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July 1,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Markets on July 2, 2012
Home Furnishings Business is currently accepting submissions for the Showtime product section in the August issue, which will be distributed at the Las Vegas Market.
Product vendors interested in participating should send quality, digital images of products to be displayed at next month's market via e-mail to Sheila Long O'Mara by Friday, July 6. Images should be in either JPEG or TIFF format with a resolution of 300 dpi or higher.
Be sure to include company name, contact name, Las Vegas showroom location and company Web site in the e-mail.
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By Home Furnishings Business in Accessories on July 2, 2012
Accessories Resource Team, the association for retailers, sales representatives, manufacturers and suppliers involved in the home accent furnishings industry, has formed an under-40 associate group.
The mission of the group is to provide education, mentoring, and best practice benchmarking opportunities for industry professionals in the under 40-age group.
The board of directors of ART recognized that many young people in this industry are generational and have not been exposed to ideas and experiences outside the industry," said Steve Crowder, president of ART. "We wanted to provide a forum and structure for this learning to take place. ART plans to create an environment of fostering young professionals in order to retain this talent and recruit more of the same. This initiative creates the opportunity for unique activities targeted for this age group.
The first under 40 event is a tour of the Zappos corporate Facility in Henderson, Nev., and is scheduled for Tuesday, July 31 at 6 p.m. during the Las Vegas Furniture Market.
During the tour, participants will learn about the Zappos family approach to customer loyalty, human resources, recruiting, training, and culture creation.
Transportation will be provided.
Anyone interested in going on the tour should contact the ART office at 704.376.4278 or e-mail.
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By Home Furnishings Business in on July 2, 2012
Power lift recliner supplier Mega Motion Inc. has signed a lease with Las Vegas Market for a permanent showroom.
The addition of the showroom, located at building A-820, allows Mega Motion to bring its products and services to the market.
The showroom will feature Mega Motion's line of power recliners with power lift.
Mega Motion will also use the Las Vegas Market as an education center on the comprehensive support services they offer to make reaching the baby boomer demographic easy and hassle-free. Buyers who visit the space will learn about best advertising and marketing practices being used around the country by successful retailers to promote this category as a new profit center in their stores.
"We are very excited to be a part of the Las Vegas Market," said Allen Snyder, director of new business development, retail sales. "It is well regarded as one of the industries finest show spaces. It provides us with an exciting opportunity to demonstrate why our products are the right ones to reach a rapidly growing demographic, and why our services make doing business with us effortless."
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By Aggregated Content in Upholstery on July 2, 2012
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z6761112095&z=1600249622
Ashley Furniture has begun posting jobs for the plant and distribution center it's building in Davie County, N.C.
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By Aggregated Content in Financial Reports on July 2, 2012
from http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/Berkshire-buffett-Projects-economy/2012/07/02/id/444220
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.s furniture-rental unit saw a slowing in demand from business clients in the second quarter, indicating that firms are curbing spending on projects amid less optimism about the U.S. economy
Demand is simmering compared to where it was at the beginning of the year, when it looked like the recovery, at least from our perspective, would have been pretty robust, said Jeff Pederson, the new chief executive officer of Berkshires Cort Business Services Corp., the worlds largest provider of rental furniture.
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