Daily News Archive
Brought to you by Home Furnishings Business
July 26,
2010 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on July 27, 2010
A man took furniture price cutting to extremes at a Utah furniture store, KSL reported Monday.
Early Monday, a man entered Envy Home Furnishings & Decor in Draper, where he began cutting price tags.
Jake Seethaler, co-owner of the store, had heard noises in the showroom and found the man in a feathered cap; and asked whether he could help with anything.
"I'd found the commotion that had gone on for the past three to five minutes was him cutting up price tags," Seethaler said.
He asked the man if he could help him with anything.
"He says to me, 'No, I'm with the "We the People Corporation" and I'm here slashing prices,'" Seethaler said in the report. The man fled the store.
Police arrested Shane Johnson a short while later and charged him with retail theft and disorderly conduct. Johnson had stolen sunglasses from another retailer after leaving the furniture store.
July 26,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Las Vegas on July 27, 2010
The Kaleidoscope Partnership has partnered with World Market Center Las Vegas for the first official World Market Center cocktail "tweetup."
Tweetups are events where people using the social media micro blogging platform, Twitter, come together in real life to meet one another, take pictures and/or videos and tweet about their experience together.
Attendees can meet, tweet and eat with market attendees, the media and celebrity designers Christopher Lowell, Darryl Carter, HGTV's Monica Pedersen and many others, starting Monday at 5 p.m. in the HotSpot: Social Media Bar in WMC-C1096.
In addition to the real life cocktail event, the tweetup also will be held live, at the same time, on Twitter, an industry first. This will enable thousands of interior designers, consumers and fellow home furnishings friends from around the world to share in the excitement and glamour of the event who otherwise would not be able to do so.
To join the real life event on Twitter, search Twitter using the hashtag #tweetupWMC starting at 5 p.m. (Pacific Time) on Monday, Aug. 2nd and follow @tkpleslie, @tkpsev and @WorldMarketCtr on twitter.
July 26,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Leather Upholstery on July 27, 2010
D'Oro Furniture Inds. will debut a new showroom and new quick-ship program at the August 2-6 Las Vegas Furniture Market.
D'Oro, a vendor of middle-price to high-end leather upholstery and motion furniture, has moved its Las Vegas showroom to World Market Center C-1388.
"The 8,000-square-foot location provides us with an ideal location and interior for the presentation of our leather products," said President Tom Schmidt. "The building C location will provide us with the additional space to show the in-stock warehouse program that we are officially rolling at this market."
For the first time next week, D'Oro leather will show its complete in stock quick ship warehouse program, which is based in a new 80,000-square-foot distribution center and corporate office location in Dallas, Texas.
July 26,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Green on July 27, 2010
The Specialty Sleep Association is a launching a mattress Safety & Environmental Program to better educate consumers on components in the sleep products they buy.
After more than a year of research and industry involvement, SSA has created a two-step label and seal that will appear on mattresses from manufacturers who join the program that informs the consumer about the minimum environmental and safety compliance levels the particular product adheres to, along with a label that lists components in the mattress.
Manufacturers in the program pay a fee to the SSA to use the label and seal, and complete an extensive application process with documentation that backs up claims. Consumers wanting further information beyond the seal and label will be able to go the SSA's Web site for more detailed information and can contact the organization if they wish to learn more about a specific manufacturerÃs component filing.
To display the Level I seal, a manufacturer must meet all federal safety flammability requirements; provide a warrantee for the product; meet all safety requirements for childrenÃs products if applicable; disclose material construction with a descriptive label content; participate in an annual survey to identify carbon footprint issues and has committed to continuous improvement; and meet standards set by the Montreal Protocol Act when applicable, for reduction or elimination of ozone depleting substances.
For the Level II seal, a manufacturer would have to meet all the requirements of the first threshold and in addition: meet California Section 1350 testing for low VOC emissions and validate that the mattress' textile covering contains no harmful substances.
Several manufacturers already have signed onto the program and plan to show mattresses in compliance with the program at next week's Summer Las Vegas Furniture Market. A leading industry supplier has provided the preliminary funding to launch a consumer education program through the enhancement of the current SSA Web site and a new social networking initiative that will launch when the first mattresses are expected to hit retailer's floors.
"Purchasing safe and environmentally friendly products is an overwhelming concern of consumers," said SSA President Dale Read. "The SEP program represents the best way to finally deliver a clear message, through a revolutionary new label and education program, that the bedding industry is listening to that concern. The SSA is proud to have taken a leadership role in this important task of creating clarity in defining the broad terms being used to define environmentally friendly products as part of our ongoing mission to promote natural, healthier and safer sleep solutions for consumers.
"The SEP program is all about transparency and education. It represents a unification of suppliers, manufacturers and retailers around a set of environmental terms and definitions that will reduce confusion and bolster sales to consumers anxious to purchase environmentally friendly products."
SEP is the result of the SSA's "Green Initiative," which brought together 15 leading manufacturers, suppliers and retailers who studied and debated how the industry represented various environmental terms like ìgreenî and ìnaturalî to consumers. The group conducted a major study of consumers and retail sales associates to provide input, as well as looking at numerous certification programs and standards currently in use around the world. The process culminated in a comprehensive report delivered to industry leaders earlier this year.
July 26,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on July 27, 2010
Furnitureland South has partnered with Broyhill Furniture and Make-A-Wish Foundation to help grant a young girl's wish for a bedroom makeover.
Nine-year-old Alanna of Matthews, N.C., has a life-threatening medical condition, requiring that she spend much of her time at home. Alanna's wish is to give her "little-girl room" a more grown-up look. Volunteers will surprise her when they unveil her dream bedroom complete with new furniture, wall art, window coverings and bedding.
Room makeovers are a popular request for wish kids, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation fulfills more than 400 room makeover wishes each year. Through a national alliance with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Broyhill Furniture will help grant 50 furniture and room makeover wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions across the country during the next year, and Furnitureland South is teaming up with Broyhill to help make a difference locally.
In addition to partnering with Broyhill to provide the furnishings for Alannas bedroom, Jamestown, N.C.-based Furnitureland South's design team is lending their expertise by creating a layout for the space, and selecting fun and colorful accessories. On Monday, representatives from Furnitureland South's Design and Delivery departments traveled to Matthews to install the bedroom furniture and add the finishing touches to Alanna's new room.
"We believe that anything we give to enrich, enhance or provide for the special needs of children is a worthy endeavor," said Vice President and Furnitureland South owner Stella Harris. "We are pleased to join Broyhill and the Make-A-Wish Foundation in honoring a little girl's wish to have a beautiful new bedroom. We hope Alanna enjoys her new surroundings and has many pleasant dreams in her 'Made to Order Bedroom' compliments of Broyhill and Furnitureland South."