Web Police Shame: Google Toys With Penalizing Slow Websites
Fabrics and E-Commerce Sites Could be Especially Vulnerable
By JOE DYSART Google is toying with the idea of shaming slow-loading websites by displaying a "Usually loads slow" splash screen in place of a homepage when someone is trying to visit a textiles business site. The move, which Google detailed… Read more.January 28, 2020
Bru Bash Draws 500 Industry Insiders During Heimtextil
FRANKFURT—Bru Textiles, the largest fabric converter in the world with sales of about $150 million, celebrated its 25th year during Heimtextil. Gary and Jason Neiman, the two brothers who started Bru, hosted the event January 8 at Depo… Read more.January 9, 2020
Visit F&FI Booth During Heimtextil: Hall 4.1, FOY 12
Free Copies of the F&FI Winter Issue
FRANKFURT -- Visit the Fabrics and Furnishings International booth during Heimtextil 2020, Jan. 7-10, at hall 4.1, FOY 12. The F&FI team during Heimtextil 2019. Let us know if you have any news about your company or the textile business. The… Read more.January 4, 2020
Richloom Buys Chambers Fabrics Mill, Now Offers Made-in-America Wovens
Target Furniture and RV Markets, Specifically With Fortress Clear, Richloom, and Solarium Brands
NEW YORK -- Richloom Fabrics Group Inc. has bought a mill, more than a decade after selling its last one, the Chambers Fabrics facility in High Point, North Carolina. Nolan Mitchell (left), Richloom vice president of upholstery sales/merchandising,… Read more.December 23, 2019
A New Twist: Illustrator Agostino Iacurci Designs Proposte 2020 Poster
Proposte 2020 will be held April 27-29
CERNOBBIO, Italy -- Proposte organizers usually collaborate with designers to come up with their annual poster/image, but for 2020 chose illustrator Agostino Iacurci to do it. Iacurci is a multidisciplinary Italian artist who lives in Berlin. The… Read more.December 18, 2019
American and Indian Textile Partnership Hits Stride at Showtime: Epingles and Velvets Hot
American Silk Mills Launches New Brand and New Collections to Record Attendance
HIGH POINT, N.C. -- American Silk Mills, one of the oldest American textile brands founded in 1896, has turned a critical corner after being bought by Sutlej Textiles & Industries Ltd. in India. ASM officials say the working partnership came… Read more.December 16, 2019
Valley Forge Fabric's Diana Dobin Moderates Sustainability Panel During BDNY 2019
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- President & Chief Sustainability Officer Diana Dobin of Valley Forge Fabric Inc., a supplier for the hospitality industry, will moderate a panel at BDNY in New York City on Nov. 10: Eco-Friendly Design: Making A Sustainable… Read more.October 29, 2019
Ecuador’s Adriana Hoyos, an Upholstery Buyer of $1 Million, Likes Shopping at Proposte
QUITO, Ecuador—Adriana Hoyos Home Furnishings, an upper-end lifestyle line of furniture and home accessories founded in 1994, is now a $1 million consumer of upholstery fabrics purchased directly from mills. Hoyos is the designer and owner… Read more.October 17, 2019
