News from Around the Web

• Plush with a Purpose | Gift Shop Magazine
  Date: 11-18-2009 08:43:33 GMT
  San Diego, CA –– My Pillow Pets are snuggly plush companions that are also a comfortable pillow for bed, television, or travel time. Made from the softest, high-quality chenille, safety-tested and retail ready. With a wide assortment of styles it has become a steady seller for toy stores, gift More
  
• World Floor Covering Association Shines at Golden Anniversary Event
  Source: www.ntlfloortrends.com   Date: 11-17-2009 17:39:15 GMT
  The World Floor Covering Associations recent 50th anniversary celebration in Scottsdale, Ariz., was a tremendous event for a group that has grown and flourished within the industry. More
  
• Add a New Dimension to Your Patio
  Source: Casual Living   Date: 11-12-2009 16:19:00 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
  
• Ukrainian woodworking association joins Eumabois
  Source: www.ISWonline.com   Date: 11-11-2009 14:03:14 GMT
  ( November, 11 2009 ) Milan, Italy — The Ukrainian woodworking machinery association UWMA was welcomed at the Oct. 23 General Assembly meeting of the trade group Eumabois, held in Munich, Germany. Eumabois is a federation of 13 member associations that represent woodworking equipment in Europe. More
  
• Product of the Day: The Rug Market
  Source: Home Accents Today   Date: 11-11-2009 06:57:00 GMT
  The Rug Market sets off a dense undergrowth of blossoms with a deep, dark ground to create maximum visual pop. More
  
• mydeco.com Launches US Site to Replace Dominomag.com - Zibb.com
  Source: Comtex   Date: 11-02-2009 06:30:41 GMT
  The UK's leading home furniture and furnishings website, mydeco.com, has announced plans to launch a US website targeting the American home and home furnishings online market worth an estimated $121 billion. Us.mydeco.com, which is already live and expanding rapidly, currently collects together More
  
• Sixteen trade associations and groups back ‘Green” conference - | ISWOnline
  Date: 10-27-2009 11:03:00 GMT
  The number of trade associations and industry groups supporting the second Dollars Sense of Going Green Conference has reached 16. More
  
• Look Active Sitting Down
  Source: www10.nytimes.com   Date: 09-17-2009 04:00:00 GMT
  The Allée chair is meant to look like it’s leaning forward, to create the impression of mobility. More
  
• Mid-Century Mind-Set
  Source: Interior Design   Date: 09-01-2009 00:00:00 GMT
  I began buying, selling, and collecting Good Design in the early 1990's. Back then, there was much mid-century design left to rediscover, and the process of ferreting out unusual and hard-to-find pieces was absorbing and challenging. When George Nelson claimed in 1949 that the "work in furniture More
  
• Room & Board Hosts MCAD Student Exhibit
  Source: Interior Design   Date: 08-31-2009 00:00:00 GMT
  Experience Soy Style: Be in the KnOH! will showcase eco-talents from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design during a weekend event at the retailer's Edina, Minnesota flagship. More
  
• Bassett Announces First Quarter 2009 Results
  Source: www.topix.net   Date: 04-10-2009 12:13:48 GMT
  Bassett Furniture Industries Inc. announced today its results of operations for its fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2009. More
  
• SUUPAA POP!
  Source: www.colorassociation.com   Date: 03-19-2009 21:38:44 GMT
  Looking for an eye catching pop-cultural review of color that will appeal to all ages?  At the Suupaa Pop! Contemporary Japanese Package Design exhibit you may find colors you deem shocking, optimistic, and youthful, displayed in a fun and delightful manner.  The collection says much More
  
• Double Take: Winter Markets 2009
  Source: Gifts & Decorative Accessories   Date: 02-27-2009 05:34:00 GMT
  The 2009 Winter market season is over. We’ve traveled the country and found a number of trends and interesting products despite the down economy. More
  
• Slide Show | Rug News
  Date: 11-30--0001 00:00:00 GMT
  Brown is not the word for the rich new palette that is taking over the market at every price level. It's Rich. It's Hot. It's Decadent. It's Chocolate. More
  
• Press Release - January 19, 2009
  Date: 11-30--0001 00:00:00 GMT
  “Incentives for the purchase of home furnishings and building products will help boost the housing market, help low- and middle-income taxpayers, and directly protect American manufacturing and retail jobs,” says AHFA CEO Andy Counts. More
  
• HomeWorld Business Magazine, homeworldbusiness.com | The Newspaper For Housewares Decision Makers
  Date: 11-30--0001 00:00:00 GMT
  First-quarter sales in the home furnishings division at Dorel Industries were up driven by continued sales growth of RTA furniture sales from Ameriwood. Sales in the division for the period ended March 31 were $109.8 million, up 2.8% from the same period the previous year. More
  
• New Page 1
  Date: 11-30--0001 00:00:00 GMT
  Design Atelier Modern and Traditional, Suites 1848 and 6-148 at The Merchandise Mart Design Center, announced that Kreiss will be returning to their showroom after 18 years. More
  
• Futon Life Online : Magazine
  Date: 11-30--0001 00:00:00 GMT
  Images of pyramids make us think Egypt, and images of gondolas make us think Venice. Why do these images stir our minds to think beyond their simple content and see more, perhaps even feel more intensely about them than their content alone warrents? More
  
• FIRA - The Worlds Leading independent Furniture Technology Centre
  Date: 11-30--0001 00:00:00 GMT
  FIRA Service Technicians, formerly Home Service Technicians, the customer care operation is used by over 50 companies, some of which are among the biggest names in furniture retailing and manufacturing. More
  
• AHFA - American Home Furnishings Alliance
  Date: 11-30--0001 00:00:00 GMT
  The American Furniture Manufacturers Association introduces a video to Rule 181, a packaging performance test designed exclusively for cartoned furniture. More