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EDITOR’S COMMENT

Andrew Kidd EDITOR

Decision time Retailers could teach politicians about powers of persuasion, without resorting to proclaiming the end is nigh Now that we’re in the final month of the EU referendum campaign, it would seem that the much feared knock to consumer confidence has failed to happen.

Figures from Topps Tiles, Carpetright, Next and John Lewis (which is on a fantastic run at the moment) all indicate that consumers have carried on spending. Meanwhile, politicians on both sides of the European divide warn that we will be in big trouble if the vote doesn’t go the way they want it to.

What’s longer than a Manchester United manager recruitment process or a BHS takeover? Trying to get a positive statement about EU membership or non-membership from either side.

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time. ‘If you buy that one, which might look very nice, you’ll be constantly cleaning it’; ‘That one’s very robust and will last a long time but it’s dreadfully uncomfortable’; ‘Your dog will love it but no-one else’; or ‘It’s very expensive and isn’t really worth it, but if you insist on paying that much…’ are not sales pitches that would bring success to any store.

Shoppers want to hear about a product’s features and benefits, and it’s the same for voters. Unfortunately we’ve (yet) to hear any of that, which is disappointing given the magnitude of the decision.

After 13 years of steering through the often choppy waters of the upholstery sector (especially the break-up of Christie-Tyler in 2005) this month also sees the retirement of Scott Malvenan, 61, Sofa Brands International group chief executive. He told me it will be the sort of retirement we all promise ourselves, so we wish him a long and happy change of focus.

On the topic of voting, many thanks to those of you who have already voted in the Interiors Monthly Awards 2016. If you haven’t you have until 1 July to express your opinion.

Email me, use the form on p6, or download it from www.ow.ly/fOi0300BVVD. Happy voting.

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INTERIORS MONTHLY JUNE 2016

INSIDE THIS ISSUE NEWS 10

Furniture sales rise at John Lewis

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Carpetright enjoys sales growth

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Royal praise for Ulster

FEATURES 6

Awards Your final chance to vote for the Interiors Monthly Awards

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Carpet Natural colours and soft-touch

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Exhibition guide News and reviews of international and UK interiors shows: IMM Cologne, CIFF, MoOd, Tendence, London Fabric, Home at Top Drawer, The Bed Show, Manchester Furniture Show, Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show, Fuorisalone, Proposte

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Beds and bedroom Latest products

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LVT Contemporary stone styles

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AWARDS

Going for gold RETAILERS TO COMPLETE ONLY Best Customer Service (Furniture)

Best Vinyl Manufacturer Best Luxury Vinyl Supplier

Best UK Furniture Manufacturer Best Flooring Exhibition Best Overseas Furniture Manufacturer Best Flooring Website Best Furniture Buying Group Best Flooring Wholesaler Best Accessory Supplier Best Software Supplier Best Bed Manufacturer (Upmarket) Best Finance Provider Best Bed Manufacturer (Mid-market) Best Supply Chain/Logistics Company Best Bed Manufacturer (Value) Best Business Support (Flooring) Best Bedroom Manufacturer Best Business Support (Furniture) Best Dining Room Manufacturer Best Marketing Support Best Living Room Manufacturer Best New Exhibition Best Children’s Furniture Manufacturer Innovation of the Year Best Fabric Upholstery Manufacturer Best Mattress Manufacturer Best Leather Upholstery Manufacturer Best Recliner Manufacturer Best Furniture Wholesaler Best Home Entertainment Supplier Best Fabric/Soft Furnishings Manufacturer Best Warranty Provider Best Furniture Exhibition Best Product Protection Provider Best Furniture Website Best New Supplier Best Customer Service (Flooring) Product of the Year Best UK Flooring Manufacturer Best Overseas Flooring Manufacturer

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NEWS

Weather helps furniture sales hot up at John Lewis John Lewis’ strong run of furniture sales has shown no signs of ending. Furniture sales rose by 8.7% in the week to 21 May, ‘thanks to especially strong sales in beds and bedroom,’ according to Christine Kasoulis, John Lewis home buying director.

‘The improving weather drove outdoor living product sales which were up 11.9%,’ she says.

