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Retail Education

Lighting and home furnishings retailers of all sizes in all locations around North America face similar problems and have similar concerns. They need to know the latest industry news and have access to the latest product introductions, always keeping up with what's new and what's next. In this section, retailers will have access to news and feature stories to keep them up to date on this evolving industry.

Light dining room in open floor plan
With open plan living, dining rooms need to learn how to join in. Photo by Dennis Anderson.

How to Light an Open Concept Dining Room

Rethinking How We Light Dining Rooms When I was growing up, the dining room was reserved strictly for company. As a family, we always ate in the kitchen. We rarely ventured into the dining room — it…
Aura pendants hanging in urban kitchen and above dining room table, pendants from Kichler Lighting
The products that homeowners are spending the most on in their kitchens and bathrooms pay surprise you. (Photo: Aura pendants from Kichler Lighting)

What Products Homeowners Want in Their Kitchens and Baths

Want to know what kitchen and bath products homeowners want? The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) latest research crunches the numbers from 2016, the most recent data available, to find…
Interior of home with plant, sofa and dresser.
(Photo: Unsplash user Alexandra Gorn)

SFC Highlights Green Furnishings Trends in New Consumer Study

Green home decor products may be good for the environment and our health, but are people actually willing to buy them? The Sustainable Furnishings Council’s (SFC) newly-released Green Home…
Three-season porch with plants, one chair and a lamp overhead
What are you pinning to your Pinterest boards? This one is on LIghtology's Junalo theme board.

How to Win at Pinterest

A picture is worth a thousand words, or if you’re Pinterest, better make that two million. The social media platform's app recently broke the 200 millionth user mark. And for those of us who have…
A laptop and a tablet out on a table
Ready to hit the ground running on your digital marketing goals this year? Here are the tools you'll need. (Photo: Pexels)

5 Inexpensive Marketing Tools and How to Use Them

If you teared up at this Heineken commercial or followed the fine print on a dollop of butter to reveal a secret message from Denny’s, you know as well as anyone that great marketing can be…
The inside lobby of the International Builders Show
Miss KBIS this year? We've got you covered.

The Death of Farmhouse and Other Trends I Saw at KBIS

There is a lot for kitchen and bath designers to see and learn at Lightovation, so if you chose it over this year’s Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), I don’t blame you. Still, I went to KBIS,…
Enchant area rug with geometric pattern from Loloi Rugs
Good things come in black and white.

Black and White On Rugs All Over

Timeless, dramatic and about as effortlessly chic as it gets, black and white knows how to make an entrance … or a living room or a bedroom or a … well, you get the picture. Here at Lighting &…
Exterior of the World Market Center, home of Las Vegas Market
Take notes. There's lots to see at Las Vegas Market in the World Market Center. (Photo: Jennifer Morrow via Flickr)

The Complete Guide to the Best Retailer Seminars at Las Vegas Market

It's hard to be bored at Las Vegas Market, let alone in Las Vegas. With so many great showrooms to tour and so many cocktail parties to attend, your schedule probably looks completely booked. But if…
Outside of Luxe Lighting Company on Greenwood Avenue in Seattle, Washington.
Inside Luxe Lighting Company, the lights are always on.

Showroom Spotlight: Luxe Lighting Company

Good things come in small packages. Wedged between a Portuguese wine shop and yarn store on a busy stretch of Greenwood Avenue in Northwest Seattle, Luxe Lighting Company is case and point. It’s warm…
Hinkley Lighting Atwater Ash Bronze
Hinkley Lighting's new Atwater family in Ash Bronze

Hinkley Lighting Debuts New Coastal Outdoor Lighting Collection

Hinkley Lighting announced this week it is launching its Coastal Elements Collection, a line of classically styled outdoor lighting products developed to withstand the effects of harsh environmental…
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