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2018 Showroom of the Year: Origins of Success
For the last nine years, Lighting & Decor and Dallas Market Center have honored the best and brightest lighting showrooms at the Showroom of the Year awards during June Lightovation. Each year,…
5 Apps To Boost Your Social Media Game
Only 14 percent of small businesses outsource their marketing, PR and advertising, according to WASP Barcode Technologies’ State of Small Business Report from 2017. Chances are that you work at one…
Tony Davidson To Be Inducted Into ALA Lighting Hall of Fame
The American Lighting Assn. (ALA) announced this week that Tony Davidson of Kichler Lighting is the 2018 Lighting Hall of Fame inductee.
In recognition of his many contributions to the ALA and the…
How Hard Will Tariffs Hit the Home Furnishings Industry
Like many other industry groups, the National Retail Federation (NRF) fiercely opposes the Trump administration's proposed tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners. Now they have the numbers…
ALA President Testifies on Tariffs
Earlier today, Eric Jacobson, President and CEO of the American Lighting Association, delivered testimony to the Section 301 Committee regarding tariffs on products imported from China. ALA has taken…
Dallas Design Week to Highlight Top Names, Exclusive Events
Dallas Market Center today announced the fall edition of Dallas Design Week, Sept. 17-21, 2018. Gathering luminaries from all facets of the interior design industry, this fall’s schedule features…
3 Ways to Protect Your Customer Data from Hackers
It might as well have been a plot in a movie. Yesterday, CBS-affiliate WCAX reported that Vermont-based Wendell's Furniture had been the victim of a ransomware attack, an attack in which software…
Sunbrella and Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Partner for New Collection
Sunbrella and Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams announced they are partnering for a new co-branded collection set to debut this month.
“Designed with families in mind, the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams…
Coco & Dash, CUR8 Partner for Design Event
Award-winning luxury home decor retailer Coco & Dash will collaborate with CUR8, Austin, TX-based innovator and design incubator, on a first-of-its kind design event and product collaboration.…
The Fashion of Light: When to Update Your Fixtures
People may not realize it, but lighting fixtures do fall in and out of fashion, just like clothing. I look at the light fixtures that I had hanging in my house in the 1980's and I shudder. Some…