Home Accents Today articles from August 2008

Home Accents Today archives from August 2008

Hoot for Hiboux.
August 1, 2008... Tracy Bulla Owls descend upon the home with a gracious landing and nostalgia-heavy imagery straight from the '70s. Fending off the birds-of-prey stereotype, these feathered fowl are less likely to shoot a savage glare than to completely...

Home Accents Today welcomes new Retail Advisory Board.
August 1, 2008... Susan Dickenson, Retail Editor This month we welcome a new group of retailers to Home Accents Today's Retail Advisory Board and offer a big round of applause to our outgoing board members, whose insights, feedback and story ideas during...

Park Ave. posh.(Quotation)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Tracy Bulla Modern glamour goes uptown, deftly blending contemporary and classic with the accent on chic. Poised for entertaining, this panache-laden setting extracts the maximum drama possible from pristine porcelain pieces, elementary...

Free form.
August 1, 2008... Lindsey Strader When it comes to shape, silhouette and design, art glass offerings disregard rhyme and reason, opting for ultra-contemporary guideline-free forms. Creativity is on display with asymmetric configurations, abstract patterns...

Making a splash.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Lindsey Strader The variations of color and intriguing movements of the sea stir an inspirational wave in art glass designers, generating offerings that coast in high style. Look for designs to mimic the ocean's frothy foam in bubbly...

Top shiners.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Lindsey Strader Art glass designs step into the shimmering spotlight this season, boasting brand new coats of metallic splendor. Gold and silver offerings run rampant with the sparkle meter ranging from soft and subtle to all-out bling....

How to leverage the Web during a slow economy.
August 1, 2008... Penny Schneck If you have a Web presence, you are already able to leverage a marketing channel that has one of the best returns on investment of any advertising tactic. If you are yet not on the Web, it's time to get on board! In...

Silk tithes.
August 1, 2008... By Susan Dickenson Kris Nolan is the founder and CEO of Artistry in Silk, maker of the elaborate silk botanical designs that adorn the Furniture Classics showroom surfaces in Atlanta and High Point. It's an effective pairing of flora...

Walking on the retail side.
August 1, 2008... Jenny Heinzen York Wholesaler Moe's Home Collection is opening two new stores this year -- bringing to five its number of retail operations. As I was reading Susan Dickenson's story on this move (see page 10), it occurred to me that...

New Products.
August 1, 2008... Tracy Bulla, Jenny Heinzen York Throughout the summer, Home Accents Today has offered an inside look at the most recent product designs to hit the various summer markets from more than 175 vendors. The following pages include an...

Moe's Home Collection stores opening in California, Washington.
August 1, 2008... By Susan Dickenson Two NEW Moe's Home Collection stores are set to open: one in Fremont, Calif., and another in Federal Way, Wash., a Seattle suburb. The 20,000-sq.-ft. Fremont store is located just north of San Jose and marks Moe's...

Building C opens in Las Vegas World Market Center.
August 1, 2008... Staff The Las Vegas Market opened its third building late last month during the summer edition of the show. Building C, a 16-story structure with 2.1 million square feet of exhibit space, boosted the WMC's size to 5 million square...

WMC to delay Building D groundbreaking.(World Market Center )(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... By Larry Thomas World Market Center officials have delayed the groundbreaking of Building D, the site's fourth showroom building, until at least early next year because of the current economic downturn. Bob Maricich, president and CEO,...

Straaton & Associates to expand to Southeast.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... By Jenny Heinzen York Midwest-based sales agency Straaton & Associates is expanding this year to cover the Southeast in the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi. Straaton will...

Americasmart to combine rug, home furnishings shows.
August 1, 2008... Staff Americasmart Atlanta has readjusted the schedules of its biannual Gifts and Home Furnishings Show and its International Area Rug Market to co-exist starting in January. Americasmart has in the past overlapped the January and July...

