Matt Grodin PHILADELPHIA — Matt Grodin has been named director of merchandising for World Imports, a full-line home furnishings importer serving U.S. and international markets. In the newly created position, Grodin will work with ...
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Furniture First buying group here has added four new members: Best Furniture Gallery, Fort Thomas, Ky.; Crockett Furniture, Gorham, Maine; Kutters Furniture, Hutchinson, Kan.; and Fish Furniture Shop, Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The buying ...
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In our exclusive 93-page report Consumer Buying Trends, Furniture Today presents the most detailed information available on consumer furniture shopping and buying plans, including specific data for 22 home furnishings products--bedding, ...
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Question:What is Chinoiserie?Answer:The term chinoiserie originally came into use in the 17th and 18th century to describe decorative and elaborately designed furniture that showed a heavy Chinese influence. There was great European ...
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BOSTON — Sales via mobile devices are rising fast for Joss & Main, a private sale site for home furnishings and decor, the company reports. The two-year old flash sale retailer, which exceeded 3 million members earlier this year, ...
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Michael Bay WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Merinos Home Furnishings has closed on the former Hanesbrands textile mill property here, paying $3.2 million for what will become its fourth large showroom. The retailer, which opened in a ...
The Spring/Summer 2014 Los Angeles International Textile Show (LA TEXTILE) took place February 25 - 27, 2013 at the California Market Center (CMC) with a solid flow of traffic that included an array of prominent designers, manufacturers and ...
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City of High Point and High Point Market Authority officials will present the first Green Market Award to three showrooms for their handling of cardboard and recycling during the fall market. 220 Elm, Coaster Co. of America and Klaussner ...
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Nick Madden has been appointed executive vice president of Chris Madden Inc., the iconic home furnishings brand based here that has just finished up a nine-year run at J.C. Penney and is now looking for new licensing opportunities. ...
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Seeing the growing demand of African textiles worldwide, a trade event, exclusively highlighting the textile and apparel products of the continent, will be hosted in South Africa’s Cape Town from April 9 to 12, 2013. Titled as ...
DUBUQUE, Iowa --- U.S. manufacturer Flexsteel Inds. is partnering with Westbridge Furniture Designs Ltd., a Welsh upholstery producer, on a product line for the United Kingdom called Flexsteel Lounge. Roger Freeman, left, Flexsteel; ...
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Chicago - Pantone LLC today released the Pantone View home + interiors 2014 trend forecast featuring nine key color and design themes for home furnishings and interior design for next year. The announcement was made by Pantone during the ...
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HIGH POINT — You spend money on promoting your store, work hard to get customers in the door, and succeed in selling them a nice living room set. But they need to finance the purchase and your primary lender turns them down. Their ...
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Louie Blumkin was a retail visionary with a brilliant mind for names and numbers, a deeply philanthropic leader and a man who always put his family first. That's how family and friends are remembering the chairman emeritus of Nebraska ...
Chairish is a new website that is an online consignment marketplace for furniture, art and other home accents. SAN FRANCISCO — Chairish an online consignment marketplace featuring primarily upscale furniture, art, lighting and other ...