Party, Party at Harry’s Bar
Lake Como, Italy — May 8, 2012 Eric Schneider’s 64th birthday hosted by J.Queen-N.Y. 1. The fireworks were spectacular. 2. Jon Andrew Ovenstone, president of Warwick UK and Jerry Mobley, J. Queen designer with Gail Goldman, corporate… Read more.June 27, 2012
U&G Breaks Out ‘Lifestyle Centers’ in Durban and Shanghai Showrooms
DURBAN, Saudi Arabia.— Upholstery & General, one of the top 25 largest fabric wholesalers in the world with six showrooms in South Africa, has pioneered a new concept of fabric retailing called ‘Lifestyle Center’… Read more.June 27, 2012
Principal Denis Halard Again Takes Nobilis Fontan Reins
COMO, Italy — Denis Halard, principal of Nobilis Fontan, the $30 million plus decorative fabric editeur, has returned to the helm of the 84 year old company after a four year absence. “I had assigned new management to Nobilis in 2008… Read more.June 27, 2012
Kenya: Furnishing Fabrics Market Grows at 15% a Year
NAIROBI, Kenya — The economists predict that the next trade and business prospectus after Asia is hidden in Africa. In the furnishing fabrics segment, Africa which is largely dependent on imports, expensive high end furnishing fabrics… Read more.June 27, 2012
Lyons Named Designtex President
NEW YORK, New York — Susan Lyons has been named president of Designtex and is expected to start her new post in June. At presstime, neither Steelcase Inc., the owner of Designtex nor Designtex executives would comment on this development… Read more.June 27, 2012
Letter From Proposte on its 20th Anniversary
The world has changed over the last 20 years. In May, 1993, the European producers exhibiting at Proposte were undisputed leaders in a market that had yet to ‘go global.’ There was no World Trade Organization (WTO); the Maastricht Treaty… Read more.June 26, 2012
Israel’s Nachik Grows Globally, Double Digits
TEL AVIV, Israel — ‘Nachik’, an up and coming editeur and converter which supplies fabric to other editeurs and distributors worldwide has been experiencing double digit sales growth every year since it started in 2002, but Nachik… Read more.June 26, 2012