HOME ACCENTS TODAY NEWS

• Wayfair furnishes Ellen DeGeneres giveaway home
  
  Alex Lemonde-Gray, May 21, 2012
    Wayfair, an online home furnishings retailer, partnered with The Ellen DeGeneres Show and KB Home to give away a new, fully furnished home to a viewer.
  
• Summer Las Vegas Market registration, discounted hotel rates available
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 21, 2012
  LAS VEGAS -- Registration for the upcoming summer Las Vegas Market, to be held July 30 - Aug. 3, is now open.
  
• Home Accents Today announces 2012 Retail Stars honorees
  
  Susan Dickenson, May 21, 2012
    Home Accents Today announced the names of the 50 independent home furnishings retailers selected for inclusion on its 2012 Retail Stars list.
  
• JC Penney's ‘Home World' to include Michael Graves, Jonathan Adler, Terence Conran, Bodum, Martha Stewart
  
  Susan Dickenson, May 17, 2012
    By next March, JC Penney stores will sell new collections by Michael Graves, Sir Terence Conran, Johnathan Adler and Bodum, along with expanded offerings from heritage brands like Royal Velvet, in "Home World' neighborhoods anchored by Martha Stewart shop-in-shops.
  
• Uttermost's Cooper family to receive ARTS Awards Academy of Achievement Honor
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 17, 2012
  Dallas Market Center and the Accessories Resource Team, announced today that the Cooper family of Uttermost will receive the Academy of Achievement Award at the 24th annual ARTS Awards.
  
• Snapretail to host Online Marketing Summit
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 17, 2012
  Snapretail will hold an Online Marketing Summit for retailers, May 22-24, which will cover social media, marketing ideas and overall strategies to boost sales.
  
• Target announces next set of collaborators for The Shops at Target
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 17, 2012
  The first group of short-run shop concept shops in Target stores is barely a week old, but the retailer has Tweeted the identities of the next group of brands its will carry beginning Sept. 9.
  
• Umbra to receive industry achievement award
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 17, 2012
  Umbra and its co-founders, Les Mandelbaum and Paul Rowan, will receive the Gift for Life Industry Achievement Award during 60th Annual Retailer Excellence Awards (REA) sponsored by Home Accents Today sister publication Gifts and Decorative Accessories on Aug. 19, at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York City.
  
• Vendors, send us your summer market introductions
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 17, 2012
  The deadline is approaching for summer market submissions.
  
• ORRA sponsors educational events for Atlanta Market
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 15, 2012
  ATLANTA -- Oriental Rug Retailers of America will sponsor a series of educational events for the Atlanta International Rug Market, to be held July 12-15, at AmericasMart Atlanta in conjunction with the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market.
  
• Las Vegas Asia Expo returns in August
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 15, 2012
    LAS VEGAS -- More than 500 Asia-based suppliers across a number of product categories will participate in the upcoming Las Vegas Asia Expo, August 13-15, at the Sands Expo & Convention Center.
  
• Deadline for Pinnacle Awards entries June 1
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 15, 2012
  NEW LONDON, N.C. -- The American Society of Furniture Designers is now accepting submissions for the 17th Annual Pinnacle Awards through June 1, 2012.
  
• Feizy Rugs launches Design It Yourself contest
  
  Alex Lemonde-Gray, May 14, 2012
    DALLAS -- Feizy Rugs has launched its first DIY-Design It Yourself contest via Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, challenging contestants to design their own rugs.
  
• Former Havertys chairman Clarence Ridley dies at 69
  
  Furniture Today Staff, May 14, 2012
  ATLANTA - Clarence "Clancy" Ridley, chairman emeritus of Havertys and the retailer's former chairman, died here Thursday after a brief illness. He was 69.
  
• Umbra to receive Gift for Life Industry Achievement Award
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 14, 2012
  NEW YORK -- Gift for Life will honor Umbra and its co-founders Les Mandelbaum and Paul Rowan with the Gift For Life Industry Achievement Award during the Gifts & Decorative Accessories 60th Annual Retailer Excellence Awards, held here Sunday, Aug. 19.
  
• WMC Las Vegas launches Rep Rewards program for summer market
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 14, 2012
  LAS VEGAS -- World Market Center Las Vegas' Rep Rewards program got underway Friday, May 11.
  
• Summer NYIGF At Home to feature new, returning exhibitors
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 11, 2012
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- At Home at the summer 2012 New York International Gift Fair will feature 550 suppliers of hard lines and soft goods including new exhibitors and companies returning after brief hiatuses.
  
• IMC, ITMA to launch International Pavilions at June Showtime
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 11, 2012
  HIGH POINT -- International Market Centers and the International Textile Market Association will launch a new International Pavilions at the upcoming semiannual Showtime Fabric Market held here June 3-6.
  
• Nourison appoints Kennedy VP of home textiles
  
  Home Accents Today Staff, May 10, 2012
    SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Nourison has appointed Kevin Kennedy to the position of vice president of its Home Textiles Division.
  
• Macef International Home Show set for September
  
  GDA Staff, May 10, 2012
  MILAN, ITALY - Macef, the International Home Show, will take place September 6-9 at Fiera Milano's new fairground in Rho, Italy.