SARO Expands Showroom At Chicago's Merchandise Mart
SARO has expanded its showroom at Chicago's Merchandise Mart
to more than double the previous size. The expansion comes in
time for the Winter 2012 Living & Giving at Chicago Market, Jan.
19 to 25, 2012.
The manufacturer and importer of linens, accessories,
tabletop and gifts has signed...
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Kaleen Parties In Atlanta; Ups Christie To Regional VP
Visitors to the Atlanta International Area Rug Market
featuring the National Oriental Rug Show at AmericasMart are
invited to stop by the Kaleen showroom at 3-C9 for food, beer,
wine and entertainment from a Mariachi band on Thursday, Jan. 12
and Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 beginning at 3:30 p.m.
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China And India Sourcing Fairs Set For April 2012 In Hong Kong
The China Sourcing Fair: Home Products and the India Sourcing
Fair: Home Products take place at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong
from April 20 to April 23, 2012 and from October 20 to October
23, 2012.
The fairs provide an opportunity to meet creative
manufacturers from Greater China and...
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AmericasMart Atlanta Debuts New Website
AmericasMart Atlanta announces the next step in its
comprehensive digital marketing strategy with the launch of a new
website at www.americasmart.com. The new site is an online
resource for buyers and exhibitors with proprietary content as
well as business and educational resources. It featu...
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McCurdy Now CEO At GLM; Smith Named CFO Of Holding And Operating Companies
GLM Holdings, created by Providence Equity Partners as part
of its acquisition of George Little Management (GLM), announced
that Charles G. McCurdy, ceo of GLM Holdings, will also take on
the ceo role for GLM at the operating company level. Doug Smith,
formerly cfo of Education Dynamics, wil...
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New Ellery Website Focuses On Fashion, Function And Design
Ellery Homestyles has relaunched its corporate website. The
new site design was developed to showcase Ellery's ongoing focus
on providing innovation in fashion, function and design. A blend
of lifestyle product images and a peek inside the Ellery
Homestyles' showroom offers visitors a person...
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C & F And Gallerie II Add Designer Phillips
C & F and Gallerie II announce the addition to their staff of
Kari Phillips, a 25-year veteran of the design and home fashion
industries, in the position of senior designer. Phillips brings a
fresh outlook with an eye for fashion and market trends balanced
with years of importing and product...
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1888 Mills Acquires Beacon Looms
Home textiles manufacturer, 1888 Mills has acquired Beacon
Looms. The deal combines 1888 Mills' strength in global
manufacturing, innovation and marketing with Beacon's history of
excellence in window treatment design and manufacturing.
"This is a great fit for 1888 Mills and Beacon," sa...
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Surya Adds Di Adamo As Product Development Head
Surya announces the addition of Eva Di Adamo to its product
development team. Di Adamo has 20 years of product development
and merchandising experience in the home accessories and fashion
worlds, a combination that will add a new dimension to Surya's
product development process.
"Produc...
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Two's Company Opens Greenwich, CT Concept Store
Two's Company, a family owned, privately held entrepreneurial
wholesale distributor of gifts and decorative accessories,
announces the opening of its first retail concept store in the
heart of the Greenwich, CT, shopping district.
Similar to the Two's Company flagship wholesale showroom
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Feizy Appoints Whorton Regional Sales Manager
Feizy Rugs has appointed John Whorton as regional sales
manager for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico. A rug
industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience, Whorton
is responsible for servicing the existing accounts within this
assigned territory and for targeting new customer...
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Surya Facebook Fan Page Hits 25,000 Fans
Surya hit a critical milestone on October 12, 2011, reaching
25,000 fans on the company's official Facebook fan page,
www.facebook.com/suryasocial.
"Facebook offers our brand a fantastic forum to engage
directly with our retail customers, interior designers, and
ocnsumers on design tren...
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Tiwari Named A 2011 Top 25 Entrepreneur
Surya, leading manufacturer of area rugs and home
accessories, announced that Satya Tiwari has been selected as a
2011 Top 25 Entrepreneur by Business to Business magazine. Each
year the magazine recognizes the top entrepreneurs in Atlanta, GA.
