January 23,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Accessories on January 24, 2011
HGTV has won the 22nd Annual ARTS Awards Academy of Achievement Award from the Dallas Market Center and the Accessories Resource Team.
HGTV received the award for its significant impact on the home and garden decor industry.
A Saturday gala at the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market recognized ARTS Awards recipients in 28 categories for excellence among retailers, manufacturers, sales representatives and designers.
Sabrina Soto, HGTV designer, and Freddy James, senior vice president of program development and production, accepted the award on behalf of the media and marketing company.
Award winners in the manufacturing category include:
* Accent Furniture, The Phillips Collection.
* Area Rugs, Loloi Rugs.
* Decorative Accessories, 18Karat International Product Sourcing Inc.
* Home Textiles, db Sources Inc.
* Lighting Fixtures, Corbett Lighting.
* Outdoor Living, Seasonal Living.
* Permanent Floral, The French Bee.
* Portable Lamps, Arteriors Home.
* Tabletop, VIETRI Inc.
* Wall Decor, Wendover Art Group.
* Green Manufacturer, Hubbardton Forge.
Award-winning sales representatives include:
* East/Atlantic, Josh Jarboe, jdouglas.
* Midwest/Southwest, Richard Alan, Richard Alan & Associates
* West, Lori Del Secco, Dillon-Wells.
* National/Key Accounts, Kelley Ireland, Southern Accessories Today.
Renee Wightman of Lazy Susan USA won the ARTS Award for product design.
Design Lighting, Surrey, British Columbia, won the ARTS Award for international retailers.
Colorado Villa DeCor, Palmer Lake, Colo., was honored as Rising Star Retailer.
ARTS Award winners in the furniture store category include:
* East/Atlantic, Albert's Interiors, Newton Square, Pa.
* Midwest/Southwest, ACC, Santa Fe, N.M.
* West, Bravado Home & Design, Portland, Ore.
Winners in the home accent store category include:
* East/Atlantic, Red Barn Mercantile, Alexandria, Va.
* Midwest/Southwest, AREA, Houston, Texas,
* West, Bella Casa, Portland, Ore.
Lighting showroom category winners include:
* East/Atlantic, LUMEN Lamps, Nashville, Tenn.
* Midwest/Southwest, Light by Design, San Antonio, Texas
* West, Kilohana Lighting Inc., Lihue, Hawaii.
January 22,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Delivery on January 23, 2011
Furniture supply chain specialist Zenith Global Logistics has opened its latest U.S. distribution hub in Dallas.
The move is part of an effort to meet increased demand for Zenith's home delivery services segment.
"We're continuing to hear from both brick-and-mortar and e-retailers that are re-examining how to cost effectively deliver high quality, fast service in their 'last mile' of order fulfillment, as home delivery is often called," said Jack Hawn, president and CEO of Conover, N.C.-based Zenith. "This latest addition to our U.S. home delivery hub network is designed to allow furniture retailers to tap inventory that is closer to the consumer, which in the end helps them provide quick, on-time deliveries."
Hawn continued that retailers also are looking for a better quality service experience with respect to product handling and care.
"The overall experience during home delivery really represents the retailer's last opportunity to make a lasting, favorable impression on their customer," he said. "For repeat business, this is critical."
The Dallas hub comes on the heels of Zenith Globals new San Antonio home delivery/split container facility, which opened in November, as well as its Atlanta home delivery location opened last June. Since late 2009 the logistics provider has also opened a regional freight hub in Tupelo, Mississippi, as well as a multi-tenant warehousing and distribution center in Claremont, N.C. Future network expansions include facilities in Seattle, Chicago, Orlando, Elizabethtown, N.J., and Raleigh, N.C.
Zenith, which provides comprehensive services from sourcing and shipping through warehousing, transportation and home delivery for home furnishings, currently operates more than 4.5 million square feet of warehouse domestically, including facilities in California, Texas, North Carolina and Virginia.
January 22,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on January 23, 2011
Karl Eulberg has left case goods vendor Martin Home Furnishings to join Bush Ind. as vice president and national accounts manager for the retail products division.
At Martin, Eulberg had served as vice president of sales and marketing.
"Karl's skills, thoughtfulness and high energy have helped our company grow in his 16-year tenure with the company. Karl has been a very important part of our accomplishments," said Martin's CEO, Gil Martin. "With the unconditional design and sales support of our brand partnership with Kathy Ireland WorldWide, we are prepared to present the world's finest furniture as we expand our presence in our many channels of distribution. Karl's presence will be missed, but his leave gives Martin the opportunity to add a leader who has experience in all of our furniture categories. We will continue our powerful commitment to the office and entertainment category as we expand our bedroom development and sales."
"Working with Martin Home Furnishings and their team has been a tremendous experience," said Eulberg. "This transition allows me to continue to collaborate with Martin while driving Bush Industries into the retail channel with great new promotional products designed by the Kathy Ireland Office brand. Together, the two Kathy Ireland World Wide brand partners are able to provide a complete solution for the retailer in office and entertainment from promotional price points in RTA to fully assembled fine furniture, all designed by KIWW."
"I'm delighted that Martin has such a wealth of new opportunities," said Kathy Ireland, chief designer and CEO of KIWW. "Gil and I take great joy in what our teams are accomplishing together. We look forward to many years of success as we work closely with the nation's finest retailers in bringing our beautiful designs to market. We are all appreciative of Karl's contribution to Martin and the Kathy Ireland Home by Martin program."
January 22,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Social Media on January 23, 2011
The Kaleidoscope Partnership is bringing a team of design and social media bloggers to Las Vegas Furniture Market this week.
TKP, which again will manage World Market Center's Hot Spot Social Media Bar--a free service for all registered World Market Center Las Vegas attendees--is bringing the bloggers add another layer of learning and excitement to the Hot Spot Social Media Bar's attendees.
The Hot Spot Social Media Bar is located WMC-C1096 inside Christopher Lowell's Illuminations showcase and is modeled after Apple's Genius Bar concept. All registered World Market Center attendees can receive a free half hour of social media advice on any question they may have regarding their social media activities on a first-come-first-serve basis, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday, and 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Friday.
Leslie Carothers, CEO of The Kaleidoscope Partnership, says, " I am delighted to have been invited back to World Market Center for the second time to help WMCLV attendees get their social media questions answered," said TKP CEO Leslie Carothers. "This time, I am bringing a team of four renowned design and social media bloggers with me to add more layers of benefit to World Market Center's attendees."
The bloggers include Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo of New York City; Joy Zaczyk and her business partner, Janet Villaneuve, from Ottowa, Ontario; and Olivia Millwood of Atlanta, Ga.
Dragoo's blog, www.abcddesign.com, has been nominated for Best Design Blog in Apartment Therapy's 2011 "HOMIE" awards. Zaczyk and Villaneuve own the humorous design blog www.moggit.com, and most recently appeared on a segment of Nate Berkus' show. Millwood helps businesses in her local area with many of their social media activities through her business, www.gotogrls.com. For attendees who are using Twitter already, the official World Market Center hashtag for is #LVMkt, and the official hashtag for the Hot Spot Social Media Bar is #HotSpotLVMkt.
January 20,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Bedding on January 21, 2011
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z3960133782&z=1250249032
Driven by a 20 percent increase in sales, Lexington-based mattress-maker Tempur-Pedic International announced Thursday its fourth-quarter earnings rose almost 60 percent compared with a year earlier.
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