New Line Develops Software To Prescreen Fabric Choices
IVYLAND, Pennsylvania — New Line Fabrics, a fabric converter specializing in export markets only, has developed a proprietary Idesign® software package that dramatically reduces the cost of sampling by almost 50 percent by allowing… Read more.June 26, 2012
Zinc Hits $10 Million, Opens Freestanding London Showroom; Top Kravet Brands Go Live in London; U&G Opens Lifestyle Centers
LONDON — “Zinc Textile already has created sales above $10,000,000 in 2011,” said Justin Marr, creative head of the Zinc brand, a considerable feat given that the brand only debuted in 2010. As a result, Zinc is the Romo owned… Read more.June 26, 2012
Russian Furniture Tycoon Murdered
MOSCOW--Mikhail Kravchenko, a 46-year-old self-made furniture multi-millionaire, was buried by his parents Galina and Vyacheslav here May 23 after being gunned down in a mob style hit near his home in the upscale suburb of Peredelkino early… Read more.June 11, 2012
Joanne Adds Fulltime Creative Director To Market Growing Home Product Mix
TORONTO, CANADA--Joanne Fabrics/ JF Fabrics Inc. has hired Lisa Nicholl to its management team as creative director, a new position. She reports to Shelley Hovesen Camilleri and her sister Kim, both principals in the company. Nicholl was previously… Read more.June 3, 2012
Turkey’s Persan in Growth Spurt
ISTANBUL, TURKEY—Persan, the largest wholesaler operating in Turkey has significantly expanded its world market according to Mehmet Kish, the export manager for the past two years. Kish is finding distributors in other countries at a fairly… Read more.May 30, 2012
Designtex Executive Refutes May 21 Posting About Susan Lyons
“Your statement that “Designtex has been losing money the last few quarters” is totally false. For overa decade Designtex has been profitable, which has been maintained throughout two major recessions.In addition never at any time during… Read more.May 29, 2012
Lyons Named DesignTex President After Tom Hamilton’s Retirement
NEW YORK, NY—Susan Lyons has been named president of DesignTex and will start her new post in June. Neither Steelcase Inc., the owner of DesignTex nor DesignTex executives would comment on this development but for whatever reason, they will… Read more.May 21, 2012
RM Coco Builds Contract Division, Hires Heritage House Industry Vet
Cape Girardeau, MO – Deborah Newberger joined RM Coco in April to lead the company’s newly formed contract division.Jim Rust, president, said the company hasn’t ever “pushed” a contract line but sees a new appetite for this market… Read more.May 18, 2012