The previous week ‘home sales were up 2.9%, with warmer weather meaning that outdoor living products continue to drive sales. The weather story continues to unfold elsewhere across the home directorate, with low tog duvets another star performer,’ according to Simon Russell, John Lewis retail operations development director.

In the week to 7 May furniture sales rose by 13.7% as outdoor living sales more than doubled.

In the week to 30 April, furniture sales were up 21.7% and by 15.8% the week before. The previous week home sales were up 6.4%, ‘with strong demand for furniture, which was up 8.1%. Big ticket sales were strong with upholstery and textiles leading the way,’ says the chain.

Upholstery and textiles are strong sellers

After Easter ‘home had a very positive week with sales up 21.7% year on year, with sales in textiles and furniture categories particularly strong,’ in the week to 9 April.

In the week to 2 April ‘big ticket items performed well such as beds up 26.7% and dining furniture up 3.7%. Over the two-week Easter period, home was very strong at +8.1%, with furniture and seasonal gifting particular highlights,’ according to Paula Nickolds, John Lewis commercial director.

Next profit warning

Hypnos celebrates its win

AIS accolades for duo Hypnos and Baker Furniture have been named as AIS Bed and Bedroom Cabinet Suppliers of the Year, respectively.

In a break from the traditional September awards, AIS brought forward its awards to coincide with its April bed show.

Hypnos won the bed award for the second consecutive year, with Sealy second and Relyon third. Unique Furniture was runner-up in the bedroom cabinet award and Kingstown third.

Gold Standard Awards were awarded to: Hypnos, Relyon, Sealy, Silentnight, Tempur, Vispring, Baker Furniture, Kingstown Furniture and Unique Furniture.

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Next has shown strong home and furniture sales as it warned profits could vary by more than £100m.

Sales from 31 January to 2 May were down by 0.2%, with full price sales down 0.9%: it had forecast sales of between -1% to +4%.

Colder weather hit clothing sales in March and April, particularly over Easter, but full price home and furniture sales were 7% higher during the period.

Because of the six weeks to 4 May, which Next said might be a ‘potentially wider slow-down in consumer spending’, it has lowered its full price sales forecast for the rest of the year to -3.5% to +3.5%. The lowest rate would mean sales carrying on as they had for the six weeks.

As a result Next says pre-tax profits will be between £748m (-8.9%) and £852m (+3.7%).

Flooring store ram-raided A South Wales flooring store was ram-raided in the early hours of 18 May. A yellow car drove into Rob Santwris Carpets in Lower Dock Street, Newport.

A laptop worth £200 was stolen and the store’s

frontage was damaged.

Santwris says: ‘The door was only put in in January.

You feel for people who come home and it’s their own personal stuff gone. I just feel angry. At the end of the day it’s my shop.’

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Aura to close one store

Trial stores have outperformed others

Like for like sales grow at Carpetright Carpetright has seen like for like sales edge up in the past quarter, while cutting back on promotions has helped gross margins.

UK like for like sales rose by 0.7% in the 12 weeks to 23 April. In 2015 the increase was 10.5%. Like for like sales for the 25 week period were up 2%.

Total UK sales were down 2.9% in the 12 weeks, by 1.6% in the 25 week period and up 0.3% in the 51 week period.

In the past year 35 stores have closed and nine opened, giving it 434 stores.

The group had warned that gross margin would fall by between 100 and 150 basis points, but thanks to cutting back on promotions it now says the fall will be between 80 and 100 basis points. It says it still expects to make underlying pre-tax profits of £17.3m.

‘The UK business continued to make progress in the final quarter, against strong comparatives in the prior year and in a market which was increasingly competitive. Against this background, we have delivered two-year compound like for like sales growth in excess of 10%,’ says Wilf Walsh, Carpetright chief executive.

‘Our plan to revitalise the Carpetright brand remains on track. Results from the trial of our new retail concept have been encouraging with the trial stores outperforming comparable stores in the estate. We have now completed our analysis of the customer data from the trial, enabling us to finalise the features of a new store format and brand identity which we will shortly begin to roll out across our UK business in a phased refurbishment programme. In tandem, we continue to make progress with our efforts to reduce store occupancy costs, with a number of further property deals in the pipeline.’

The chain is due to give details of its strategic plan at the end of June.

