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Automated ordering in cut-to-size manufacturing
StephUC2022-11-08T13:26:28+11:00Cabinteryonline, Supplier Magazine|
Cut-to-size manufacturers face a range of challenges in the post-COVID environment. The effect of staff shortages is being felt industry-wide and there is no quick-fix resolution. One solution is for cut-to-size manufacturers to onboard online quoting and ordering systems to relieve some pressure. Staff shortages are being experienced in many [...]
Streamline your business with customised software
StephUC2022-11-08T13:29:58+11:00Cabinteryonline, Supplier Magazine|
“It was a no-brainer,” says Retief from Provence Brothers on deciding to use Cabinetry.Online, “we should have done it sooner. “ From small beginnings in 2014, Provence Brothers in WA have experienced exponential growth over the last few years. They started as cabinet makers with a 180m² factory. Today, they [...]
Robotics for future apartments, today
annetteepifanidis2017-06-21T11:57:35+10:00FB Newsletter|
The home of the future is one step closer to reality with the launch of Ori Systems’ first product, an all-in-one robotic dresser, desk and bed. Showrooming in luxury real estate developments in a number of US cities, Ori is debuting its new, modular furniture that enables city-dwellers to do [...]
Smart office furniture from Herman Miller
annetteepifanidis2017-06-21T11:48:40+10:00FB Newsletter|
Herman Miller has teamed up with Swiss designer Yves Béhar for a new suite of smart office furniture that launched recently at NeoCon, a trade fair for commercial interiors in Chicago (USA). This line of furniture is called Live OS and uses a system with sensors that can come preinstalled [...]
Ikea targets small apartments
annetteepifanidis2017-06-21T11:46:41+10:00FB Newsletter|
Ikea is launching new micro-living furniture, inspired by storage ideas in actual space shuttles. The company will shrink its furniture to target those who have to move into small apartments and tiny homes. “An Ikea team is looking into how a Mars habitat can become more like home,” Ikea said [...]
Amazon is focusing on furniture
annetteepifanidis2017-06-21T11:43:34+10:00FB Newsletter|
Amazon.com is making a major push into furniture and appliances, including building at least four massive warehouses that specialise in handling bulky items, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal who spoke with people familiar with the online company’s plans. With that move, Amazon is taking on two [...]
Global design trends for 2017
annetteepifanidis2017-06-21T11:41:09+10:00FB Newsletter|
At the Milan Furniture Fair, collaborations between fashion and design companies are on the rise, and there is a move towards modular structures, super sofas and bright colours. Finely-crafted collectibles were shown at the 56th edition of Salone del Mobile in Milan and the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) [...]
Prospects are strong for Nick Scali
annetteepifanidis2017-06-21T11:38:11+10:00FB Newsletter|
Shares for furniture retailer Nick Scali (NCK) have surged in the past 12 months with solid sales growth and continued margin expansion. Founded in 1962 by Nick Scali and listed in 2004, NCK has a track record of delivering consistent earnings growth and a steadily increasing stream of fully-franked income [...]
Pillow Talk reaches milestone year
annetteepifanidis2017-06-21T11:36:10+10:00FB Newsletter|
Queensland-based Pillow Talk is celebrating 40 years in business. The bedding and homewares company has been operating since 1977, when the brand’s first store opened in Brisbane’s Ann Street. Now over 50 Pillow Talk stores operate around the country. Chief executive and co-founder Heath Goddard said there were many reasons [...]
Vast franchise boasts lower cost base
annetteepifanidis2017-06-21T11:34:22+10:00FB Newsletter|
Australian franchise Vast Furniture & Homewares said it has developed a business that runs a lower cost base than that of industry standards. CEO and founder of Vast, Ross Clayton has criticised this way of doing business and has devloped an alternative model that has removed the need for storage, [...]
Aussie online furniture ready to take on Amazon
annetteepifanidis2017-06-21T11:31:29+10:00FB Newsletter|
House of Home is an online marketplace that offers products from over 400 local Australian retailers and has annual revenue of more than $4 million. The business came about after co-founder Stephen Jones started a web-based furniture marketplace called Furniture Exchange in 2013. Soon after the launch, he merged with [...]