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Monday, June 27, 2005
Canadian Residential Furniture Sales Show Growth
Aktrin reports the Canadian residential furniture market has been growing steadily since the third quarter of 2002. Sales (using retail prices) in 2004 reached $9559 million, an increase of 8.2 percent over 2003 sales of $8834 million.
In 2005, saturation in the housing construction sector is expected to slow furniture sales to 7.6 percent, although still surpassing the $10 billion mark for the first time at $10285 million. More.
# posted by Value-Created Review @ 6/27/2005 07:31:00 PM 
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
IFDA 2005 - Winners Announced
The award winners for the sixth IFDA furniture design competition were recently announced in Japan. The judges were Mr. Toshiyuki Kita (chief judge), Mr. Motomi Kawakami, Mr. Kunio Shibuya, Mr. Hans Sandgren Jakobsen (Denmark), Ms. Gunilla Allard (Sweden) and Mr. Yeoh-Hang Yoon (Korea). There were a total of 909 entries from 43 countries.
# posted by Value-Created Review @ 6/22/2005 09:39:00 PM
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Furniture Companies Betting on Vegas
Wood & Wood Products quotes Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman as saying, “We are about to make our debut as the furniture capital of the world." Read the response of High Point Market executives and exhibitors.
One of the Canadian companies betting on the success of the first Las Vegas Furniture Market in July 2005 is William Millénaire, showing the sofa designed by Charles Godbout (see VCR page two).
# posted by Value-Created Review @ 6/19/2005 10:56:00 AM
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Green by Design 2
If you have a spare $495, Steelcase is hosting Green by Design 2 at its facilities in Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 28-29, 2005.
Keynote speakers include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and William McDonough.
# posted by Value-Created Review @ 6/15/2005 04:59:00 PM
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Thaw Contemporary Design Exhibit 2005
Marking the change in seasons, the 2nd annual *THAW exhibit brings together
designers from Edmonton, Vancouver and beyond. It provides a unique opportunity to view and purchase products as well as interact with Edmonton's unique design community.
The exhibit runs June 24, 2005 to July 6, 2005 at the Red Strap Market, Edmonton, AB
# posted by Value-Created Review @ 6/14/2005 11:23:00 AM
Friday, June 03, 2005
DWR in Business Week
The aggressive US contemporary furniture retailer/e-marketer DWR (Design Within Reach) is featured in the June 6, 2005, edition of Business Week.
The magazine reports that DWR posted a net income of $3.74 million, an increase of 26% from the previous year. Sales, almost half of which came from its catalogue and website, rose an impressive 49%, to $120.6 million, placing it at eighth position on Business Week's ranking of Hot Growth Companies. DWR expects to open a minimum of 18 stores this year.
# posted by Value-Created Review @ 6/03/2005 07:43:00 PM
Canadian Furniture Plant Closures
Alan Swift reports for Canadian Press that Shermag Inc. is closing its Victoriaville plant (east of Montreal), resulting in the loss of 95 jobs, and warns it may close two more Canadian plants.
# posted by Value-Created Review @ 6/03/2005 07:41:00 PM
INDEX: Awards
One of the few furniture selections for the INDEX: Awards 2005 is the Utlia ScooterDesk from Belgium.
# posted by Value-Created Review @ 6/03/2005 07:37:00 PM
