INTERVIEW: Designers Guild’s Tricia Guild Maintains Tradition With New Technology
LONDON — Designers Guild founder Tricia Guild has been a mover and shaker in the textile industry since 1970 and her showing at Deco Off proved no exception. Tricia shed some light on the new collections, her inspirations, and her business… Read more.March 11, 2016
Yongshun 4-Pass Blackout Offers New Styles
ANAHEIM, California — In 2016, Yongshun Textiles is planning to introduce a 200-sku collection of Allbright blackout fabrics with four-pass coating in jacquards, dobbies and prints according to John Sofka, U.S. Sales Manager based in California. … Read more.March 11, 2016
Belle Maison Unveils Online Consumer Brand ‘Colorfly Home’
RICHMOND HILL, N.Y. – Belle Maison USA Ltd., a 35-year-old importer of mostly sheer curtain panels as well as a colorful print converter, has created a sixth brand called ‘Colorfly Home’ for online customers. “The conventional retail… Read more.March 11, 2016
Satin’s Pasaya Brand Looks for New Distribution in North America
BANGKOK, Thailand — Satin Textiles Inc., has taken a new direction in marketing its Pasaya brand, which has expanded sales in the past five years according to Nick Bernhardt, International Sales Manager. Satin Textiles brought Pasaya to… Read more.March 11, 2016
Major Middle East Wholesaler Al Guthmi Starts Global Brands
JEDDAH, South Africa —Mohammed O. Al Guthmi Sons Co., the largest wholesaler and retailer in the Middle East with 21 showrooms, 2,000 distribution points and $50 million in sales has launched its first export brands under the Cocoon and Murex… Read more.March 11, 2016
Paris Deco Off is ON
Once again Paris Deco Off was a highlight on the Right and Left Banks of Paris. Textiles were barely present at Maison&Objet compared to the city center where streets were lined with linen lampshades that danced in the breeze. Talking… Read more.March 11, 2016
Samplebook Supermarket Succeeds in China Market
FRANKFURT, Germany — Joe Yu, Principal of Bonanza, a 20 year old Chinese wholesaler, is extending its successful concept of showcasing Chinese made fabrics in his four showrooms into a fifth western lines only showroom for use by interior… Read more.March 11, 2016
St. Leger & Viney Expands House Brand to Include Emerging Middle Class, About Three Million Consumers
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — St. Leger & Viney, a well-known upper end fabric wholesaler and brand is broadening its own collection to include more of the market in South Africa according to David Ralphs, Principal and MD. David Ralphs,… Read more.March 11, 2016
