Edited by Lisa Casinger -- Home Accents Today, 4/1/2005
Across categories, lamps still are leading sales but wall decor is gaining in importance.
Accessory vendors at the Dallas Market Center's winter show participate in 26 showcase vignettes and a fashion show.
Decorative accessory buyers predict a steady business in 1990.
Retailers look to sales reps for sales training; specifically product knowledge.
NDI opened its first permanent showroom in Dallas devoted to silk botanicals and trees.
January 14, 1990 the first ARTs awards are given. Retail winners include JCPenney, Dallas; Segal Furniture, Vancouver, B.C.; Nebraska Furniture Mart, Omaha, Neb.; Gabberts Furniture, Minneapolis, Krispin's, Dayton, Ohio; Roberts Furniture, Dayton, Ohio; Lamp & Shade Center, Annandale, Va.; Gumps, San Francisco, and Rubenstein's, Eugene, Ore.
Emerging retailers profiled include Domain, Pier 1, Crate & Barrel, Sears Homelife and Ethan Allen.
At the April High Point market, Drexel Heritage debuts a 1,500-piece accessory program and Broyhill debuts a 500-piece gallery deal.
Ainsley Lamps debuts Lillian August licensed line of lamps in April; August's current licensing programs include Dan River, Ametex and Imperial Wallcover.
Michael Graves debuts his first retail lamp collection with Arkitektura.
John-Richard establishes a separate lamp division.
Oriental Lacquer president and head designer Lam Lee (who also designs for Frederick Cooper and Toyo) teams with Suzanne Lauren of Frederick Cooper to launch Leeazanne, a lamp subsidiary of Oriental Lacquer.
Carolina Mirror enters the framed art business and shows in Dallas and Atlanta.
Furnitureland South, High Point, N.C., opens its 230,000-sq.-ft. showroom in October; its existing 60,000-sq.ft. location will become a clearance center.
IHFC's space for accessories hits 450,000 square feet.
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