Furniture World NewsBy Nic Ledoux on 2/18/2021Applications will be accepted between March 1 and March 31, 2021 for nine scholarships from the Educational Foundation (EF) of IFDA, the International Furnishings and Design Association. Since the early years of this 74-year-old global design industry alliance, arguably the most diverse organization of its kind with membership that includes designers, media and marketers, EF has awarded scholarships to high-achieving design students as well as grants to talented professionals, internationally. This year there are nine scholarsh...
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Furniture World NewsBy Nic Ledoux on 2/22/2021 Messe Frankfurt , the organizer of the Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles Fair, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, and Yarn Expo Spring, recently announced that the spring editions of these fairs will be postponed. Originally scheduled for March 10-12, 2021, a new date for these shows will be announced in the near future. Messe Frankfurt made the decision along with the co-organizers of the fairs to comply with local authority guidelines.Ms Wendy Wen, Senior General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK)...
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Furniture World NewsBy Monica Tucker on 2/23/2021 Now that COVID vaccinations are happening and the economy is slowly heading to recovery, let’s take a step back and look at the challenges 2020 brought. Here’s a list of some of the most significant market trends and statistics that shaped 2020 and how you can utilize them to build momentum in 2021. The Housing MarketIn its annual report, the National Association of Realtors shares optimistic numbers. With historically low interest rates, they envision that the housing market will continue...
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Furniture World NewsBy Pam Danziger As 2020 draws to a close, every retailer is ready to close the books on this most disruptive of years. Ikea is quite literally closing its books. It is ending the 70-year run of its iconic catalog. The Ikea catalog will be relegated to a museum, where it becomes a nostalgic reminder of days gone by.On the face of it, Ikea’s decision makes complete sense, as Enrique Dans explains on Forbes.com. It takes the company about a year to produce the typical 300-page catalog, which peaked at 200 million copies distributed through its stores a...
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