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4 Tips for Strengthening Interior Design Contracts
Interior designers attending Design Chicago last week came ready to learn and report. On Wednesday morning in the Century Furniture showroom at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, a large group of…
American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame Publishes 50th Oral History
The American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame Foundation has published its 50th book, a hardcover oral history of Ronald G. Wanek, chairman of Ashley Furniture Industries and a Hall of Fame inductee.…
3 Business Communication Tools To Try
Research from Towers Watson found that organizations that are highly effective at communications are nearly twice as likely to financially outperform their competitors as those who aren’t effective.…
Senators Introduce New Upholstered Furniture Flammability Legislation
Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced on Thursday the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act (SOFFA). Senate Bill 3551 is legislation that would require the U.S.…
Mattress Firm Files Ch. 11 Bankruptcy
Mattress Firm announced today it has filed Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware and plans to close 700 underperforming stores, approximately 200 of which will close within the next few…
4 Things to Know About the Clicks-to-Bricks Trend
While lauded by Jeff Bezos’ bank account and busy, budget-conscious people everywhere, the growth of e-commerce over the last two decades has raised fear among independent home furnishings retailers…
Third-Generation Retail Staff on the Future of Their Businesses
For sisters Rachel Lansing Sotoloff and Jessica Lansing, joining the family business at Idlewood Electric near Chicago was never a given.
“We never worked in the business when we were growing up —…
The Inexhaustible Variety of Design
Interior designer Denise McGaha would have felt right at home in Jay Gatsby’s mansion. The Dallas-based designer’s new collection for Currey & Company takes cues from the Art Deco and fashion…
High Point Market Preview: Fall 2018
These new product intros are ready to make their mark at the fall market, Oct. 13-17.
Placed in a white floater frame, the glam cockatoo in Oliver Gal’s Cockatoo in Sydney piece features hues of…
Generation Lighting Collaborates with Ellen DeGeneres on Collection
ED Ellen DeGeneres has collaborated with Generation Lighting on a new decorative lighting collection, set to debut at the fall High Point Market.
Francis floor lamp ED Ellen DeGeneres Crafted by…