July 1,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry 
In an effort to help retailers and designers spark new business in the late summer and fall selling seasons, Capel Rugs plans to introduce four new rug collections at the Summer Las Vegas Market, Aug. 30 – Sept. 3, in the World Market Center’s Building A-space 133.
July 1,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
New orders in April 2020 were down 61% from April 2019 and 21% year-to-date, according to a report by the Smith Leonard accounting and consulting firm.
July 1,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Office furniture supplier Steelcase has announced its collaboration with MIT professor and disease transmission specialist Dr. Lydia Bourouiba, director of The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission at MIT to study disease transmission in the workplace.
July 1,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
Home furnishings and décor retailer Ballard Designs is celebrating its 10-year partnership with design star Suzanne Kasler by giving away $10,000 in merchandise and a private tour for two of Kasler’s Atlanta, Georgia home.
June 30,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Retail software provider Storis announced that furniture retailer Badcock’s eStoris website hit new milestones during the pandemic, increasing online sales 4x since March and jumping 40% in monthly traffic from February to May.
June 30,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
Precision Textiles, a supplier of coated fabrics, nonwovens and laminations for the bedding, automotive, health care and home furnishings industries, has announced that its new hygienic mattress testing kits are being used in more than 500 retail stores in the United States after being introduced in April.
June 30,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCII) has announced a partnership with ChargeAfter that will allow retailers to add the "Preferred Lease" lease-to-own option to ChargeAfter’s consumer point of sale financing solution, providing greater flexibility for customers whether they want to buy or lease retail items.