PTM adds Walt Disney Signature line.
August 1, 2008... By Jenny Heinzen York PTM Images debuted its new licensed Walt Disney Signature Collection last month during the Las Vegas Market. The collection is not character-driven, and uses imagery and motifs from archival and original Disney...

Home Accents Today to publish exclusive research in partnership with HGTV.
August 1, 2008... Staff Home Accents Today and HGTV have teamed up to produce an exclusive report on consumer buying behavior that will be published in the September edition of Home Accents Today. The exclusive consumer data is based on the responses of...

Area rug, flooring and furniture retailers honored in Atlanta.
August 1, 2008... Staff Area rug, flooring and furniture retailers were honored in Atlanta during the International Area Rug Market's Retailer of the Year Awards held July 14th at the Georgia Aquarium. Presented by AmericasMart and the Oriental Rug...

ICA Home Decor rebrands, opens Atlanta showroom.
August 1, 2008... By Jenny Heinzen York Intercontinental Art has rebranded itself as ICA Home Decor and opened its first showroom in Americasmart last month. The company was founded in 1976 as a framed graphics producer, and now is expanding into more...

Tabletop industry echoes a glass half-full outlook in tough economic times.
August 1, 2008... By Lindsey Strader Ongoing news about soaring gas prices, increasing shipping and materials costs, and shrinking discretionary consumer spending continue to reinforce the economic gloom and doom in the marketplace. But some tabletop...

What retailers are saying.
August 1, 2008... Staff In an online survey of retailers who carry tabletop, conducted in July and early August at HomeAccentsToday.com, tabletop is a popular category. Of our responding stores, 23% said tabletop makes up 30% of their merchandise mix, while...

Couristan names Gissell national account manager.(Couristan Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Staff Couristan has appointed Terry L. Gissell as national account manager for its Residential Sales Division, a newly created position. Gissell will spearhead efforts to increase area rug and residential broadloom sales by expanding...

Propac promotes Floyd to sales VP.
August 1, 2008... Staff Propac Images has promoted Samantha Floyd to vice president of sales. In her new role, Floyd will oversee product design, sales/marketing, sales agencies and showrooms for the wall decor producer. Samantha started with the...

Kalco Lighting names new president.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Staff Kalco Lighting has named Carlo Armenise its new president. Armenise was most recently vice president and general manager of retail for Mikasa. Previously, he held executive positions at The Sak, Ultra Salons and Cosmetics and The...

Gifts & Dec names new editor in chief.
August 1, 2008... Staff Caroline Kennedy has been promoted to editor in chief of sister publication Gifts & Decorative Accessories . Kennedy's tenure with the publication spans 23 years, first as production editor and most recently as executive editor....

Kalalou adds sales mgr.(Larry Stevens appointed as sales manager)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Staff Kalalou has named Larry Stevens as sales manager. Stevens comes from Reed and Barton Silversmiths. His responsibilities include coaching and managing the efforts of an independent sales force covering all territories in the...

Briefly ...
August 1, 2008... Staff Aylin Garrett has joined Feizy Rugs as Western region territory manager, covering California, Arizona and New Mexico. A veteran of the rug industry, Aylin has held positions in both the wholesale and retail areas of the trade for the...

Schonbek adds two marketing execs.
August 1, 2008... Staff Schonbek is strengthening its marketing functions with the addition of two new positions. "As a member of the Swarovski Group we're able to take advantage of the strategic and organizational skills that have made Swarovski a...

Capel taps Stoutnar to lead marketing division.
August 1, 2008... Staff Capel Incorporated has promoted Colleen Stoutnar to marketing manager. Stoutnar holds more than 15 years of marketing and sales experience in the home decor and hospitality industries. "We've greatly enjoyed working with...

Umbra names director of design.(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Staff Umbra has announced the appointment of designer Matt Carr as director of design, a newly created position charged with the responsibility of overseeing a global design department headquartered in Toronto. Carr has been with...