in stores (late this year, a Google spokesperson confirmed to ...
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The Marble Institute of America has released Stones of North America Version 2. Stones of North America is a comprehensive iPad app that gives design and construction professionals quick, easy access to detailed information about natural ...
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The Marble Institute of America (MIA) has received the Golden Thinker Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Media Relations. The Golden Thinker, awarded each year by the North America Precis Syndicate, Inc. (NAPS), is given to ...
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With price tags of $300 or above, some high chairs can cost as much as a small sofa. But in Consumer Reports' recent high chair tests, we found that you don't have to spend a lot to buy peace of mind. Three of our top high chair picks, ...
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Increased interest in better-quality leathers is driving buyers to leather upholstery showrooms at the High Point Market as they seek to improve margins and freshen sales floors. Exhibitors say buyers are looking for products that will ...
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Full-line importer AICO is expanding its International Home Furnishings Center showroom here to showcase the new Mia Bella by Michael Amini line of contemporary leather upholstery. The 8,000-square-foot expansion will feature an "art ...
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Martin Chapman Full line importer AICO has hired Martin Chapman for the newly created post of director of leather development. Chapman, who spent most of his career at LeatherTrend, will be involved in merchandising the Mia Bella by ...
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Taylor, a comfortable but common easy chair. Mia Gammelgaard highlighted the details (inspired by the clothing industry) on the chair. And by doing so made Taylor a simplified yet distinctive easy chair with its own integrity that is ...
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Nearly fifteen years of sourcing in China opens up new worlds of business, experience and friendship for Julie Wing. I first went to China in 1999 to visit a jewellery factory. At the time, I had neither experience in jewellery nor ...
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The cute names of some of today's high chairs—Sprout, Juice, Blossom—belie their serious purpose: keeping your baby safe. Some high chairs are better at this than others as Consumer Reports discovered in its latest tests. Of the ...
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Six more U.S. rug companies have joined GoodWeave to commit to a child-labor-free supply chain for production of their products, certifying their rugs as ethically made, the organization announced. The newly added companies are è ...
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To suggest to all of us how to make a habitat more livable and elegant, where you can combine style and design, the first week of November, in Milan and Rome are held two major exhibitions devoted to furnishing and open to the general ...
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Rainbow Colours, which supplies coloured strings and books to help kids learn to play instruments, has joined music trade body MIA. This means the company is now a part of the national Learn to Play Day which takes place on March 16th. ...
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Forty years come around very fast when you are having a blast and for the international denim brand Pepe Jeans London the party is just getting started. Helping to light the fuse on Pepe’s anniversary celebrations is a crew of the ...
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Music Computing, the makers of advanced computer-based production stations and leading edge touchscreen products releases CoreMC (Gen3), the world's most powerful PC designed for audio and video production. The concept was to use ...
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