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January 21,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Las Vegas on January 22, 2013
Dining, bedroom and accent furniture importer New Pacific Direct is expanding its showroom for the upcoming Las Vegas Furniture Market.
The company is adding 1,600 square feet to its showroom in space A-919, bringing its total size to 3,600 square feet.
"We are expanding so that we can show our West Coast-based customers a wider range of product," said Henry Limarta, CEO of the 12-year-old company. "We expect 2013 to be a better year for our industry now that the election is over. To help our retailers stimulate business as the economy improves, we are bringing out a lot of creative new introductions in a range of styles and product categories."
At the winter Las Vegas Market, New Pacific Direct will introduce a total of about 150 new items. They include colonial-style case goods, mid-century modern accent and dining chairs, hydraulic-lift bar stools, casual wicker seating, and organic wood and rattan stools.
January 21,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Las Vegas on January 22, 2013
Reclaimed teak furniture vendor Groovystuff will unveil two new student design competitions at Las Vegas Furniture Market.
The new design competitions are with Columbia College in Chicago; and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill. Buyers can cast their vote on the submissions to win a "Led Zeppelin Celebration Day" prize package.
Along with the new Moonshine Collection, Groovystuff, Dallas, Texas, also has a new product discounting program for dealers attending the show. The exclusive to Market attendees includes: discounting on total invoice amount for stocking purchase orders, 1 percent off for every $1,000 order from stocking dealers; item-specific discounts on volume quantity purchases up to 50 percent off; and 10 percent off dealer pricing for 40-foot container/full-truckload direct shipments, plus free shipping.
January 21,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Accessories on January 22, 2013
Gift+Home at Las Vegas Furniture Market will welcome 76 new exhibitors to the temporary exhibits on the fourth and fifth floors of Building C for the upcoming show.
In total, Gift+Home at Las Vegas Market's ten easy-to-shop categories will present 250+ temporary exhibitors in 70,000-plus net square feet of exhibit space in World Market Center Las Vegas.
"Our strategic reorganization of the temporary exhibits not only will create better groupings of related gift and home resources on floors C4 and C5, but also will result in better synergies with permanent showrooms on adjacent floors of Building C," said Dorothy Belshaw, president of Gift & Home Décor, International Market Centers. "More than 30 percent of the companies on C4 and C5 are exhibiting for the first time, infusing the winter market with a wide range of exciting new resources, alongside returning and established industry brands."
For a complete list of winter 2013 temporary exhibitors, visit here.
A cohesive collection of home décor resources will be presented on the fourth floor of Building C, in three themed categories: Home, Style and Textiles. These temporary exhibits will be directly adjacent to C3's dynamic new collection of home décor showrooms, which will facilitate sourcing and shopping for home goods.
January 20,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on January 21, 2013
Mid-Atlantic furniture retailer Wolf Furniture Co. has promoted Gene Stoltz to president of the Bellwood, Pa.-based company.
Also, Wolf promoted Vice President of Operations Doug Shaffer to senior vice president; and Controller Germaine Crocker to treasurer.
Stoltz is the second non-family member to serve as president in the 111-year company history. He also will serve as chief merchandising officer.
I know that with Genes leadership and the full support of company management along with the effort of all associates, this will be a very productive period in Wolf s history and growth," said CEO Doug Wolf.
Shaffer has more than 37 years of dedicated experience to Wolfs, where he has overseen the construction, renovation and opening of, or personally managed nearly every store in the Wolf operation.
Dougs promotion will allow for expanded opportunity of his expertise and knowledge throughout Wolfs operations, said Chairman John Wolf. "We are truly fortunate to have someone of Dougs untiring work ethic and knowledge in this role."
In addition to her new post as treasurer, Crocker will serve on the company executive committee.
Germaines experience, education, energy and dedication to Wolfs customers and employees made her a terrific choice for this role at Wolfs," said Doug Wolf.
Wolf Furniture was founded in Altoona in 1902. Corporate offices and main warehouse are in Bellwood, PA, with twelve store locations: Altoona, Chambersburg, Hanover, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, State College, and York, Pa.; Hagerstown and Frederick, Md.; and Leesburg, Va. There also is a Wolf Furniture Clearance Outlet located in Altoona.
January 20,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Case Goods on January 21, 2013
Third-generation solid wood furniture vendor Cresent Fine Furniture is moving to a new Las Vegas Furniture Market showroom.
The new space is B-554 in World Market Center's Building B.
Were excited to join some of the industrys best brands on the fifth floor of Building B," said Richard Tomkins, head of sales and marketing for Cresent. "Our business continues to flourish and we are looking forward to expanding our retail partnerships to showcase our best selling solid wood collections.
Independent retailers have had success over the last year with Cresents shared container program, which enables retailers to select from five collections to mix into 250-cube shipments directly from Cresents Vietnam warehouse.
Neno Nenoff, president of American Furniture Galleries(http://www.americanfurniture.com) in Colorado Springs, Col., praised the program: I love Cresents direct ship program. They stock all the merchandise, I get it quickly and at a significant savings, which has boosted our margins.
In December, Cresent launched a new Web site that is optimized for mobile devices.
As consumers are spending more time shopping on tablets and smartphones, we want to make the Web-viewing experience easy and rewarding, Tomkins added. Our sales team use it everyday in stores to educate floor sales and designers about our company and the range of solid wood products we offer. Its really a digital catalog for mobile.