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Three furniture designers from South Australia are making waves in the industry. They are benefiting from the state’s booming hospitality scene and a demand for locally-made, handmade products. Wholegrain Studio Josh McCallum is the self-described “object maker” behind Wholegrain Studio and said the majority of fitout jobs come from food [...]

The export journey for Australian mattress and bedding, A.H. Beard, began less than five years ago with an approach from Emma Wang, a principal of Shanghai Green, a leading homewares group in China. Ms Wang convinced the A.H. Beard family to form a partnership with a view to selling its [...]

Joyce Corporation has announced a $275,000 incentive scheme to attract franchisees to set up its new Bedshed stores in Sydney as part of a broader move into the east coast market. The company, which said it was looking at Sydney as the next step in its national expansion, will offer [...]

Online bedding retailer Casper launched in 2014 in the US cities of New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco selling directly to consumers. The company took a direct-to-consumer model and applied it to the mattress industry. Casper developed a sleek box that would be delivered to the customer’s doorstep containing [...]

China International Furniture Fair, better known as CIFF, and its reputation for showcasing leading furniture brands will be confirmed once again in 2017. The 40th edition will be held between September 11-14, 2017 at the National Exhibition & Convention Center in Shanghai Hongqiao. It covers 400,000sqm and is expected to [...]

Furniture maker, Herman Miller has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against California-based Office Star, which it says is selling chairs with striking similarities to two of its chairs. The suit, filed recently in the US Western District Court of Michigan, is regarding the company’s Caper and Mirra products. Herman Miller won [...]

American furniture manufacturer. La-Z-Boy is celebrating its 90th this year. Kurt Darrow, La-Z-Boy’s chief executive officer since 2003, told the Toledo Blade, “You don’t stay in business for 90 years without having great customers.” La-Z-Boy has five US manufacturing operations, a facet that is serving it well during an era [...]

Upmarket furniture retailer, Pottery Barn is launching an augmented reality app, called 3D Room View, that lets customers visually try out living room furniture before they buy it. 3D Room View will give customers the option to see any Pottery Barn product in any existing room, even if it's empty. [...]

American Textile Company and Tempur Sealy International have reached a licensing deal that will allow American Textile to develop and distribute Tempur-Pedic branded sleep products featuring Tempur-Pedic’s signature adaptive features. The product line will include sheets, mattress pads and protectors, blankets, and comforters manufactured by American Textile. The deal comes [...]

Mattress maker Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB) is investing more than USD100 million in new manufacturing plants and a multi-year advertising strategy. During 2017, Serta Simmons will add four large facilities to its existing network of more than 30 plants. The company is currently fitting them with the latest equipment, as [...]