News from Around the Web

• Shaw unveils Carpet Stain Center app - Breaking News - National Floor Trends
  Date: 05-10-2010 20:37:23 GMT
  Shaw Industries has launched an iPhone application, named Carpet Stain Center, which offers around-the-clock availability of carpet stain removal procedures for most common household stains. More
  
• Brown Jordan partners with Richard Frinier
  Source: Casual Living   Date: 05-10-2010 14:34:00 GMT
  Brown Jordan, a leading manufacturer of leisure furniture, announced today its new partnership with internationally acclaimed designer Richard Frinier. More
  
• Arrow Home to Debut House of Deréon
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 05-10-2010 12:49:00 GMT
  New York — Beyoncé and Tina Knowles have set their sights on home. Their House of Deréon and Deréon brands begin showing to retailers later this month, with more than a dozen designs between them as well as sheet set and coverlet programs. More
  
• Retailers Unplugged: charging for design services, e-commerce, mentors + more
  Source: Home Accents Today   Date: 05-10-2010 08:46:53 GMT
  Susan Dickenson, Retail Editor, Home Accents Today More
  
• Capel Creates New Woven Rug Lines, Adds Basket Accessories
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 05-10-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  Troy, N.C. — Among the company's latest spring product introductions, Capel Rugs has created several new woven rug collections as well as a new braided basket as a coordinate. Hampton rugs feature a basket-weave look on this woven collection. These pieces are made by hand with sturdy wool blend More
  
• Revere Relocates Corporate Offices, Warehouse Facility
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 05-10-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  Des Plaines, Ill. — Bath towel ensemble and kitchen textiles manufacturer Revere Mills International Group Inc. has moved two of its operations into new sites — its corporate offices and its warehouse facility. The new corporate offices remain here, within the Chicago area, but have been relocated More
  
• Restoration Hardware Adds co-ceo
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 05-10-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  Corte Madera, Calif. — Restoration Hardware has hired former Guess Inc. exec Carlos Alberini as co-ceo and a director of the company. At Guess, he served as the president, chief operating officer and director since December 2000. Alberini will report to Restoration Hardware's chairman Gary More
  
• Arrow Home to Debut House of Deréon
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 05-10-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  New York — Beyoncé and Tina Knowles have set their sights on home. Their House of Deréon and Deréon brands begin showing to retailers later this month, with more than a dozen designs between them as well as sheet set and coverlet programs. Arrow Home Fashions secured the license for the brands at More
  
• Mohawk Q1 Profit Beats Forecast, Sorona Fiber Gains Momentum
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 05-10-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  Calhoun, Ga. — Mohawk Industries Inc. exceeded expectations during its first quarter and saw its residential business – which includes carpet and rugs sales – improve, thanks in part to its SmartStrand Sorona-branded fiber products. “Our earnings were higher than expected as the economic cycle has More
  
• United Feather & Down Deal Extends Portico into Hospitality
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 05-10-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  New York—Portico Home will make its hospitality debut at the HD Expo in Las Vegas, which begins May 19. Utility bedding manufacturer United Feather & Down has signed with Portico Home to sell and distribute the organic cotton hospitality line utility bedding, fashion bedding and bath. Home Source More
  
• Lamonte joins Innovative Carpets - Breaking News - National Floor Trends
  Date: 05-08-2010 02:44:15 GMT
  Innovative Carpets, a Cresskill, N.J.-based designer and manufacturer of custom fine woven Axminster carpets and wool hand-tufted rugs, has hired Kirk Lamonte as Western regional manager/Las Vegas sales. More
  
• Portico Home branching out
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 05-07-2010 14:30:00 GMT
  New York – Portico Home will make its hospitality debut at the HD Expo in Las Vegas later this month, one of many initiatives the brand is understaking this year. More
  
• Seven students win Celia Moh Scholarships
  Source: Home Accents Today   Date: 05-07-2010 08:40:00 GMT
  Seven college students with an interest in home furnishings have been named recipients of the Celia Moh Scholarship for 2010-2011. More
  
• Homefires Accents offers fall themed rugs
  Source: Casual Living   Date: 05-07-2010 08:39:00 GMT
  Perfect for autumn days, these charming fall themed accent rugs by Homefires Accents will complement traditional homes. New for the 2010 summer markets, these beautiful acrylic rugs look like traditional wool rugs, but are machine washable. More
  
• Redesigned Dickson awning fabrics available
  Source: Casual Living   Date: 05-07-2010 06:50:00 GMT
  Tri Vantage now offers customers more choices of contemporary and stylish patterns with the expansion of the Dickson Orchestra North American Collection. More
  
• Outside Color Choice Reflects the Interior
  Source: Casual Living   Date: 05-06-2010 16:48:00 GMT
  Marcia Blake is President / Creative Director of Outdoor Interiors® a design firm specializing in creating outdoor living spaces. She also provides design and consulting services for outdoor furniture manufacturers and has launched a new collection of soft goods and accessories she designed called More
  
• Fabricut buys Stroheim
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 05-06-2010 09:11:00 GMT
  Tulsa, Okla. – Decorative fabric supplier Fabricut has agreed to purchase Stroheim, a high-end design fabrics, trimming, wall paper company owned by Germany-based JAB. More
  
• New co-ceo at Restoration Hardware
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 05-06-2010 08:23:00 GMT
  Corte Madera, Calif. – Restoration Hardware has hired former Guess Inc. exec Carlos Alberini as co-ceo and a director of the company. More
  
• Karastan's Elizabeth Miller dies at 50
  Source: Home Accents Today   Date: 05-06-2010 08:06:00 GMT
  Mohawk Home and Karastan Rugs have lost one of their longtime executives to breast cancer. Elizabeth Miller, who worked for Karastan Rugs for the past eight years of her career as its senior vice president of style and design, passed away May 3. More
  
• Tri Vantage enhances Cover Express Program
  Source: Casual Living   Date: 05-06-2010 06:44:00 GMT
  Tri Vantage has enhanced and expanded its Cover Express Program, which offers sun control professionals pre-fabricated covers for the Solair Select and Solair Comfort retractable awnings. More