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July 24,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Las Vegas on July 25, 2012
World Market Center Las Vegas announced that 22 tenants have signed long-term, permanent leases in time for next week's Summer Las Vegas Furniture Market.
In total new tenants will occupy 250,000 square feet of space and will be located throughout World Market Centers three contiguous buildings.
Newly signed permanent leaseholders at World Market Center Las Vegas include upholstered furniture manufacturer United Furniture Inds., which was created in early 2000 through the merger and acquisition of three established companies--Comfort Furniture, Parkhill Furniture and United Chair. United Furniture will occupy a 21,332-square-foot showroom in Building B, Suite 1380, doubling its original space. HTL International, a manufacturer of leather sofas and leather upholstery hides, will occupy a 15,223-square-foot showroom in Building B, Suite 900.
We are thrilled to be able to offer our buyers even an even greater product selection this summer by partnering with these new tenants, said Craig Staack, vice president of leasing--home furnishings for International Market Centers, the parent company of World Market Center Las Vegas. We are gearing up for a robust and productive Summer Market and are pleased to welcome these companies to Las Vegas as permanent tenants.
Among the established leading brands that have renewed permanent leases on their existing showrooms at WMC are Furniture Brands International companies Lane Furniture and Broyhill Furniture, as well as Magnussen Home Furnishings, Powell Co. and many others.
Other manufacturers that have recently renewed their commitment to World Market Center Las Vegas with long-term leases include: Benchmaster, Corsicana, Palliser, Intercon, Albany, Eleanor Rigby, Fine Home, Horizon Home, Lazar, Meifeng, Michael Nicholas Design, Pinestone, Planum, Sigla, FocusOne Home, Next Door, Atlantic Inc. and Kian.
July 24,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Mattresses on July 25, 2012
Mattress vendor Comfort Solutions reported 100 mattress retailers among 300 guests at June's grand opening of its Ft. Worth, Texas, manufacturing/office complex.
The three-day event, which also featured Comfort Solutions corporate executives, Ft. Worth city officials, suppliers and employees, was a tremendous success, said Rizwan Sunderji, company senior vice president. On behalf of my entire family, I want to especially thank our retail partners and suppliers for their contributions and support.
The grand opening celebration of the modern, 200,000-square-foot facility in Centreport Industrial Park included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, new product presentations, factory tours, retailer education sessions, a gala party and dinner, plus a retailer raffle.
The Comfort Solutions-Texas licensee was founded as Sleeptronic by the Sunderji family more than 20 years ago. The new complex has an output of up to 4,000 pieces per day and replaces the companys former 50,000-square-foot factory in Dallas.
A global mattress brand, Comfort Solutions is a Top 10 U.S. mattress producer and has 38 international licensees serving more than 80 countries. Under its new Never Stop Dreaming brand banner, the company markets multiple sleep collections including iMattress, Laura Ashley and The Dr. Breus Bed, in addition to King Koil and Extended Life innerspring products.
July 24,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Las Vegas on July 25, 2012
The Retailer Resource Center in C-496 of World Market Center Las Vegas will host more than 30 service providers at next week's Las Vegas Furniture Market.
The Western Home Furnishings Association and National Home Furnishings Association invite buyers to start their Market day there with a hot waffle breakfast(Monday-Thursday, 7:30-9:00 a.m.), sponsored by Surya Rugs; and avoid long shuttle and garage lines at day's end with Stay and Play, enjoying beer on tap and shuffleboard (Monday-Wednesday, 4 p.m.), sponsored by Diakon Logistics.
Buyers will have access to a wide array of vendors displaying their products and services in the expanded Retailer Resource Center. Company experts from the advertising and marketing, financial, consulting, design, technology, training and warehouse distribution sectors will be present for the week and will be able to help buyers solve any business services needs.
Companies Available at the Retailer Resource Center include: Advertising Concepts of America, BajaUSA Logistics Group, BA Merchant Services, Credit Source Insurance & Finance, CrossCheck, Custom Design Software, Diakon Logistics, DispatchTrack, DSI Delivery, Furniture Training Company, Furniture Wizard, FurnitureCore by Impact Consulting, FurnitureDealer.net, FurnServe, GE Capital, Genesis Software Systems, Guardian Protection Products, JRM Sales & Management, Mail America, MicroD, Myriad Software, National Home Furnishings Association, NuGuard Surface Protection, Practical Promotions, Profitability Consulting Group, PROFITsystems Inc., RedPraire, SnapRetail, Speedy Delivery, STORIS Management Systems, Truckskin, ViewIT Technologies, Web4Retail, Western Home Furnishings Association,
and WHFA Warehouse Store.
The Launch Pad is an innovative spot for companies to launch new products in the heart of the Retailer Resource Center. Changing each Market, attendees can visit the Launch Pad to see what is new and progressive in the industry.
This Markets Launch Pad features PROFITsystems, launching RETAILvantage, the next generation of retail enterprise software.
We have spent the last 18 months putting the finishing touches on this new product that has been years in the making, said Mitch Hight, CIO of PROFITsystems. RETAILvantage includes new ease-of-use features to easily navigate through retail processes, entirely new internet based dashboards, full circle e-commerce integration with FurnitureDealer.Net, Ashley integration, multiple bar code options and hundreds of other features to help our clients become more profitable.
The Retailer Resource Center will be open to buyers during the Summer Las Vegas Market, July 31-August 3. For a complete listing of business services providers that will be showing at the Retailer Resource Center, visit www.WHFA.org.
July 24,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Special Events on July 25, 2012
Mary Liz Curtin, owner of home furnishings retailer Leon & Lulu, has received the Icon Honor for individual career accomplishment.
More than 900 people attended the third annual Icon Honors event at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta to commend the best in Innovation, Contribution and Achievement, across all industry segments and product categories.
A life literally lived in retail, powered by fearless determination and a wicked shopping gene, have propelled Curtin's career achievements into a successful orbit giving Clawson, Mich., and thousands of happy customers a shopping experience as unique as her roller-rink store, Leon & Lulu. Expecting the unexpected is her trademark. And her career is a beautiful illustration of how doing things very differently makes all the difference.
A panel of judges drawn from the retail, fashion, design and education communities review the field of submissions and determine award recipients in the inaugural ICON Honors, exclusively produced by AmericasMart Atlanta in partnership with the Gift & Home Trade Association and national media sponsor HFN.
July 24,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on July 25, 2012
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A two-alarm fire at Marlo Furniture's Rockville, Md., store shut down rush-hour traffic on Rockville Pike Wednesday.
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