Casual Living - July 1, 2006

'Tis the season for buyers to scout out holiday decor at market and gradually turn patio showrooms into holiday wonderlands. Many retailers have found a successful formula to keep traffic up through the winter months by adding seasonal accessories. Here is a sampling of holiday accessories you'll see at summer markets.

• Departments
• CFR Guest Column
• Sales techniques for tough times
• Casually Speaking
• Eyes wide open
• Editorial Sources
• Editorial Sources
• News
• Homecrest rediscovers roots
• Ruggiero creates American-Asian Sunbrella collection
• Retailers to focus on price during premarket
• Goldman named president of HPBA
• Fire pit debuts from RPS Services
• Casual industry names 2006 Lifetime Achievement honorees
• Treasure Garden introduces ET2
• Orchard Nursery exits patio category
• The Chair King expands into Dallas
• Vendor outlooks positive for a strong premarket
• Tropitone expands tabletop
• Tommy Bahama debuts outdoor line
• The Tuffet Company emerges in outdoor
• SCFMA names 2006 Apollo Awards finalists
• Black Mountain Designs changes name
• Fire Stone adds lantern to GreatRoom

• Features
• Hot Products
• Hot products in Atlanta
• Metro Report
• Oceanside Casual Furniture: Year of change proves fruitful
• Tyndall's Casual Furniture: Successful formula for fashion highlights store
• Daring Firsts: Dover, Del.
• Angerstein's Building Supply & Design Center: Greene family caters to large customer base
• Product Spotlight
• Risky business
• Keeping the bugs away
• Showtime Report
• Bomar Trim shifts production to Mexico
• Quaker debuts Terrazzo outdoor line of jacquards
• Shuford Mills names new president
• Performance fabric choices spread