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From Home Furnishing Business
June 25,
2019 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Furniture, Industry 
In a letter to the Consumer Products Safety Commission, the Home Furnishings Association (HFA) has strongly urged the commission to pursue expedited rulemaking to achieve a rigorous safety standard for clothing storage furniture stability.
June 25,
2019 by Laurie Northington in Community / Charitable Support, Designer Weekly, Furniture, Industry
Las Vegas Market has announced that Kathy Ireland, chair, CEO and chief designer of global lifestyle brand kathy ireland Worldwide and ambassador for the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, will be the featured guest at the 9th annual “Up on the Roof” fundraiser benefiting Gift for Life, on Monday, July 29, at Summer 2019 Las Vegas Market.
June 25,
2019 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Furniture, Industry, Mattresses, Product
Global mattress producer King Koil has announced that retail partners who have been carrying its new Intimate, Extended Life and MHybrid collections have seen average unit selling prices of its line triple in value.
June 12,
2019 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Furniture, Industry
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has released its first Interior Design Salaries and Benefits General Report. Using results from the ASID 2018 Compensation and Fee Benchmarking Survey, the reports seeks to investigate the conditions of the professional environment, the perceptions of professional development from practitioners, and the salaries and benefits that interior designers receive for the wide scope of services they provide.
June 12,
2019 by Jane Chero in Designer Weekly, Furniture, High Point, Market
The High Point Market Authority (HPMA) is developing its Design Bloggers Tour for the 2019 Fall Market, Oct. 19 – 23, and is now accepting submissions from bloggers and social media influencers interested in being considered for the tour.
June 12,
2019 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Furniture, Industry
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has announced three new members to its Industry Partnerships team: Joyce O’Brien, Jon Strassner, and Cara Mitchell, who will bring experience in membership, communications, and manufacturing and more to their roles with ASID. The team will work to deepen the relationships between professional designers and non-designer industry members to work together to impact lives through design.