April 27,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry 
American Leather has announced it is hosting a “Heroes Deserve Comfort” Giveaway, which honors frontline workers such as medical professionals, emergency crews, essential retail workers and delivery drivers, or anyone who has gone above and beyond to provide important services during the COVID-19 crisis.
April 17,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Global rug and textiles furnishings company Jaipur Living has launched the Instagram Live series, Trade Talk, running every Wednesday through the month of April. It features design industry influencers and experts sharing their insights, along with their favorite Jaipur Living products.
April 16,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Specialty bedding producer Classic Brands has announced its support of hospitals during the current COVID-19 pandemic through the donation of thousands of pillows for the beds of both COVID-19 patients and their dedicated doctors, nurses and other medical staff.
April 1,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, High Point, Industry, Market
Steelyard has teamed up with the High Point Market Authority to help exhibitors showcase their April Market introductions to thousands of interior design professionals who specify products for hundreds of thousands of projects annually. Dubbed High Point at Home, the project allows brands and manufacturers who exhibit at High Point Market and who actively work with the design trade, a free online platform to present their new products, offer their market sales promotions and provide showroom videos, all at no charge.
April 1,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
Universal Furniture is preparing to deliver a virtual market to its retail and design customers from April 22 - 27, due to the postponement of the High Point Spring Market.
March 18,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
New York-based luxury brand Peruvian Connection is expanding its core product offering this fall to include original print bedding designed in-house featuring new and archival prints from the brand’s storied history. The Andean weavings and ethnographic textiles of Peru that first inspired Peruvian Connection founder Annie Hurlbut Zander and led her to launch the apparel brand in 1976, continue to tell the brand story in this 15-piece bedding collection.
March 13,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Contemporary home furnishings producer Diamond Sofa has announced the debut of a 70 SKU collection of India-sourced dining, occasional, and home accent goods dubbed “Namaste.”