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Projecting Profit: Design Coaching Success Stories
The ability to project profit is the key to success. It may not be easy in the beginning but everything you are working toward should include this goal. This month, we share insights from coaching…
ALA Conference 2022 Provides Networking & Education
The ALA Conference brought leaders and industry professionals together in Austin, Texas from September 11-13 for three days of networking and education. Attendees heard expert insight on the shifts…
ICFA Raises Funds for City of Hope at Casual Market
Through three fundraising activities hosted at Casual Market Chicago in July, the International Casual Furnishings Association received donations totaling $25,500 for City of Hope, the association’s…
ISFD Announces Innovation + Design Awards 'Meet the Designers' Event
The International Society of Furniture Designers (ISFD) Innovation + Design 2022 “Meet the Designers” reception will be held at 401 W. English Rd. on the Campus of Congdon Yards in High Point on…
2023 ARTS Awards Judges Named
Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, have announced the judges for the 33rd ARTS Awards, taking place in Dallas on Friday, January 6, 2023 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel…
Best Practices for Your Social Media Platforms
In today’s marketing environment, social media is a given. For those in the home furnishings and design industry, if you aren’t on Facebook, Instagram or elsewhere, are you missing opportunities to…
Grammar Check: Grammarly Helps Proofread, Edit Documents
Are you ready to move beyond standard grammar correctors that miss even basic spelling errors? Grammarly — an artificially intelligent (AI) “writing assistant,”— offers just that, helping job seekers…
IDS Conference 2022 Recap
The 2022 IDS National Conference in Chicago included a variety of education, networking and experiences — all around the city of Chicago! The conference itself took place at the Chicago Merchandise…
Design House Succeeds in Design, Retail & Lighting
Design House, in Houston, TX, may be the first interior design retail showroom that qualified as a finalist for the Showroom of the Year Awards, which focuses attention on lighting retail showrooms. …
Design Coaching: How to Determine Your Design Fees
We all know many clients who like to exist in the disturbingly tedious land of catalog decorating. Refusing to punch a train ticket to bore town and encouraging mediocrity in the safe land of the…