Since joining Surya in 2004, Tiwari has be...
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Orian Rugs Hires Culpepper As Sales VP
Orian Rugs has appointed Brandon Culpepper the vice-president
of sales and business development. Culpepper brings more than 15
years of sales leadership experience in the floor covering
industry and will be responsible for building Orian's account
base and growing existing business....
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A Luxe Celebration
With Guest of Honor, Pamela Danziger, president of luxury
research firm Unity Marketing, the spotlight was turned on the
luxury sector at the eighth semi-annual VIP cocktail reception
sponsored by LDB Interior Textiles and 7 West New York, and held
at 7 W 34 St. during September New York Hom...
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Design Weave USA Appoints Hoffman VP
Design Weave USA today announced that Steve Hoffman has been appointed to
the newly created position of Vice President of New Business Development, effective
immediately. Hoffman was most recently Vice President of Home Textiles for Noble
Biomaterials, a fiber supplier to the industry. Hof...
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Designers Guild Appoints Oliver Newman Vice-President
London-based international interiors company Designers Guild has appointed
Oliver Newman vice-president for U.S. bedding and accessories. He will head up
sales efforts for the company's extensive bed, bath and accessories line.
Newman, formerly with high-end towel and fashion bedding ...
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Surya Names Sullivan Senior VP And Von De Bur VP Of National Accounts
Paul Sullivan has been named Senior Vice President Sales / National Accounts for
Surya Rugs, according to Satya Tiwari, president of the rug manufacturing company.
"Paul Sullivan will develop a product line aimed at national accounts and will build
a team of independent sales represe...
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Springs Global Adds Paula Deen To Brand Portfolio
Springs Global announces a partnership with Emmy award-winning, best-selling
author Paula Deen, bringing her southern charm and sensibility to loyal fans who
crave her down-home style. Slated for a Spring/Summer 2012 debut, The Paula
Deen Home Collection will include bedding, bath, lightin...
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HKTDC Hong Kong International Home Textiles Fair Runs April 20-23
The HKTDC Hong Kong International Home Textiles Fair will return in April to
provide worldwide suppliers and buyers a specific trade platform for home
textiles products. Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council
(HKTDC), the fair will take place concurrently with the 26th HKTDC ...
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7 W NEW YORK7 W NEW YORK® Announces Retirement Of Marketing VP, Su Hilty
7 W New York announces that as of June 2011, Su Hilty will retire from her
position as VP of Marketing at 7 W 34th Street. With a career spanning more than 40
years, Hilty has long been admired and is well-known for her tireless dedication to
tenants and buyers and for her creative approac...
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WCMA Announces 2011 Product Award Winners
The 2011 Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) Product Awards,
the window coverings industry's annual competition that calls out the year's best
products and merchandising programs, have been announced. Winning products
were selected for their technical innovations and enhanceme...
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Hunter Douglas Wins WCMA Product Of The Year Award
Hunter Douglas has captured the Product of the Year designation in the Window
Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) 2011 Product Awards for the 11th year
as well as the Judges' Award reserved for a submission selected by the panel that
exhibits measurable benefit or standout appeal to ...
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MFG.com and Messe Frankfurt North America Announce Partnership
Messe Frankfurt North America announces a partnership with MFG.com, the
largest global online marketplace for manufacturers looking to source custom parts,
standard components, assemblies and textiles. The two companies will start
working together in conjunction on the New York textile eve...
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EWHT Contributes To FIT's Carole Sloan Scholarship Fund
Executives Working in Home Textiles (EWHT) announces a donation of $1,000 in
memory of Carole Sloan, longtime editor and writer for Home Textiles Today and
Furniture Today, to the Fashion Institute of Technology's (FIT's) Educational
Foundation of the Fashion Industries Carole Sloan Schol...
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Capel Rugs Names Cameron Capel Vice-President of National Accounts
Capel Rugs announces that Cameron Capel has been promoted to the position of
vice-presidentNational Accounts. In this new position, Capel will continue to
manage some of the company's most important customer relationships and
spearhead the development of proprietary braids for those custo...
