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February 8,
2010 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Display on February 9, 2010
Woolrich's home furnishings division took home the Best of Category top honors for its showroom display at last month's Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market.
The display in the High Country Lodge area of AmericasMart's Building 1 was designed and installed by Sharon Kepley, licensing brand manager for Woolrichs home division.
Visual Display Award winners were selected by an independent team of judges with decades of combined industry experience. The judges focused on visual design showcasing product in an artistic and eye-catching display within each category. Woolrich's display highlighted the companys coordinated home furnishings and décor products from 10 of its brand partners: Berry Creek Home Collection, Blonder Home Accents, Lynn Haney Collection, Mohawk Home, Picture Source, Rowe Pottery Works, Shadow Mountain Inc., Whitecraft, Woolrich blankets and York Wallcoverings. The 400-square-foot display included indoor and outdoor furniture, lighting, area rugs, handmade dinnerware and serve ware, bedding ensembles, bath accessories, garden décor, wall art, wallpaper, blankets and throws, and even hand painted collectible Santa figures, all with outdoor-inspired themes.
"Coordinating our products is easy," Kepley said. "The challenge was how to showcase all these great pieces in only 400-square-feet and have it represent Woolrich's design aesthetic well."
February 8,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Display on February 9, 2010
New York City furniture retailer ABC Home has installed a window display inspired by the AMAZED display at the October High Point Market in Suites at Market Square. The bi-annual AMAZED presentation showcases innovative merchandising concepts.
The October display, "a Trip to Ahhs," reinterpreted the Wizard of Oz in honor of the movie's 70th anniversary. Using references from pop culture, the creative director and crew developed a series of artistic vignettes in a 4,000-square-foot gallery. One of the vignettes, "Find the Peace," represented Dorothy's black-and-white world as relating to America during the civil rights movement. More than 600 black-and-white photos race riots, the civil rights struggle, and faces of the voices offering hope and change were collaged into a 20-foot mural forming a giant peace sign. A single white light bulb with the word "HOPE" shone in the center of the display.
During the event, Paulette Cole of ABC Home in New York and her creative team asked Mike Farrell, creative director of AMAZED, to redevelop the concept for the Broadway and 19th street corner windows of the award-winning retail store.
The windows opened on Jan. 28 and will be on display for the month of February, Black History Month. The furniture in the window display was supplied by McCreary Modern using two fabrics designed by Farrell for Adesal Jacquards, a leading edgy fabric company with mills in Argentina, where Farrell spends much of his time.
"I applaud Market Square for their leadership in design, creativity, and out-of-the-box thinking," Farrell said. "Our partnership has created something truly unique at the High Point Market and in this industry in general, and now to have our concept validated by ABC Home, one of the most visionary retailers around, is just incredibly rewarding."
The theme for the upcoming spring market is "The Ten Senses of Good Vibration." Favorite songs will be transformed into vignettes of visual expression demonstrating that a small budget and a whole lot of creativity and local talent can result in something amazingly inspiring. Visitors will walk away with exciting new ideas to apply to their store displays, showroom displays, and residential settings.
"We created the Design + Innovation Displays area in the Suites to provide a venue for resources and innovative exhibits that inspire creativity in all areas of our industry," said Karen Olson, vice president of marketing for MMPI High Point, owners of Market Square & Suites. "We hope visitors will arrive with their camera, a notepad and an open mind and leave feeling refreshed, renewed and inspired to integrate one or many of these new concepts into their business."
AMAZED will be one of several exhibits in the "Design + Innovation Displays" area on the 1st (top) floor of the Suites at Market Square at the April High Point Market, April 17-22. Other displays include THINK: Materials and Raymond Waites Design Competition among others. For more information, click here.
February 7,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on February 8, 2010
The former operators of Jack Robbins Furniture in Rome, Ga., are opening a special order furniture shop from their home, the Rome News-Tribune reported Sunday.
Dale and Beth Swann of Swann Interiors have an online showroom here.
"We don't have much overhead so we can really help people save money," said Dale Swann in the report.
Brands include home and office furnishings from Hooker Furniture, the complete line from Lexington Home Brands, Jamison Bedding, Stanley Furniture and more.
Swann Interiors can be reached at (706) 234-0608 or via e-mail.
February 7,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on February 8, 2010
Forma Furniture will open in its new location in Fort Collins, Col., on Valentines Day, the Fort Collins Coloradan reported Sunday.
We are thrilled to be growing and expanding our store during this time, owner Travis Garrish said in the report.
Forma Furniture opened in 2004 and is relocating to a Kohl's shopping center. The move allows the retailer to add mattresses to its line up of furniture from Scandinavia, Italy and the United States.
February 7,
2010 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on February 8, 2010
A 19-year-old employee of Liverpool, N.Y.-based Raymour & Flanigan's Paramus, N.J., store was beaten and robbed in the store parking lot on Saturday night, The Record reported Sunday.
The employee had been headed to a nearby bank to deposit $9,000 after the store closed.
Two men wearing ski masks and black clothing kicked and punched the man and held a knife to his throat.