Crew Joins John Spencer, Burnley Based Mill
BURNLEY, UK— Matthew Crew has joined John Spencer in order to spearhead sales and marketing and take the brand ‘Ian Mankin’ global – and at the same time seek out commission weaving opportunities with European editors of high end furnishing… Read more.December 18, 2015
Poland Price Driven
BRUSSELS — “In Poland, wholesalers are just trying to sell more goods without regard for profit,” according to Suleyman Ozturk, CIM&T (Crescent International Marketing & Trade) is a 17 year old wholesaler and also a brand based… Read more.December 18, 2015
Tenace, Oberndorfer Join Global Textile Marketing Exchange
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — Rachelle Tenace and her husband Juergen Oberndorfer have both joined Global Textile Marketing Exchange, Inc. as Sales Manager and Market Development Manager, respectively. They report to President and founder, Bill… Read more.December 18, 2015
Pictographic’s Miller Sees Hospitality Digital Printing Revolution
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — “The hospitality designer doesn’t yet understand digital printing and what it can do but there will be a digital print revolution within the hospitality trade in the next three to four years,” says Craig Miller, principal… Read more.December 18, 2015
European Mills Consolidate in Stronger Family Hands Like The Hellyns and Vandewieles of Belgium
BRUSSELS — Mergers, bankruptcies and closures have been the recent history of the Belgian Textile Industry, which has been buried by high labor costs and Government bureaucracy. Belgium forces its textile producers to pay something like… Read more.December 18, 2015
RM Coco Founders Leave; Bank Takes Over With Rapidly Falling Sales, Turnover
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri — James and Beverly Rust, the principals of RM Coco and the Custom Creations workroom division left the company on October 16. At a company wide meeting with the Bank consultants hired to dispose of the assets as… Read more.December 18, 2015
Prestigious Adds Large Nantong Showroom As China Business Expands
BRADFORD, UK — In order to accommodate a growing business in China that is now at $3 million, Prestigious Ltd. in the UK is following up its original, small Shanghai based showroom with a much larger one in Nantong. “We feel there is a… Read more.December 18, 2015
Surprises at Textile Sources Exhibition in New York
NEW YORK—Javits Center, New York was the scene once again for the Textile Sources Show during NY Market Week in July. Here is Michael Hodges, Sales Manager and Steve Blumenfeld, sales representative with Premier Fabrics, the print people… Read more.December 18, 2015