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LDB Interior Textiles & 7 W Host Party With Guest Iman
During New York Home Fashions Market in March, LDB Interior Textiles and 7 W
New York hosted its sixth semi-annual VIP cocktail reception at 7 W 34 Street on
Monday, March 14, 2011 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Guest of Honor was famed
supermodel, Iman, who launched in 2010 IMAN Home, a collecti...
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Downlite Hires Finegan And Palach
DOWNLITE announces the addition of John Finegan and Wayne Palach to its
regional sales management team. Finegan will be the northeast sales manager and
Palach will be the midwest sales manager. A larger and more dedicated sales focus
is essential to continue to support DOWNLITE's strategy ...
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cmi Launches New Website
cmi (Colonial Mills, Inc.) announces its redesigned website at
www.colonialmills.com.
Lynne Minchello, director of marketing, and Meredith Thayer, product and
design manager at cmi began the process of rebranding in the summer of 2010.
The goal is to show customers that cmi is resur...
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Ellery Homestyles Debuts New Showroom at NY Market
Ellery Homestyles' new 17,000-square-foot space at 295 Fifth Ave., Suite 1212,
is subdivided into four showrooms, two presentation lounges, a design studio and
offices. The space has a loft-like look and distinctive lighting.
"The new showroom will create a game-changing, unparalleled ...
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Christopher Lowell Partners With Fayette-Renaissance On Bed, Bath Lines
Beanstalk, a global brand licensing agency, today announced that it has secured a
strategic brand-licensing agreement between its client, Christopher Lowell, and
Fayette-Renaissance. The new agreement will introduce a line of branded bedding
and bath products inspired and designed by Emmy ...
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Pacific Coast Feather Company Merges with United Feather & Down
Pacific Coast Feather Company (PCFC) and United Feather & Down (UF&D)
announced today a definitive merger agreement to create a $300 million basic
bedding leader. This merger brings together two family owned businesses with a
combined history of more than 325 years. The combination of thes...
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New Product Awards Presented At N.Y. Home Textiles Market Week
Home Textiles Market Week Best New Product Awards have been
presented to five companies with Viceroy Collections from Kajaal
Home Couture, a collection of 100 percent cashmere blankets and
pillows made in Italy, receiving the top award, Best of Market.
All of the winter 2011 winners and finalist...
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Loloi Wins National Awards In Atlanta And Dallas
Loloi Rugs has been presented with the ARTS Award for Rug
Manufacturer of the Year at the 22 Annual ARTS Awards Gala, held
Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, at the Dallas Trade Mart. This is the
second consecutive ARTS Awards win and seventh nomination for the
seven-year-old rug firm.
Company owner Am...
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Egypt Impact: Business As Usual For Oriental Weavers USA
Here is a message regarding how Oriental Weavers USA factories in
Egypt are faring in relationship to the political situation there
from Mike Riley, president, Oriental Weavers USA.
Oriental Weavers USA would first like to express our heartfelt
concern and our hopes for a speedy resolve to th...
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Gracious Home Appoints Amanda Mettler Goodrich Creative Director
Gracious Home, one of New York's iconic home furnishings
retailers, has appointed Amanda Mettler Goodrich to the new
position of creative director and director of product innovation
and private brandssStrategy and execution. A four-year veteran of
Gracious Home, she previously was senior buyer f...
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HGTV Launches HGTV HOME Brand With Paint, Flooring And Bedding
HGTV, home and lifestyle television network, expands its
collection of licensed products with the launch of the HGTV HOME"
brand and three new product lines in the paint, flooring and
bedding categories.
Sherwin-Williams will launch HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams, a
line of interior paint and ...
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Capel's Songbird Rug Inducted Into North Carolina Museum Of History
Capel Rugs' Songbird braided rug is one of a select group of
products inducted into the North Carolina Museum of History's
permanent collection in a special ceremony held Jan. 21 on N.C.
State Universitys Centennial Campus.
Capel's Songbird Collection of braided rugs, added to the line a
few...
