Home Accents Today articles from April 2006

Home Accents Today archives from April 2006

Pondering design.
April 1, 2006... By Becky Smith During the Milan furniture show, the online version of The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article giving opinions of some powerful, mostly European designers on the state of design. Since our business is...

Black and white create high drama in High Point.
April 1, 2006... By Tracy Bulla While the extraordinarily dramatic color duo of black and white is a fixture on the design scene, this April market brings the rebirth of this impressive combo yet again. Black and white is all the rage in fashion as well,...

HGTV's Candice Olson to visit High Point to mark launch of licensed lines.
April 1, 2006... By Staff TV host and designer Candice Olson will be at the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, N.C., this month to introduce multiple licenses in area rugs and lamps to complement her furniture license with Norwalk...

Riddle Home & Gift closes.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff After nearly a year of uncertainty, Riddle Home & Gift closed the doors of its Burlington, N.C., facility April 11. A source close to the company said employees were told the closing plans the day before. Bob Jordan of...

Blyth 4Q sales, earnings decline, while full year sales stayed level.
April 1, 2006... By Staff Blyth Inc., a Greenwich, Conn.-based designer and marketer of home decor and home fragrance products, reported its net sales declined 3.6% to $480.6 million for the fourth quarter, ended Jan. 31, compared to $498.8 million a...

Bilbrough named Quality Home Brands head.(Thomas Bilbrough appointed)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff Quality Home Brands has named Thomas "Tracy" Bilbrough president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors. Quality Home Brands is the combination of Murray Feiss Lighting, Sea Gull Lighting...

Barbara Berry launches bedding at Bloomie's.(Barbara Barry Dream Collection)
April 1, 2006... By Carole Sloan The launch of the Barbara Barry Dream Collection of bedding is the second step in the California interior designer's home furnishings portfolio that will be offered to retailers. The formal launch occurred at...

DMC, ART seeking awards nominees.(Dallas Market Center Company Ltd., Accessories Resource Team )
April 1, 2006... By Staff The Dallas Market Center and the Accessories Resource Team are accepting nominees for the 18th Annual ARTS Awards. The ARTS Awards, presented each January during the Dallas International Gift and Home Accessories Market, is the...

Coastal Group launches retail division.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff Marketing agency The Coastal Group is launching a new retail division targeting consumer clients. This new division will be headed by Ed Hershey, founder Hershey Communications, a consumer marketing and catalog communications...

Payne Street adds transitional line.(Payne Street Imports)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff Payne Street Imports is introducing its new line, Tony by Payne Street, at the April High Point show. Tony will showcase transitional furnishings and accessories and expands on Payne Street's 20-year history of bringing to...

Knight joins HAT sales team.(April Knight appointed at Home Accents Today)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff April Knight has joined the Home Accents Today sales team as inside sales representative. Knight has served as the administrative assistant to Home Accents Today , Casual Living and Garden Decor for the past three years....

Casinger named Kids Today editor.(Lisa Casinger appointed)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff Lisa Casinger has been named the editor of Home Accents Today 's sister publication Kids Today . Casinger has been retail editor for Home Accents Today for the last four years and before that she was editor of the National...

Tabletop vendors pressured to compete with big box market.
April 1, 2006... By Kara Cox Tabletop vendors are feeling the pressure from big box retailers who continue to reinvent themselves with better product design and higher quality goods. Vendors are refocusing their lines to capture customers by staying...

Can't get no satisfaction.
April 1, 2006... By Lisa Casinger, Retail Editor Unhappy shoppers can spread the bad word The Customer Dissatisfaction Study by the Verde Group and Baker Retailing Initiative at Wharton found more than 50% of Americans report a negative shopping...

Laced Up.
April 1, 2006... by Tracy Bulla Spring fashions abound with lace-inspired designs, smoothly segueing into elegantly luxe looks for the home. Feminine without being overly frilly, lacy looks create serious sophistication via clever, and often ornate,...

A Capital City: Raleigh, N.C.
April 1, 2006... By Janice Chamberlain Raleigh, Cary, N.C. metropolitan area Raleigh, the state capital, and part of North Carolina's Research Triangle, is home to North Carolina State University, with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

New furniture store concept comes to Raleigh.
April 1, 2006... By Lisa Casinger Interior design by Boyles Karie Cavallaro and her twin sister, Kristie Gardner, are very close. Cavallaro worked in Naples, Fl., for Norris Furniture and Interiors for more than five years and prior to that she and...

The entrepreneurial spirit grows in Ivy Cottage.(Lissa Allen behind it)
April 1, 2006... By Lisa Casinger Ivy Cottage Lissa Allen entered retailing for the same reason a lot of entrepreneurs do -- she wanted to express her creativity and independence. She left a career in consumer products (she was a regional sales...

Industry family sells furniture for 60-plus years.(Wayside Furniture House )(Company overview)
April 1, 2006... By Lisa Casinger Wayside Furniture House has been providing mid- to high-end home furnishings and design services since its founding in 1939. It offers one of the largest selections in the Triangle area. The Haines family knows the...

Trading the corporate world for a retail Haven.(Jeannine Beckstrom achieves her dream)
April 1, 2006... By Lisa Casinger Jeannine Beckstrom left her corporate job as a bank marketing executive in 2005 to launch a dream. She always envisioned running her own business and since she loved shopping for her home and "creating rooms that fit...

Blue Hue.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Kara Cox With coastal looks gaining momentum in the marketplace, blue brings floral arrangements a casual flair that easily blends with interior trends. Blue and purple gain popularity in natural arrangements that incorporate water...

