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Green World Rugs to Debut New Designs at Atlanta Winter Market
Tucker, GA -- Green World Rugs, a leading designer and manufacturer of jute braided rugs and accessories, introduces four new attention-getting color combinations. The new designs, Salem, Harvest, Nantucket and Kingston (as shown above from... more »
Las Vegas Design Center to host ‘Sustainable Footprints’
(LAS VEGAS)——Track down the latest information on eco-friendly floor coverings and design at Las Vegas Design Center's premiere 'Sustainable Footprints' event on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, open to trade professionals and connoisseurs of design. The... more »
Sustainable Designers Win National Design Award for Hanging Mobile
(VANCOUVER, BC, Canada) -- Green designers Contexture Design are being recognized this week at the 2008 Design Exchange Awards. The design team received top prize in the category of industrial design for their hanging mobile,... more »
Replogle Globes introduces Frank Lloyd Wright Collection product line
(Chicago) -- The world's leading globe producer, Replogle Globes, Inc., introduces the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection product line, featuring five hand-crafted globes for executives, travelers, historians, and connoisseurs of fine home décor, art and architecture.... more »
Merchants fight economy with resolve and pluck
Bristol, RI — While national headlines of falling employment and plummeting stocks are galloping across the land like Paul Revere, Bristol merchants are keeping cautiously optimistic despite slowing sales and tough staffing decisions."No question about... more »
Arts Business Institute, Wholesalecrafts.com partner in artist education program
(Mooresville, NC) -- The Business of Wholesale premiers May 31 and June 1, 2009, at the American Craft Retailers Expo (ACRE), Las Vegas Convention Center. ACRE University: The Business of Wholesale will focus on education... more »
Retailers Counting on Cyber Monday as Bright Spot of Challenging Holiday Season
(Washington) — People who don't want to fight Black Friday crowds will have a less chaotic shopping option just three days later. Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, is expected to be more promotional than... more »
Discover best practices for business success: Americasmart University
(ATLANTA) — AmericasMart University (AMU) - the home/gift/area rug industry's most complete retail business education program - gives January 2009 Market buyers unmatched learning opportunities with a slate of facilitators drawn from the highest echelon... more »
Global Product Resources Announces New Company Headquarters
(San Diego, Calif.) -- Global Product Resources, Inc. (GPR), manufacturer of the popular brand of decorative floor and table top fans known as Deco Breeze, has moved its company headquarters into a larger facility in... more »
Puppy love
Mini chocolate cupcakes. Cinnamon rolls. Peanut butter cups.But the baked goods sitting on the counter of the Pooch Barkery in downtown Ayer aren't meant for the human palate.If you bite into those yogurt-covered, sprinkled pretzels,... more »
A not-so-simple gift
They don't offend. They're easy to pick out. And people love to get them.Gift cards have mushroomed into the most requested holiday gift by consumers. Nearly 55 percent of people want to receive a gift... more »
Gift shop prepares for its first Christmas in Maumee
A newly relocated stationery and gift boutique is preparing for its first Christmas in Uptown Maumee.The Birds & the Bees moved from Perry's Landing to 103 E. Wayne St. in June."We were on Louisiana Avenue,... more »
