Casual Living - March 1, 2007

Last week marked the first early start for the High Point Market, held March 26-April 1 in High Point, N.C. The change didn't have any effect on the variety of outdoor products featured at the show. From outdoor lighting to full-scale casual furniture collections, there was plenty to see in the Furniture Capital.

• Departments
• CFR Q and A
• Q: What events do you use to sell grills year round?
• Casually Speaking
• Getting ready for outdoor living
• Editorial Sources
• Editorial Sources
• Guest Column
• New products make outdoor cooking more fun and fail-safe
• How To Column
• Achievement in Set Design
• News
• Showplace to host more casual exhibitors
• Design Kollection introduces outdoor pavilion
• Correction
• Ecosphere Associates brings flexible stone to market
• Shuford Mills, HomCraft end relationship
• Woolrich partners with Whitecraft for outdoor line
• DOMUS Ventures plans to enter the U.S. market
• Tommy Bahama launches Sunbrella collection
• Specialty grill sales stay hot for some
• Laneventure celebrates 35 years, debuts Tortuga Craft Console
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Features
• Business Update
• Past year proved fruitful, 2007 promising for grill manufacturers
• Exclusive Research
• Grill sales will grow 25% by 2011
• Hot Products
• Market introductions
• Outdoor Style
• Anything but Traditional
• Retail Profile
• Flexibility & persistence