Blonder Readies For Market

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 9/27/2004 12:00:00 AM

Cleveland —

Bath products supplier Blonder Home Accents is making two strides at the upcoming New York Home Textiles Market — moving into a permanent showroom for the first time and expanding into kitchen accessories.

The company, based here, has signed a lease for a 1,700-square-foot space, suite 1616, at 295 Fifth Ave. The company was using a temporary space to show its lines to customers at market since Blonder — originally a wall-coverings company — entered the bath-products business a year ago.

Now, the company is expanding into another new category — kitchen accessories. The new collections will debut at market.

“Kitchen and bath remodeling is notoriously expensive,” said Brian Murphy, vice president, sales. “And renters can’t remodel even if they want to. Accessorizing is the way to provide a quick, affordable fix, and our new lines are designed to make that happen.”