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Dallas Market Center Launches DMC Cares
Dallas Market Center (DMC) launched a new hurricane relief program — DMC Cares — yesterday to help aid those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. The market center's goal is to create $1 million in support…
Nourison Launches Rug Blog
Nourison has launched a new design inspiration blog titled “The Rug Edit” at https://www.therugedit.com. This new blog is written to provide design inspiration and information to the interior design…
Libby Langdon and Northcape Expand Vision for Modern Outdoor Living
NorthCape and Libby Langdon are heading to the Chicago Casual Market with four new outdoor collections that expand the designer’s vision of modern outdoor living. The new designs will be displayed in…
3 Signs Your Showroom Website is Outdated
It's common knowledge that first impressions make the biggest impressions. Before the internet, most consumers made their first impressions of home furnishing and lighting showrooms when they walked…
Breaking Through the Noise
It’s near midnight and John and Ivy Simon are still hard at work. While their Chapel Hill, NC, store closes at 6 p.m., most evenings the husband-and-wife team can be found bent over their laptops,…
Alexa and Cortana have teamed up. What It Means for Home Automation
It's rare to see tech giants consider or even willingly work together, and yet, here we are.
Today The New York Times announced Amazon and Microsoft would be joining forces in the digital assistant…
My Vietnamese Adventure
I’m home and back to work after a two-week honeymoon through Vietnam via Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Hoi An and Hanoi. While this trip was all play, I got a valuable glimpse into one of our industry…
Kerrie Kelly Launches New Collection for GO Home Ltd
Interior designer Kerrie Kelly today announced the launch of a new collection with New York-based home accessories company GO Home Ltd. The 80-piece collection will debut at High Point Market this…
4 Vancouver Restaurants You Need to Try at the ALA Conference
The 2017 American Lighting Association Conference is less than two weeks away, and as attendees already know, Monday (September 12) is a free night. That means it'll be time to hit the town and…
6 Ways to Go Above and Beyond with Your Contact Page
One of the basic components of any retailer’s website is a contact page. A standard one should feature the store location, hours and an email address and phone number. But if you want your site to…