News from Around the Web

• New Ikea Denver location announced
  Source: Home Accents Today   Date: 21 hours 46 minutes 13 seconds ago.
  Ikea today announced that contractors have been hired and a site-work permit is pending for its new Centennial, Colo. store. More
  
• Richard Schultz Partners With Mariaflora
  Source: Interior Design   Date: 03-12-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  The outdoor furniture manufacturer is now representing the Italian textile maker in the metro area. More
  
• (Mar. 10, 2010) Postcards Home New Showroom Brings Global Influence and Local Connections to Las Vegas Design Center
  Source: lasvegasmarket.com   Date: 03-10-2010 19:14:00 GMT
  Donna Johnson and Craig Dye traveled the world and brought their discoveries home to their new showroom Postcards Home (A-119), now open at Las Vegas Design Center at World Market Center Las Vegas. More
  
• National Stationery Show Pre-Show Report
  Source: www.giftshopmag.com   Date: 03-09-2010 02:44:59 GMT
  The full spectrum of the social stationery industry will convene at the 64th annual National Stationery Show® (NSS), taking place May 16-19, 2010, at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Hundreds of new products timed specifically to launch at the NSS, aisles of brand new, More
  
• Nourison wins two awards at Wools of New Zealand contest - Breaking News - National Floor Trends
  Date: 02-25-2010 20:00:21 GMT
  Nourison was among the big winners during Wools of New Zealand's annual Fashion Dynamics competition at Surfaces. The rug maker was the only company to win two awards this year, as both the first place winner in Best Overall and runner up in the Best Color Line categories. More
  
• JAPANESE FURNITURE RETAILER NITORI CUTTING PRICES ON 400 ITEMS - Zibb.com
  Source: Comtex   Date: 02-23-2010 23:14:47 GMT
  Leading Japanese furniture and interior goods retailer Nitori Co. (TSE:9843) on Tuesday announced that it will lower prices on 400 items, including sofas and cooking utensils, from Saturday. In its eighth round of discounting since May 2008, prices will be trimmed 15-40 per cent. For instance, a More
  
• The Sectional as Sexy Sculpture
  Source: www.nytimes.com   Date: 02-17-2010 05:00:00 GMT
  The designer Patrick Jouin elegantly reimagines the often not-so-stylish sofa genre. More
  
• Customization: Make it yourself!
  Source: Gifts & Decorative Accessories   Date: 01-01-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  The customer may not always be right, but these days they're more in control than ever. From Time magazine's pick of "You" as person of the year in 2006 to Yahoo's recent "You" marketing campaign, the idea that the customer is in control is probably the single most popular development of the More
  
• Modernist Furniture of Futures Past
  Source: www10.nytimes.com   Date: 12-25-2009 05:00:00 GMT
  Andy Lin and Larry Weinberg, modernist furniture dealers who ran a SoHo gallery from 1994 to 2004, always squirreled away the more idealistic mid-20th-century pieces that they uncovered. More
  
• Former Lane Furniture execs to open upholstery plant
  Source: www.ISWonline.com   Date: 12-16-2009 16:23:54 GMT
  ( December, 16 2009 ) NETTLETON, MS – Two former executives of Lane Furniture have started a new company called HomeStretch LLC with plans to open an upholstered furniture manufacturing plant in Nettleton. More
  
• Thanksgiving lesson: Change reveals dynamic industry
  Source: Furniture Today   Date: 11-24-2009 20:48:33 GMT
  David Perry Bedding Editor Hi! I'm David Perry, the bedding editor for Furniture/Today. This is an online version of my Bedding Today column, which appears weekly in the pages of Furniture/Today. I invite you to take advantage of this blog format to share your comments on the topics that I tackle More
  
• Web sales drop slightly for School Specialty in FY 2009
  Source: www.topix.net   Date: 07-02-2009 04:56:15 GMT
  School Specialty Inc., an online retailer and direct marketer of supplemental learning materials for teachers, schools and parents, reported a slight drop in web sales for fiscal 2009. More
  
• Beyond the Boardwalk
  Source: Interior Design   Date: 06-01-2009 00:00:00 GMT
  Beyond the Boardwalk Say "summer" with a slew of slats Edited by Karen D. Singh –– Interior Design, 6/1/2009 outdoor furniture 1. Boston Curve bench in teak and stainless steel by Deesawat Industries Co. circle 430 outdoor furniture 2. Camber bench in ipé and powder-coated cast aluminum by Forms + More
  
• High Point Market || Press Center
  Date: 11-30--0001 00:00:00 GMT
  The High Point Market is the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, bringing more than 80,000 people to High Point every six months. High Point's rise as a furniture manufacturing center began in the 1880s and its beginnings as a center for furniture marketing began soon after. More
  
• Call for retail entries
  Source: Casual Living   Date: 18 hours 38 minutes 16 seconds ago.
  Casual furniture retailers are invited to submit photo entries to be considered for Casual Living’s 10th annual Merchandising Awards. Deadline for entries is April 30. More
  
• Safavieh, Market Square to host Thomas O’Brien event
  Source: Home Accents Today   Date: 22 hours 41 minutes 16 seconds ago.
  Safavieh and Market Square will celebrate the debut of interior designer Thomas O’Brien’s first book, American Modern, on Monday, April 19, 2010, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres from 6-8:30 p.m. in the Courtyard at Market Square. More
  
• Trans-Ocean moves into two IHFC showrooms
  Source: Home Accents Today   Date: 22 hours 46 minutes 16 seconds ago.
  Rug and decorative accessory vendor Trans-Ocean Import Company has moved into the IHFC for the spring High Point Market. More
  
• Indoor/Outdoor Fabric from the Heart of Italy
  Source: Casual Living   Date: 03-15-2010 14:25:00 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
  
• Walmart launches value home collection
  Source: Home Accents Today   Date: 03-15-2010 11:47:00 GMT
  In time for spring in the coming weeks, Walmart is rolling out its newest value home decor program dubbed Hometrends. More
  
• Walmart launches value soft, hard home collection -- Hometrends
  Source: Home Textiles Today   Date: 03-12-2010 09:57:00 GMT
  Bentonville, Ark. – In time for spring in the coming weeks, Walmart is rolling out its newest value home décor program dubbed Hometrends. More