For retailers, FROM a retailer -- items of interest and practical advice for retailers of home furnishings and accessories from a retailer in Portland, Oregon. en-us http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396.html?nid=3865 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use October 1, 2009 http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1790049379.html?nid=3865 CIT Group and Simmons take similar approaches to survival. CIT has approached bondholders with an exchange offer that would eliminate 30% to ... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1740049374.html?nid=3865 I haven't been to a wedding in awhile, so I was caught short when I read in Turk.internet.com that a new study by UKs prezzybox.com says that... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1020049302.html?nid=3865 There's good news today. Eagle Capital, an accounts receivables factoring company with roots in the transportation industry, is now ... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/910049291.html?nid=3865 Beverly uses garlic a lot in her cooking. I could have said "Beverly uses a lot of garlic in her cooking", but that would hav... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/480049248.html?nid=3865 Image courtesy of Michelle Williams Interiors I need more money! Why, you ask? I just received an email from interior designer,... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1720049172.html?nid=3865 Back in January, 2008, I posted about Domain Home filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Judy George started the company and grew it so that it was on... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/750049075.html?nid=3865 Some of the reasons to go to any Market is the exposure to new trends, the ability to ask questions of knowledgeable vendors and the information ga... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/730049073.html?nid=3865 When you were in Las Vegas at the World Market Center, did you try it? Did you sit in it and then fall asleep? The developers ... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1630048963.html?nid=3865 Kim Cook of the AP wrote recently in Home decor this fall: 'Perfect' is out, real is in: Perhaps the biggest theme in home decorating going ... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/910048891.html?nid=3865 Are you a collector? I have been a collector all my life. When I was in grade school, I was introduced to stamps and I was featured in ... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1880048788.html?nid=3865 On Linked In I belong to the ASID group. I joined because Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery is a member of ASID in Oregon and because... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/250048625.html?nid=3865 Experts in retailing tell us we can create fresh excitement in our stores by repainting, recreating vignettes, moving furniture around and adding n... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1920048392.html?nid=3865 Portland, Oregon is about to bring down the curtain on 2009's edition of the NW Natural Street of Dreams. Normally, an area around the ... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1670048367.html?nid=3865 Shelter magazine Southern Accents has published its last magazine with the September/October issue. The magazine had been published for... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/680048268.html?nid=3865 Did you notice that two Northwest companies placed well in the Best New Product Awards competition at Home Textiles Market Week® in New York. ... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1380048138.html?nid=3865 We know from a recent Home Textiles article that Capel Rugs and Jane Seymour Designs have teamed up to create and market a co-branded line of casua... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1090048109.html?nid=3865 In a story you can read today at Home Accents Today, the 21st Annual ARTS Awards finalists have been announced. Dallas Market Center an... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/70048007.html?nid=3865 In the July 2007 issue of House Beautiful, Carol Prisant claimed she was seeing the Klismos chair design frequently. 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Now the LA Times announc... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1000047500.html?nid=3865 Every once in a while, I get an email from Nika Stewart of Designers' Success Coach that just rings true for me. I want to share with you her... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1800047380.html?nid=3865 Yesterday, from Las Vegas came the announcement that World Market Center and home furnishings industry leaders will launch campaign, Is it Home yet... http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1960000396/post/1750047175.html?nid=3865 Ericka Hernandez Once more I'm seeing "serendipity" at work! Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers somet...