Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, announced a global exclusive agreement with international wool supplier H. Dawson Wool (@HDawsonWool) for the use of ...
Tags: wool fiber, textile supply
FreemantleMedia reveals a raft of new licensees and promotional activity to coincide with the launch Vivid has launched the toy range for Strange Hill High at Toy Fair. To coincide with the launch, FreemantleMedia Kids & Family ...
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Seven new bedding-related sources will be exhibiting in their own showrooms for the first time at the Winter Las Vegas Market, further strengthening the market’s position as the international hub for the bedding industry and the ...
Tags: New Bedding Tenants, showroom
Metso has received significant orders for its Neles and Jamesbury valves from Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and The Dow Chemical Company. The valves will be delivered ...
Tags: Sadara, Textile, Metso Valves
International Market Centers officials say the Las Vegas Market has reached 96% occupancy for the Jan. 26-Jan. 30 show. The 96.4% occupancy on 21 floors is the highest level for permanent floors since Building C opened in 2008. A floor of ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
LAS VEGAS — The Specialty Sleep Assn. is sponsoring a presentation at the market here by James Kohm, the associate director for the Enforcement Division of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection. Kohm, who ...
Tags: Specialty Sleep Assn., James Kohm, green guides, green claims, FTC
HOUSTON — Mattress Firm, the nation's largest chain of sleep shops, is in talks to acquire fellow Top 100 retailer Sleep Train, according to a story in today's New York Post. The Post story said the deal, which would combine two of ...
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WARREN, Mich. — Art Van Furniture is donating 700 twin memory foam mattress sets to Habitat for Humanity - one for every Simmons Beautyrest A.C.E. mattress set the retailer sold in its stores last month. The Top 100 company, with ...
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Specialty bedding producer Dormeo Octaspring is rebranding itself as Dormeo N.A. in a move to better reflect its commitment to North American retailers and to U.S. manufacturing, the company said. Along with the new name and a logo ...
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Bedding veteran Chris Henning has rejoined King Koil in the new position of executive vice president of sales and marketing. Henning, who left King Koil in 2012 to take a newly created post as president of North America for the Dormeo ...
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Simmons is introducing its new ComforPedic iQ mattress, a self-adjusting mattress that provides personalized support, at a launch party here on the eve of this month's Las Vegas Market. Speaking at that event will be Dr. Andrew Weil, a ...
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The bedding industry's rocky road continued in November, when units dipped 2.5% and the dollar value of bedding shipments declined 1.3%. The November results, which reflect the performance of 14 U.S. mattress producers accounting for a ...
Tags: bedding industry, bedding shipments, decline, Bedding Barometer
Former Natuzzi executive Jan Mantens has been named director of the Brussels Furniture Fair, according to European trade publication Furniture News. Mantens is replacing Els Van Pelt, who is retiring after 15 years with the fair. After ...
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Private equity firm Freeman Spogli & Co. has acquired a minority stake in Top 100 company Arhaus here. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Arhaus was founded in 1986 by CEO John Reed and his father, Jack Reed, and operates 46 stores ...
Tags: Freeman Spogli&Co., acquisition, Arhaus, furniture
Disposable packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki has launched a new range of food-to-go containers for caterers to take advantage of the growing lunchtime market. The new ‘mmm…’ premium quality paper containers can be used ...
Tags: New Products, Equipment