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Nov 11, 2024 News Flair named among UK’s fastest-growing retail companies. Heckmondwike-based Flair Furniture Group has been recognised in both the Retail 100 and Kirklees 100 rankings for 2024 after a period of substantial…
Unilin scales up pioneering MDF recycling technology
In 2021, Unilin announced a "world first" recycling technology for MDF and HDF: "Until then, it had been technically impossible to recycle MDF and HDF on an industrial scale." With its first pilot line at its largest MDF/HDF production site in Bazeilles, the company has further industrialised and fine-tuned the technology over the last two years.
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M&S to cut own-brand furniture from stores, reports The Sun
Jan 16, 2023 · Marks & Spencer is planning to stop selling the majority of its in-store own-brand furniture over the coming months, according to reports from The Sun. It is understood that the retailer intends to stop selling larger furniture items through its shops by the autumn, while continuing to sell furniture online in partnership with third-party brands.
Heimtextil promises "strong and reliable" sourcing platform
Jan 15, 2024 · From 14-17th January, more than 2900 exhibitors from 60 countries will present current trends, latest collections, innovative materials and textile solutions at Heimtextil in Frankfurt.. The world's largest and most international trade fair for home and contract textiles and textile design promises a market overview across 16 hall levels, from fibres and yarns, to unassembled materials, to ...
The role of biomimicry in furniture design
Oct 27, 2023 · It’s not easy being green – but furniture businesses must face up to the challenge. In the fourth of an exclusive series of articles exploring the whys and hows of becoming a more eco-conscious furniture business, Richard Naylor, group sustainable development director at Hypnos, outlines the potential of applying biomimicry to the manufacturing process …
Generative AI’s role in the furniture industry
Jun 5, 2024 · Generative AI can superchange the technologies that are already delivering a positive impact on the furniture industry in a variety of ways. From a consumer preference perspective, democratised access within the organisation is crucial, and that can be catalysed by a generative AI tool. Generative AI reduces the time spent on manually ...
25 years of Classic Furniture | Furniture News
Jul 14, 2014 · The Binbrook, Lincolnshire-based Classic Furniture celebrates a quarter-century of business this month. Today, the company is one of the UK’s undisputed leaders in the supply of oak and pine cabinet furniture. Bolstered by a couple of high-profile takeovers of wholesale activity in recent years, Classic Furniture’s stockist base now numbers over 600, a significant proportion of the UK’s ...
Go Configure, says Alpha Designs | Furniture News
Oct 11, 2024 · The Go Configure range comprises three sofa shapes offering five unit sizes each, available in three fabrics, with a choice of 17 colours, and light or dark feet. That’s a sizeable number of permutations – but simplicity is this collection’s watchword, says Nichola. “It’s a smaller-scale product, but every model boasts broad appeal ...
Kettle again facing administration | Furniture News
Mar 28, 2023 · Cabinet furniture supplier Kettle is facing administration for the second time in 18 months, as the management at Corby-based Kettle Home, the business set up in the wake of the demise of Kettle Interiors in March last year, told staff yesterday that the business would not continue to trade, reports the Northamptonshire Telegraph. In March 2023 ...