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From Home Furnishing Business
October 27,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry 
The first step in adopting new standards aimed at preventing furniture tip-over accidents should be announced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the next few weeks, the commission’s acting chairman told furniture executives.
October 27,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Economic News, Industry
Furniture retailers are a fairly optimistic group, with 58% of them expecting an increase in furniture sales in 2018, according to a recent poll taken by financial services firm TD Bank.
October 25,
2017 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
Design director for HGTV Home and founder and creative director of Design Works International, Nancy Fire recently returned from a pre-autumn tour of Europe with a list of trends that are expected to emerge in the U.S. by spring 2018.
October 25,
2017 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
Dallas Market Center has launched a new exhibitor referral program that will reward exhibitors with incentives for referring exhibiting companies for the Temps at the January Total Home & Gift Market.
October 25,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry, Store Openings
Retailer Morris Furniture is expanding its presence in the Columbus, Ohio, market with the opening next month of a two-story structure that will house an Ashley HomeStore on the first floor and a Morris Home store on the second floor.
October 25,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry
Fill Station, a kiosk program that allows consumers to build customized pillows in retail stores, has opened its first location in Canada.
October 25,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry
Fabric producer Culp Inc. (NYSE: CULP) said its proposed acquisition of a mattress fabrics business in China will not be completed because the company was unable to reach a definitive agreement for the deal.