Tropical Taste.(Exotic floral designs )(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Kara Cox Exotic floral designs bring the tropics closer to home with vibrant orchids and oversized palms. Simple containers bring a contemporary edge to these foreign species while angular leaves and creative shaping add a sculptural...

Modern Arrangements.
April 1, 2006... By Kara Cox Modern design takes on permanent botanicals with chic, architectural style. Containers range from geometric black ceramics to metallic finished vases with little added decoration. The arrangements offer stem-heavy styles...

Home grown.
April 1, 2006... By Kara Cox The color forecast for 2007 implies the rejection of anything mass-produced, a return to homemade handicrafts and indigenous flavors. While it's not reasonable to expect manufacturing habits will follow suit, it does mean...

The 'green' movement.
April 1, 2006... By Kara Cox The green movement, this time meaning environmental rather than color, is affecting the color forecast for 2007 in numerous capacities. As people experiment with environmentally safe practices, they want their homes to...

Cooling off.(spa colors)
April 1, 2006... By Kara Cox While the spa colors of 2006 brought an air of pampering to the color palette with sterile white, subtle greens and airy blues, this year the colors tilt ever so slightly to a brighter palette incorporating more earth tones...

Purple reigns.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Kara Cox Purple is kicking things up a notch in 2007 casting its magic on a range of colors from pink to red to brown for an earthier, but dreamy look. While new shades like lilac, lavender and purpled grays emerge in the lighter...

Italian, Arts & Crafts tops in furniture showrooms.
April 1, 2006... Jenny Heinzen York By Jenny Heinzen York Modern looks that have dominated the past few High Point markets appear to be softening as more traditional styles take center stage at the major furniture producers' showrooms....

Spring forward.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff Manufacturers are going heavy on two disparate style themes at the April High Point market -- Arts & Crafts, known for its simple lines and authentic materials, and Old World/Italian, elegant and ornate. In addition, four other...

High Drama in High Point.
April 1, 2006... By Tracy Bulla and Kara Cox High contrast looks make a dramatic statement with black and white adding a fresh feel to cleaned-up classic, while beach-friendly designs with a contemporary edge add a chic factor. This month, the...

Briefly ...(Anichini Inc. to open new stores)(Kroger Co. in expansion mode)(Home Shopping Network Inc. appoints Rob Gruen )
April 1, 2006... By Staff Albuquerque-retailer Objects of Desire looks to close on the purchase of one of the biggest buildings in the city's Nob Hill neighborhood -- 24,000 square feet -- and give it a major facelift. Objects' owner Leslie Warner made...

Metallics step forward, beading slows down.
April 1, 2006... By Carole Sloan There's gold in them thar hills. And also on the beds and sofas of many Americans if the new home textiles lines shown in New York earlier this month are any indication. Gold, both in its metallic versions and as a...

Kirkland's names David president and COO.(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff Kirkland's has named Catherine David president and chief operating officer. Robert Alderson will continue as chief executive officer of the company. A 20-year retail veteran, David was most recently senior vice president...

THT names Kendall to merchandising post.(DeWitt F. Kendall appointed)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff THT Designs has named DeWitt F. Kendall as director of product development and merchandising for THT Designs. Kendall has a unique product design background that blends experiences with distributors, catalogers and several...

Adams joins Progress Lighting.
April 1, 2006... By Staff Progress Lighting has hired Amber Adams for the newly created position of showroom program coordinator. With more than four years of marketing experience, she will develop and manage marketing programs for builder design...

Zakheim wins Wash. small business award.(Irv Zakheim president and chief executive officer of Zak Designs Inc. recieves an award)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Irv Zakheim, president and CEO of Zak Designs, as the 2006 Small Business Person of the Year for Washington State. Zakheim was selected by an independent panel of judges based...

Oriental Weavers names Belak VP of sales; Sphinx adds two to sales posts.(Oriental Weavers of America have promoted Sam Belak to vice president of sales )(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff Oriental Weavers USA has promoted Sam Belak to the position of vice president of sales for its Oriental Weavers of America brand. In his new position, Belak will be responsible for the management and development of the North...

Art Evolution names Somerville sales manager.(Art Evolution appoints Rena Somerville as sales manager)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff Rena Somerville is the new national sales manager for Canadian wall decor supplier Art Evolution. She was previously national sales manager at Art In Motion, where she spent six years. "Rena's reputation as a...

GHTA hires PR agency.
April 1, 2006... By Staff The Gift and Home Trade Association has retained Professional Marketing, a public relations firm in Grand Rapids, Mich. GHTA, which recently changed its name from United Sales Association, is the gift and home industry's...

Hurst joins Katherine's as sales director.(Katherine's Collection appoints Todd Hurst )(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... By Staff Giftware supplier Katherine's Collection has hired Todd Hurst as its director of sales and marketing. Hurst's responsibilities include supervision of internal and external domestic sales teams, market research for new...

Machi rejoins Simply Home as sales manager.
April 1, 2006... By Staff Ruby Machi has returned to home textile manufacturer Simply Home as the company's national sales manager. Machi was the general manager at Simply Home for 10 years before leaving the company in 2004 to care for an ailing...

Designer Insight.
April 1, 2006... By Staff Paul Thompson, VP Merchandising & Trends, OneCoast Much like the story of the cobbler's family having no shoes, designers often are so busy they have little time to devote to their personal spaces. This month we asked our...

Current.(Fashion designers introducing new products)
April 1, 2006... By Tracy Bulla Art Smart Tracy Bulla Artist Marsia Holzer, a British-born former costume and fashion designer, has created a collection of furniture, lighting and sculpture rooted in organic simplicity and translated with a...