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Winner Announced For Kaleen's Open for Business Sweepstakes
Kaleen's Open for Business Sweepstakes drawing for a Mini Cooper
Convertible was held in the Kaleen showroom on Saturday, Jan. 15,
2011, during the International Rug Show at AmericasMart in
Atlanta. The winner is Pam Christoff from Christoff & Sons in
Jackson, MI.
The Open for Business Sweep...
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DMC Accepts Entries For The Next Big Thing Contest
The Dallas Market Center (DMC) is accepting entries for its
national product search contest, The Next Big Thing. Three
finalists will show their products to the more than 50,000
attendees of the FINDS Dallas Temp Show held June 23 to 26, 2011
during the Total Home & Gift Market, June 22 to 28, 2...
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Perfect Fit Expands Into Hospitality & Healthcare Markets
As part of a larger, strategic initiative to extend its business
beyond big box retailers, Perfect Fit Industries, LLC is taking
its solution-based bedding products to both the hospitality and
healthcare industries. The product innovations will include a
bedbug protection solution, an antimicr...
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Comfortex's Cellular SlumberShade Named Official Shade Of NSA
Comfortex introduces the Cellular SlumberShade, a blackout
cellular shade that provides room darkening and energy saving
benefits through the use of patented blackout sidetracks. The
Cellular SlumberShade is well-suited for both bedrooms and media
rooms.
Comfortex also announces a partnership...
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China, India Sourcing Fairs At AsiaWorld-Expo In April
The China Sourcing Fair: Home Products and India Sourcing Fair:
Home Products return to Hong Kong for the Spring edition at
AsiaWorld-Expo from April 20 to 23, 2011. The fairs attracted
thousands of buyers during the Autumn 2010 edition.
Participation in our shows is robust, growing in sync w...
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Doug Robetor Is New VP Of Sales At Feizy
Doug Robetor has joined Feizy Rugs as vice-president of sales. A
35-year veteran of the flooring industry, Robetor has worked for
OW/Sphinx as southern regional manager and most recently as Loloi
Rugs' national sales manager.
Doug's knowledge of the industry and his sales and business
acume...
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Sanitized Launches Ecological T20-19
Sanitized AG, the worldwide leader in antimicrobial hygiene
protection, is launching Sanitized® T20-19 in the North American
market. This newest antimicrobial product was specifically
developed for cellulose (cotton and cotton blend) items that
require high-wash durability. This includes a wide ...
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Honeysuckle Is Pantones 2011 Color Of The Year
Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company and provider of professional color
standards for the design industries, announces Pantone 18-2120
Honeysuckle as the color of the year for 2011.
While the 2010 color of the year, Pantone 15-5519 Turquoise,
served as an escape for many, Honeysuckle emboldens ever...
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Peter Som for Sferra Bedding Debuts Spring 2011
Fashion designer Peter Som, known for bold sophistication and
eclectic elegance, has partnered with SFERRA on a bedding collection.
I'm thrilled to see my prints and inspirations transformed from
the runway to bedding in the way only SFERRA can, says Som.
Peter Som for SFERRA debuts in store...
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GHTA Confirms New Board
(The Gift and Home Trade Association (GHTA) confirmed its 2011
Board of Directors during the 8th Annual GHTA Conference, held
November 18-20 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The GHTA's executive board is as follows: Beth Lang of Alexa's
Angels, Inc., chairman of the board; Marc Rice of the Southern...
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NYIGF Offers Ice Skating Events During Winter Market
Ryan O'Meara, a former ice dancer who competed in the 2006 Winter
Olympics, will make an exclusive on-ice performance during the
Winter 2011 New York Market. In addition, and through the
cooperation of the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF), 7
West 34 St., 41 Madison and 230 Fifth Ave., ma...
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Natura World Appoints Baker EVP, U. S. Sales
Natura World Inc. has promoted Dan Baker to the position of
executive vice-president, U.S. Sales.
In the past year Dan's territories have achieved exceptional
growth during a particularly challenging economic climate, says
Ralph Rossdeutscher, president and ceo of Natura World, Inc. Dan
h...
