• Warmer June will lift outdoor sales

  Casual Living Staff, July 21, 2010
  For the nation as a whole, 2009 brought the coldest retail June in five years. Those chilly conditions combined with overall economic gloom to make outdoor living purchases less appealing to frugal consumers.  More

• Casual Living 2010 Merchandising Awards

  Casual Living Staff, July 20, 2010
  Our 10th annual Merchandising Awards include a mix of repeat winners and new stores that visually tie together colors, themes and design elements for outstanding appeal.  More

• Casual Furniture Imports

  Daphne Garland-McLean, July 20, 2010
  As consumers curbed spending and focused mainly on necessities, imports of outdoor furniture experienced a drop not seen in recent years. U.S. outdoor furniture imports decreased to $1.99 billion in 2009 from 2008's revised $2.36 billion. That's a decline of 16%, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. International Trade Commission.  More

• Fabric colors signal rebound

  Jamie Sorcher, July 20, 2010
  Outdoor performance fabric makers and casual furniture retailers are looking to mood-lifting bright colors, novelty yarns, decorative accessories and a slowly rebounding economy as key signs of life for the industry.  More

• Regis and Kelly show sets stage with GazeboCreations.com

  Casual Living Staff, July 1, 2010
  GIBSONIA, Pa. — When Live! with Regis and Kelly transplants its hosts, guests and entertainment-oriented daytime talk show to Canada's beautiful Prince Edward Island in July, the stage literally will be set with a custom-designed gazebo by Pennsylvania's outdoor living manufacturer, GazeboCreations.com.  More

• DryLanai keeps rain off outdoor rooms

  Casual Living Staff, June 28, 2010
  NAPLES, Fla. — DryLanai, a wireless system that detects rain and automatically closes electric roll-down storm shutters, was developed by Naples, Fla.-based PJNF Technologies, Inc.  More

• TUUCI plans eight shade debuts

  Casual Living Staff, June 23, 2010
  MIAMI, Fla. — Shade innovator TUUCI is set to introduce a record eight new products that will hit the casual living marketplace in 2010.  More

• TUUCI expands Pavilion Collection with the St. Tropez Pavilion

  September 18, 2009
  Innovative shade structure designer TUUCI has expanded its Pavilion portfolio with the addition of the St. Tropez Pavilion. Adorned with luxurious fabric walls for the ultimate in beachfront privacy, the pavilion is inspired by the leisure seaside lifestyles of the Mediterranean coast.  More

• Sunbrella fabrics appear in Kitchen of the Year

  July 24, 2009
  Sunbrella fabrics added shade, comfort and color to New York City last week as a national sponsor of the House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year.  More

• Patio Enclosures closing furniture division

  May 26, 2009
  Patio Enclosures is closing its furniture division in Macedonia, Ohio, and Pittsburgh as it focuses on its core sunroom business in a tough economy.  More

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