In the News
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.
