News archive for July, 2006

Results 11 - 20 of about 181 news for the month of July, 2006.

New Online Furniture Feed: One Historic Step in Shopping

July 29th, 2006

Today’s advanced computer and Internet technology mean one historic step ahead in shopping. The powerful wired combination brings consumers online to sites like FurnitureFeed.com with multiple search & shopping features.
However, in order to truly appreciate the new, let’s take a brief look at some of the old, with the following fun facts about furniture*:
• Towards [...]

Good furniture at good prices

July 29th, 2006

There are thousands of furniture stores in Israel, and new ones appear almost every day. Many of the stores are concentrated in certain areas, the biggest ones being the Rishon Letzion industrial zone, the Check Post Junction in Haifa and Herzl Street in Tel Aviv.
?The furniture market in Israel is controlled by private and neighborhood [...]

It’s all in the family at Furniture Depot

July 29th, 2006

Furniture Depot was not open for business Saturday, but business kept walking in anyway. So, it opened.
“We had a real good day,” said Pam Klein of Red Bluff, who owns the store with her husband Michael. “We still have a lot of work to do, pricing everything, but we’re selling.”
Most of the people who came [...]

Building board authorizes $245K withdrawal for furniture expenses

July 29th, 2006

The City’s Building Committee drained over $245,000 from WMHS construction reserves recently to offset unaccounted for furniture and equipment costs at the $63 million educational facility.
According to School Business Manager Joseph Elia, city officials recently learned that actual bids for furnishing the new high school exceeded the Building Committee’s previously approved budget by over $400,000.
Specifically, [...]

Sun Wood shifts focus to local luxury furniture market

July 29th, 2006

The SET-listed furniture manufacturer and exporter Sun Wood Industries Plc is looking to raise its profile in the local luxury furniture market, spending 280 million baht for a showroom and marketing activities, according to chief executive Thaveesak Vayakornvichitr.
He said the firm would focus on project customers including hotels and resorts, international schools, restaurants, houses [...]

Vegas puts pressure on with growth

July 29th, 2006

On the morning of the second day of this summer’s Las Vegas furniture market, developers were focusing on their next show.
The World Market Center opens a second showroom building in January with 1.6 million square feet of space. That will double the size of its young furnishings trade show, which is seen as a competitor [...]

Goods export target revised to $125 billion

July 28th, 2006

The government today set a revised merchandise export target of $125 billion for the current financial year, against $120 billion set earlier this year.
The revised target is 21 per cent higher than the actual exports of $102.7 billion achieved last year and 36 per cent higher than the $92 billion target set for 2005-06.
The export [...]

Brunei: Local Food And Products Exhibition In Bandar

July 28th, 2006

A total of 26 local companies from food manufacturing, local handicraft and furniture making sectors are participating a local food and products exhibition.
The exhibition will last for nine days until July 31, at the Bumiputera Commercial Centre in Bandar.
The exhibition is held in conjunction with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam’s [...]

Champassak province fosters foreign investment

July 28th, 2006

Champassak province is located in the south part of Laos, it is attracted both Lao and foreign businessmen headed to do business, especially in industrial handicraft sector, which increased 25 percent annually since 2001.
In 2001 the province has 2,794 factories, most of them invested in industrial production, in 2005 increased by 84% or 5,141 producing [...]

Reaping Potential Of Bamboo, Bamboo Shoots

July 28th, 2006

A Malay saying goes “if you want to bend the bamboo, do it while it was at a shoot stage” simply means if you want to mould your children do it when they are still very young.
Literally bamboo shoots are elastic and easier to bend while the stems which are stiff are tough nuts to [...]