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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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