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From Home Furnishing Business
January 16,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry 
International Market Centers (IMC) has announced its launch of IMC_di, a wholly-owned, stand-alone, B2B e-commerce division, which will offer vendors a single integrated digital platform enabling them to reach new buyers, capture leads and grow sales.
January 16,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Bedding supplier Tempur Sealy (NYSE: TPX) has announced its plans to open its first Tempur-Pedic retail location in Manhattan in June and is opening its 56th store at the Walt Whitman Mall on Long Island on Friday, Jan. 17, expecting to operate 75 to 80 retail locations by the end of 2020.
January 16,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
La-Z-Boy (NYSE: LZB) has announced that three members of its board of directors – Sarah M. Gallagher, Janet E. Kerr and Lauren B. Peters – were named to WomenInc. magazine’s 2019 list of Most Influential Corporate Board Directors, which recognizes women executives, influencers and achievers contributing leadership to corporate boards.
January 16,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
RTA supplier Walker Edison has announced that Lance Ferguson, SVP of Sales, has been named 2020 Sales Professional of the Year by Utah Business.
January 15,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
New York’s historic Plaza Hotel received a makeover recently with the help of modern interiors magazine Elle Décor and Universal Furniture. Elle Décor called on A-list designer Sasha Bikoff to temporarily transform the hotel’s legendary Rose Club into the Elle Décor Café, a project that runs through March 31, 2020.
January 15,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
International Market Centers (IMC) unveiled a rebrand of its major gift, décor and lifestyle market held semi-annually at AmericasMart Atlanta as the Atlanta Market. The new name, plus an updated brand positioning and new logo, will be on display for the winter edition, January 14-21, 2020.
January 15,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
On Christmas Day. 2019, Fox Business digital news featured a piece on high end holiday home decorating and the lengths affluent homeowners had been known to go when decorating for the season. The online editorial included images and client insight from two designers including author and interior designer, Shayla Copas. The article, entitled, “Celebrity Homes Decorated For The Holidays Can Cost More Than $ 100K,” highlighted the manner, preferences as well as cost high end clientele go to when dressing their homes for entertaining during the holidays.