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Nottingham furniture retailer Aura is to close one of its two stores in the city.

Max Nouri, Aura owner, says he no longer needs the 7,500sqft Mansfield Road store and will focus on its nearby Huntingdon Street branch.

Estate agent Savills will auction the property on 7 July with a guide price of £500,000-£550,000.

Nouri bought the former car showroom 15 years ago and invested £250,000 in upgrading it.

‘We don’t need the Mansfield Road premises any more because it’s not very practical for us and I’m finding it difficult to manage them both. I have a large showroom in Huntingdon Street, which is quite large and has another showroom at the other side of the car park,’ he says.

The company’s 10 staff will now all work at the Huntingdon Street store.

Aura parent Pinewood Studio Group had 11 branches at its peak.

Shooting stars: Celebrating its third year, the Northern Big Shots clay pigeon shooting event raised more than £17,000 in aid of the furnishing industry’s charity, the Furniture Makers’ Company. Among the record 19 teams taking part in the 21 April event at Coniston Country Estate, Skipton, were: B&Q, Bensons for Beds, Breasley, DFS, Furniture Village, Howdens, Kaymed, Peroda, Panaz, Sleepeezee, Silentnight Group, Snuggledown, Steinhoff and Sweet Dreams. This year the Top Team prize went to new participants Howdens (pictured). Former DFS finance director Jon Massey scooped the Top Male Gun prize, while Top Female Gun this year went to Snuggledown’s Emma Holbern.

Ikea clicks in Birmingham Ikea’s third small format store will have a city centre location: Dale End, Birmingham, and is due to open in the summer.

The format is designed to offer a click and collect facility while acting as a planning studio to plan and order more complex purchases such as kitchens, wardrobes and sofas. A small selection of products will be available from stock.

Its second small store opened on 12 May on the Wellington Circle industrial estate south of Aberdeen.

‘Customers in the region shop with us online but they have to travel considerable distances to our Edinburgh or Glasgow stores to see the range or get advice from our co-workers. The order and collection point is a fantastic opportunity to connect all the ways you can shop with us in one place, right here in Aberdeen. We have had a lot of positive feedback for bringing Ikea to the area,’ says Iain Crone, Aberdeen store manager.

The first small format store opened in Norwich last year.

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Royal tribute for Ulster Carpets Prince Charles praised Ulster Carpets on a tour of its Portadown factory, where it is manufacturing a carpet for Buckingham Palace.

During a series of engagements across Northern Ireland with the Duchess of Cornwall last month, the prince, who is patron of the Campaign for Wool, spoke to staff at the factory.

‘Both of us so admire the fact that this company is managing to be one of the few carpet manufacturers, chiefly because of your genius of keeping ahead of the competition and always investing in new equipment and ideas,’ he said.

‘Talking to quite a lot of you I see that a lot of you come from the same families and a lot of you have been here for 30, 40, 50 years: without even a grey hair and without going deaf as a result of the manufacturing process.

‘I can only congratulate you on what you have managed to achieve and I’m very glad to discover the carpet destined for Buckingham Palace looks as though it’s going to arrive on time.

‘I do hope the company goes from strength to strength. It is a wonderful tribute to the skills and dedication of so many of you here in this part of Northern Ireland.’

Royal (left) and Liston are pictured with Chris Muir, ScS chief finance officer, who joined in April

ScS management reshuffle ScS has unveiled a management shake-up as it looks to add to its team.

Kevin Royal, formerly the group’s sales director, has become md, responsible for the stores and House of Fraser concessions. Royal joined ScS in 1981 as a trainee store manager.

Marie Liston, formerly human resources director, has been appointed to the new role of corporate services director.

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HR operations and will also have responsibility for customer service, internal audit, health and safety and regulatory compliance, as well as central administration and the group’s property functions.

The company is now looking to appoint a sales director; a brand development director responsible for the House of Fraser concessions; and a commercial director responsible for flooring and partnership deals with household insurance companies.

Staying close Visitors to September’s China International Furniture Fair in Shanghai will be able to stay at the exhibition centre’s new hotel.

The InterContinental hotel is due to open at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in time for the 7-10 September exhibition.

The hotel is the only luxury hotel located in the heart of the NECC, 8km from Hongqiao International Airport and adjacent to the Hongqiao Transportation Hub and close to the city’s metro.

