September 20,
2010 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on September 21, 2010
Turner's Fine Furniture, Tifton, Ga., and other sponsors will hold a 5K run Saturday to benefit the Tift County Relay for Life 2011.
The event will take place at the Northeast Campus of Tift County High School. The $20 contestant entry fees will go toward the Tift County Relay for Life in 2011.
Rick Register, manager of Turner's Furniture, is organizing the race, his 2nd this year. An avid runner, Register hopes to draw runners from all around South Georgia to compete. The race will be officially timed and contestants will have the chance to win prizes and medals. Turner's Fine Furniture will give away a recliner to a randomly chosen participant.
The world's largest grassroots fundraising movement, Relay For Life mobilizes communities throughout the country to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost and provide participants with an opportunity to fight back against the disease.
Relay For Life began in 1985 with one man who walked and ran around a track for 24 hours and raised $27,000 for the American Cancer Society. This year, Relay For Life will take place in nearly 5,100 communities in the United States and 20 other countries, and will raise funds to support the Society's mission of saving lives by helping people stay well, by helping people get well, by finding cures and fighting back.
Turner's Fine Furniture has been a corporate sponsor of Relay For Life in Tift County for 3 years running. For more information call the Turner's Fine Furniture Tifton Store at 229.382.3266.
September 20,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Social Media on September 21, 2010
Kaleidoscope Partnership COO Sev Ritchie will be the special guest speaker at a Social Media Tweetup in Greensboro, N.C., during High Point Furniture Market.
The Kaleidoscope Partnership is a social media agency for the home furnishings industry. The free event takes place on Thursday, Oct. 21, 6-8 p.m., at Rioja Wine Bar, 1603 Battleground Av. in Greensboro. Richie will discuss his work in the furniture industry and how he and the Kaleidoscope Partnership use social media, combined with other cutting edge marketing techniques to raise brand awareness for their customers.
Sev Ritchie was formerly executive vice president of furniture industry Web site provider ayr1 and the former president of FurnitureChannel/FurnitureFan.com, an online directory for the furniture industry.
Rebecca Cochran, Owner of Cochran Creative Group and John Cass, Head of Digital Marketing at Pace Communications founded the Greensboro Social Media Tweetups in March of this year. The monthly events feature guest speakers sharing knowledge and ideas on the use of social media for business.
For more information and to RSVP, visit gso8.eventbrite.com.
September 20,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Casual Furniture on September 21, 2010
MMPI has launched a new Smartphone Mobile Application tool for the International Casual Furniture & Accessories Market, which starts today.
The app allows Casual Market attendees a free and convenient way to access up-to-the-minute exhibitor information. App users also can access showroom and exhibitor listings, Market updates, national news and weather, social medial links and more.
This app is available on all Smartphone platforms: iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Droid and any web enabled phone.
"The Casual Market is excited to offer attendees, exhibitors and showrooms an easy and convenient way to share and distribute show information in real-time," said Jaclyn Kotzum, director of marketing, casual furnishings industry, Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. "This new mobile app is an invaluable tool that attendees can use to maximize their time before, during and after Market."
Downloadable instruction can be found at casual.mwap.at.
September 20,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Business Strategy on September 21, 2010
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r3195467331&f=10761
Restoration Hardware plans to raise as much as $300 million in an initial public offering that would allow its private equity backers to cash in on part of their investment in the U.S. furniture retailer, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.Read Full Article...
September 20,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Acquisition on September 21, 2010
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r3195409108&f=10761
Elk Lighting has purchased home furnishings vendor Sterling Inds., according to a joint statement released by Elk Lighting CEO Bradford Smith and Sterling CEO and founder John Scott, Home Accents Today is reporting.
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