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Outdoor Living shared showroom relocates and expands in Dallas
Casual Living Staff, August 24, 2010DALLAS, TX — Dallas Market Center is relocating its Outdoor Living shared showroom and expanding it to more than 31,000 square feet of garden, patio and outdoor products. More -
Keeping ‘family’in the family business guidesLowery’s growth
Kristine Ellis, August 20, 2010When the vast majority of those staffing a business are family, there's an undeniable energy about the place that is hard to miss. More -
Derek Fell to present free online garden design workshop
Casual Living Staff, August 6, 2010Gibsonia, PA — Derek Fell, nationally recognized garden design expert, photographer and author will present a free online workshop at 2 p.m. ET on Aug. 25. More -
July will be hot and dry across most of the nation
Casual Living Staff, July 26, 2010Last July, 70% of the nation trended colder than in July 2008 - making it the coldest retail July in more than 17 years. Precipitation trended similar to the year prior, but this was still the wettest July in five years. More -
Enesco to launch Williamsburg licensed products at summer markets
Casual Living Staff, June 24, 2010WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Garden décor, home and gift products from Williamsburg's new licensing relationship with Enesco will debut at the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market, June 23-29, and the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market, July 14-21. More -
James Doyle named Landscape Designer of Year
Casual Living Staff, June 9, 2010HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Association of Professional Landscape Designers named James Doyle as its Landscape Designer of the Year for his Harmony Farm project. More -
Garden of delights
Lindsey Hughes, January 1, 2010From whimsical and lighthearted to elegant and graceful, garden designs cover all the style bases this season. Garden stones, thermometers, rain chains and sculptures are all in the product mix. Here is a sneak peak of the flourishing offerings that will be on display at the winter markets. More -
Potted panache
Lindsey Hughes, September 1, 2009Planters and urns take a stylish stance in gardens great and small this season. Whether oversized and classic or geometric and modern, these statement-making containers unleash noteworthy visions of pure bliss. More -
The Chair King stays profitible despite crisis
By Chris Gigley, September 1, 2009The Chair King has 18 stores sprinkled across Texas, but the Houston market will always be the one President David Barish has the greatest feel for, even when hurricanes hit or the local economy spins out of control. Leaning back in his chair at the company's headquarters along Sam Houston Parkway, just north of downtown Houston, Barish pondered what might have been last year. More -
Design debuts
By Cinde W. Ingram, April 1, 2009Highlighting seasonal product introductions More
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