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Sizing up the M&O layout
September becomes this year the month of furniture, and never has the show given such an important position to this category, now integrated with interior design. The opportunity afforded by the new Hall 7 allows the physical merger of Maison & Objet with Meuble Paris, which this year celebrates the 50th Anniversary of its furniture exhibitions traditionally and previously held in Paris every Jan... More
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The best fashion and trend information from Europe's premiere home furnishings show.
Eat your carrots!
Talk about thinking big! USA Today has a story up about carrot producers banding together to launch a $25 million campaign to make carrots more appealing to kids.That includes packaging carrots to look like snack foods (specifically, like Cheetos), installing vending machines in schools, creating seasonal tie-ins (for Halloween, it's "scarrots"), television ads and a phone app "powe... More
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Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Marks shares news and views from around the home textiles marketplace.
Lost in a low-tech lifestyle – but loving it
I am low tech.I do not own a flat-screen TV. In fact, my television set is boxy and has about a 16-inch screen at best.I have no cable TV, so I am immediately zapped out of the conversation with any friends and family members within 20 years of my age who love discussing The Real Housewives of Wherever, Project Runway, Big Love, and the like. I also do not have TV screens in my car on the back of... More
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Cecile B. Corral has been a product editor with Home Textiles Today since late 2000. She covers the area and accent rug, kitchen textiles, table linens, beach towels, decorative bath and decorative pillow categories, as well as some retail subjects.
He's Got Prospects
It might be cool for activist investor Bill Ackman to hand out business cards that simply said: “William Ackman – Activist Investor.” Seems the guy takes his role to heart. One of the very few hedge funders who on occasion at least projects the appearance of humility – in February he famously issued an “I’m sorry” letter to participants in a Target-heavy fund that drastically underperformed – Ac... More
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Managing Editor James Mammarella delves into the branding, retail, and business issues that impact the home textiles industry.
Tales From the Secret Shadow Market
The story used to be, "Take me to your factory," when retailers wanted to bump their U.S. middlemen and go direct to the source, usually in China or India. The result was something out of a soap opera love triangle, with the U.S. supplier in the role of the spurned lover as the retailer and factory hopped into bed together (or bath or windows or whatever). Sometimes it even happened as the suppli... More
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Brent Felgner is an award-winning reporter and editor whose experience spans business and daily newspapers, magazines, radio and wire service. He has covered the home textiles industry for HTT for 18 years.