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Welspun USA Acquires Assets Of KOJO Worldwide
Welspun USA has acquired the assets of KOJO worldwide. KOHO
Worldwide and Welspun USA announced a joint venture in Las Vegas
in May 2010 and Welspun USA quickly recognized the companies'
synergies. The transaction was finalized on November 8, 2010.
We now offer our current and future custome...
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Nourisons Expanded N.Y. Showroom Opens Spring 2011
Nourison Industries, Inc, has signed a lease at 295 Fifth Avenue
at 30th Street in New York for its newest showroom scheduled to
open this coming Spring. The three-level space, including ground
floor with Fifth Avenue frontage, covers more than 10,000 sq. ft.
and will showcase the company's Home...
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CMC & Lenzing Renew Partnership for 2011 LA TEXTILE
Los Angeles International Textile Show (LA TEXTILE) and leading
fiber innovator Lenzing will continue to partner for the Lenzing
Innovation Pavilion, a showcase of Lenzing affiliated exhibitors
and products geared towards the West Coast Market. The upcoming
LA TEXTILE show takes place March 28...
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Ralph Lauren Home Signs License Agreement With Sferra
Ralph Lauren Home, a division of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation,
has signed an exclusive license agreement with Sferra Bros. Ltd.,
effective immediately. The agreement begins a partnership to
produce bed and bath linens for upscale hospitality, resort and
spa properties worldwide under the Ralph ...
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Perfect Fit Names Jeff Kies CFO
Perfect Fit Industries, LLC has named Jeff Kies as chief
financial officer (cfo). Kies, who replaces David Kennedy, will
be responsible for managing the financial risks of the
corporation as well as financial planning, record-keeping and
financial reporting. Kies comes to Perfect Fit with more ...
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ChannelNet Expands Hunter Douglas Website Functionality in Asia
ChannelNet, multi-channel marketing solution provider, has again
teamed up with window covering manufacturer Hunter Douglas to
provide enhanced online functionality for shoppers across Asia.
The long-standing relationship between ChannelNet and Hunter
Douglas spans the globe, building connection...
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Kreider Named Marketing Manager at 7 W New York
7 W New York welcomes Jessica Kreider as marketing manager. She
will work closely with vice-president of marketing, Su Hilty, to
support 7 W New York events and shows, and will assist in driving
the marts comprehensive and effective marketing initiatives.
Kreider comes to 7 W with a diverse b...
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Calvin Klein Home Shop Opens At Lord & Taylor, New York
Calvin Klein, Inc. announced that Calvin Klein Home has opened a
lifestyle shop in shop within Lord & Taylor's newly renovated
flagship department store. The 7, 000-square-foot shop-in-shop on
the 9th floor will showcase Calvin Klein furniture, bed and bath,
down, rug, tabletop and giftware cate...
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Interior Lifestyle China Up 20 Percent from 2009
Interior Lifestyle China, held from Oct. 13-16, 2010 at the
Shanghai Exhibition Centre in Shanghai and organized by Messe
Frankfurt Shanghai Co. Ltd., attracted 12,470 visitors, up nearly
20 percent from 2009. The goal of the show is to provide a
professional business platform for mid- to high-e...
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Global Sustainable Textiles Conference Oct. 27-29 in New York
The Global Sustainable Textiles Conference will be held Oct.
27-29 at the Sentry Centers in New York. Several hundred textiles
industry related representatives will converge to discuss
sustainable textile processing, eco-indexing, traceablilty and
transparency, organic fiber production and envir...
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Leigh Launches Carpet and Plastics Recycling Company
Leigh Fibers has established a dedicated business unit to divert
discarded carpet and plastic from landfills and turn it into
fibers and densified product used by plastics molders. Current
and near-term equipment installations will give Leigh Carpet &
Plastics Recycling, LLC the capacity to keep...
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Karastan Kirman from 1933 World's Fair Marks Reopening of Chicago Macy's Rug Gallery
On October 6, attendees from the original World's Fair celebrated
the grand reopening of the Macy's Fine Rug Gallery with a special
ribbon-cutting event featuring the Multicolor Panel Kirman 791
rug by Karastan originally displayed at the 1933 Chicago World's
Fair. The rug will remain on display...
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