To celebrate 25 years of furniture shows at the NEC, the all-new January Furniture Show has joined forces with Furniture News magazine to launch The Furniture Awards. The January Furniture Show will feature the UK’s biggest ...
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Following its acquisition by Lars Larsen Group, the bed store chain SengeSpecialisten, which has 11 stores in Denmark, is to become a national chain, with plans for subsequent expansion in other countries. The group, which owns the chains ...
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David Atkinson’s lighting scheme for the Sky Gallery at The O2 blends LEDs with traditional technologies to stunning effect. Jill Entwistle asks the 2011 Lighting Designer of the Year how he realised the project There ...
Award-winning Harrison Spinks, one of the UK's most established and innovative bed makers, has launched Spink & Edgar Upholstery, which will use Harrison Spinks' leading spring technology in its new sofa range. Spink & Edgar Upholstery ...
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February 10th, 11th and 12th, Feria Valencia will host the the new show, Maderalia Selection, betting around the areas of materials, components, technology and finishes to complement the showcase of Cevisama and Feria Habitat Valencia and ...
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Leading casual furniture manufacturer Summer Classics announced that the company has signed a long-term lease for a 13,500 square-foot permanent showroom at the Las Vegas Market starting in August 2015, in concert with the launch of two ...
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The organiser of Spring Fair International, i2i Events Group, has announced that response to new developments in the rebranded Home sector has been so positive that the available hall space has almost been filled, four months ahead of the ...
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Total search volumes for home and garden grew by 15% in the third quarter of 2014 compared with the same quarter a year earlier, reports the BRC. Search volumes on smartphones outpaced search volumes on tablets, with growth of 41% compared ...
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Retail sales volumes continued to grow in the year to October, with another strong rise expected in the month ahead, according to the CBI. The CBI’s latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey of 124 firms showed a third successive ...
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This week produced a mixed picture for trade for John Lewis, with the overall outcome a sales increase on last year of 6.3%. Although the continuing unseasonable warm weather had an impact, online sales were strong at 25.9% up on last year, ...
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Visitors to the Las Vegas Market can “experience it all,” Sunday, January 18, through Thursday, January 22, 2015, with more furniture, gift and home resources than ever before with both new and expanding showrooms and ...
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The Silentnight Group has confirmed that it will lead on the development of a new Furniture Making Apprenticeship Standard, as part of the Government’s Phase 3 Trailblazers announced by Skills Minister, Nick Boles. Trailblazers are ...
ThyssenKrupp Stahl-Service-Center has invested in a blanking line, enabling the company to produce very small blanks. With the new machine, ThyssenKrupp will be able to cut slit strips measuring 0.4 to 3 millimeter thick and lengths ...
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An accreditation which signifies excellence in furniture products and installation is celebrating 30 years since its initial launch. FIRA Gold Certification was first launched in 1984 for kitchen units, following demand from manufacturers ...
ORGATEC gears up for a spectacular events for innovations and new impulses in six halls on 105,000 square meters of space.The fair runs from 21-25 October 2014 at the Koelnmesse exhibition grounds. More than 600 companies from 40 countries ...