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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
Ikea breaks ground in Centennial, Colo.
Source: Home Textiles Today Date: 05-05-2010 08:52:00 GMT
Centennial, Colo. – Swedish home furnishings designer and retailer Ikea this week broke ground on what will be its 38th store in the U.S. More
Harrow's opens new store in Hartsdale, N.Y.
Source: Casual Living Date: 05-01-2010 00:00:00 GMT
Harrow's opened its newest outdoor furniture store in Hartsdale, N.Y., at the end of March. Harrow's new 17,000-sq.-ft. store, located in Westchester County, features sales of outdoor furnishings and holiday products in the off-season. There are no immediate plans to add other categories, according More
Welcome to the first edition of the Kids Today Retail Stars
Source: Kids Today Date: 05-01-2010 00:00:00 GMT
What is a Retail Star? A star is a store that is doing something creative, constantly innovating and looking ahead. A Star may be tiny — we have one, Best Baby Organics, who operates in only 600 square feet of space. It may be really big, such as House of Bedrooms Kids, which does more than $5 More
Suncoast Furniture expands distribution
Source: Casual Living Date: 04-27-2010 11:51:00 GMT
Suncoast Aluminum Furniture has expanded its distribution into Idaho, North and South Dakota and Nebraska. More
Mattress sales take off
Source: Home Textiles Today Date: 04-27-2010 10:00:00 GMT
Alexandria, Va. — In what could a harbinger for bedding business, the sales of mattresses rocketed ahead in March, with shipments soaring by 21.4% in units and 17.8% in dollar value compared with the same month last year. More
Rug & Home opens third store, retailer’s largest
Source: Home Accents Today Date: 04-27-2010 07:47:00 GMT
Rug & Home, a rug and interiors retailer with stores in Asheville, N.C., and Gaffney, S.C., recently opened a store in Kannapolis, N.C., in a 96,000-sq.-ft. building formerly occupied by Target. More
Retailers ask Senate to address credit card swipe fees
Source: Home Accents Today Date: 04-26-2010 11:23:00 GMT
The NRF and other groups are asking the Senate to address credit card swipe fees in financial services reform legislation expected to be on the floor this week. More
Hooker Furniture earns $3 million despite sales dip
Source: Kids Today Date: 04-26-2010 10:30:00 GMT
Case goods and upholstery resource Hooker Furniture earned a profit of $3 million in the quarter ended Jan. 31 as sales slid 6.7%. More
Capel Restructures Sales Territories
Source: Home Textiles Today Date: 04-26-2010 00:00:00 GMT
Troy, N.C. — Capel Rugs restructured its sales territories effective April 1, reassigning is dealers by state to regional sales managers. “In order to meet the needs of an evolving marketplace Capel has restructured its sales force with dedicated company employees in a flexible plan that still More
High Point Market snapshots
Source: Casual Living Date: 04-23-2010 13:22:00 GMT
Positive energy swept through casual and outdoor furnishings showrooms as buyers placed orders at the High Point Market, which ended Thursday. More
Ikea to add solar system to Tempe, Ariz. store
Source: Home Textiles Today Date: 04-21-2010 12:27:00 GMT
Conshohocken, Pa. – Home furnishings chain Ikea is adding a solar energy system to its Tempe, Arizona-based store to operate the site using cleaner and more efficient energy methods. More
Ikea gets going on Denver store
Source: Home Textiles Today Date: 04-20-2010 10:18:00 GMT
Denver – Ikea will break ground here May 4 for its first Colorado store, which is slated to open in fall 2011. More
Furniture Classics honors top sales reps
Source: Home Accents Today Date: 04-20-2010 07:39:00 GMT
Furniture Classics recognized several of its top sales representatives during this week’s market. More
Capel Rugs restructures sales force
Source: Casual Living Date: 04-15-2010 14:56:00 GMT
Capel Rugs restructured its sales territories this month. The company announced its dealers were assigned by state to regional sales managers, effective April 1. More
Capel restructures sales territories; adds dedicated sales force
Source: Home Accents Today Date: 04-15-2010 07:56:00 GMT
Capel Rugs has restructured sales territories effective April 1st, with the company’s dealers assigned to regional sales managers. More
Capel Rugs streamlines sales structure
Source: www.ntlfloortrends.com Date: 04-14-2010 21:27:06 GMT
Capel Rugs says it hasrestructured its sales territories as part of an ongoing program to make thecompany more responsive to the marketplace. More
Berg Furniture to open larger High Point showroom
Source: Kids Today Date: 04-13-2010 07:27:00 GMT
Berg Furniture, maker of youth case goods, has moved back to the High Point Market and into a larger exhibit space in Showplace 3417. A grand opening ceremony is set for Saturday, April 17 at 5 p.m. More
Williams-Sonoma’ PB brand Lead Strong Q4 Results
Source: Home Textiles Today Date: 04-12-2010 00:00:00 GMT
San Francisco— Williams-Sonoma Inc.’s Pottery Barn nameplates came in with better-than-expected and even in one case “transformational” results, driving the company’s improved performance for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2010 results. The company recorded a profit of $88. More
Market Basket Prices Recede
Source: Home Textiles Today Date: 04-12-2010 00:00:00 GMT
New York— The word “retreat” best sums up what happened to the Top 10 retailer's market baskets in spring 2010, with all but one of them knocking down pricing at the top tier and half of them doing so in their opening price points. HTT's annual Market Basket survey — which assessed the highest and More

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