Business news covering casual furniture retailers and manufacturers including tradeshows, imports and furniture research.
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Capel Rugs names Jim Spangler as Southwest Regional Sales Manager
Casual Living Staff, July 30, 2010Troy, N.C. —Capel Rugs recently named Jim Spangler as Southwest Regional
Sales Manager.
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Harbour Outdoor 2011 collections to debut at Las Vegas Market
Casual Living Staff, July 30, 2010Los Angeles —Harbour Outdoor will debut its 2011 Collections Clovelly and Balmoral at the Las Vegas Market, Aug. 2-6.
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Telescope names Carolyn Novak as Caribbean sales rep
Casual Living Staff, July 30, 2010Granville, N.Y. —Telescope Casual Furniture named Carolyn Novak as its sales
representative in the Caribbean.
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Gloster's Axis wins reddot honors
Casual Living Staff, July 29, 2010Essen, Germany —Stunning lines and sharp looks were a winning combination for Gloster
Furniture's new Axis collection, which received an international reddot award
for product design.
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Charter Furniture relocates, streamlines operations
Casual Living Staff, July 29, 2010El Monte, CA — Southern California-based Charter Furniture has moved to a new location in El Monte, Calif., and implemented operational and marketing changes designed to reinforce its position in the hospitality seating market. More -
MMPI responds to Journal report on High Point showrooms
Furniture/Today and Casual Living Staff, July 29, 2010High Point, N.C. —Owners of Market Square and other Merchandise Market Properties Inc.
showrooms in High Point have decided to walk away from a $191 million
mortgage, letting it revert to a special servicer overseeing the mortgage,
the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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Former show executives launch industry's first ‘green' registration supplier
Casual Living Staff, July 28, 2010Brea, Ca. —Eco-Imprint.com, a company dedicated to providing
environmentally responsible attendee badges, badge holders, lanyards and
registration supplies to the trade show, convention, association, meeting and
special events industries has been started by the L.A. Mart's former
president and chief operating officer and the former director of sales and
marketing of AMC Tradeshows (sponsoring California, Phoenix and Hawaii gift
shows).
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Former Glen Raven President Roger Gant Jr. dies
Casual Living Staff, July 27, 2010Roger Gant Jr., who led the team that created Glen Raven's Sunbrella brand of
performance fabrics in the early 1960s, has died at the age of 86.
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Major players in casual industry choosing High Point
Casual Living Staff, July 27, 2010High Point, NC — The category may be called casual but the pace of growth is anything but as two more major brands have committed to showing at High Point Market in October. More -
Field & Associates adds two specialists
Casual Living Staff, July 27, 2010HOUSTON – — Karla Barguiarena and Ariana Gonzalez have joined Field & Associates, which specializes in marketing and public relations campaigns for innovative products. More
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