The CIFF-Modern Home Furniture section of the show will cover five halls, including the Western & Eastern Hall.

Keith Fisher The funeral of former Floorwise chairman and Salesmark owner Keith Fisher took place on 3 May. He died on 17 April following complications after surgery for cancer. He was 61.

‘Keith will be fondly remembered for his effervescent personality and impact on the industry, which he served so remarkably for over 40 years,’ says Richard Bailey, Floorwise md.

Joining the industry as a sales representative for Uniroyale, he joined the Salesmark organisation in 1977 which was then sold to CH Industrial.

After the demise of CH Industrial, he set up his own business in 1990 and continued to trade as an independent wholesaler under the Salesmark name. In 1993, he and the Salesmark brand joined Floorwise, before becoming as director in 1997 and chairman from 2004 to 2011.

‘As a character full of life, Keith was responsible for the organisation of many group trips for customers, including the legendary police escorted tuk tuk ride in Thailand…Keith will be missed by everyone in the industry who had the pleasure of knowing him,’ adds Bailey.

Irish agents Litmus Furniture, agent for German bedroom manufacturer Wiemann in the UK and Republic of Ireland, has named Darren McKenna as principal Irish agent, covering Northern Ireland and the north of the Republic as far south as Dublin.

Kieron Friel will cover south of Dublin.

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Its classic disposition makes a statement and differentiates each item from more contemporary lines.

Tel: 01536 444 960 7 As part of an extensive POS roll-out, retailers can now order new-style waterfall lecterns from Crown Floors for some of its newest and most popular styles. Each lectern holds 40cm x 60cm samples of the most popular colours, while the free 9in x 18in sample book hangs on the reverse.

Visit: www.crownfloors.co.uk 8 F&X Carpets is working hard to make sure its carpets deliver the best and part of that is ensuring their usability in the long-term and not

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just through a wear warranty. Which is why its Himalaya wool carpets are mothproof and its Suretex stain-resistant collection is protected from UV damage.

Tel: 07976 607 657 9 Leoline’s website is fully responsive so it works just as well on smartphones and tablets as on computers, but it is the content and functionality that’s the real star. Users can search by collection, or by using the filter function, by type or colour, making it easy to find the right floor.

Visit: www.leoline.co.uk 10 Balta is promoting the softness and silken look of its Sensit carpets under the slogan Touch it, love it, underlining the ability of Sensit carpets to not only be soft, but also durable and desirable. The new branding will appear on POS displays as well as customer information leaflets.

Visit: www.baltabroadloom.com

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NEW PRODUCTS 11 As part of Quick-Step’s continued focus on the latest interior looks and trends, the flooring manufacturer explores Memphis with its abstract patterns, geometric motifs, bright colours and contrasting combinations. Quick-Step always has its finger on the pulse when it comes to underfoot inspiration, introducing the latest for retailers and consumers alike to enjoy.

Visit: www.quick-step.co.uk 12 Flair Rugs has invested in a diverse consumer PR campaign to support its retailers and increase awareness of its extensive product collections. It has already seen coverage in national titles, meaning more than 500,000 people have been introduced to the brand. Flair is also set to feature in high profile interiors titles over the coming months.

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13 The stone-effect 40cm x 40cm Coheba tile range has joined RAK’s porcelain collection. It includes four base tiles in beige, ivory, brown and anthracite and a mixed-mosaic design, which includes each colour tone in a repeating rectangle design. All of the surfaces have a chic Lappatto finish and can be used on walls and floors.

Visit: www.rakceramics.co.uk 14 With natural anti-bacterial and humidity regulation properties when turned into carpet yarn, bamboo is also exceptionally soft, making it an ideal addition to the luxurious styles in Lano’s X Collection. Available in 16 hues, Bamboo Luxe creates an inviting and glamorous feel with its 1/10th saxony pile in a 1,300g per sqm weight.

Visit: www.lano.com

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15 Graceful lines, romantic shapes and complex structures come together to characterise the new collection of beds by Bertelè: exclusive solutions carefully researched by master cabinet-makers able to breathe new life into wood and to shape it with skill to enhance the allure of every single little veining effect.

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16 The high back of Arketipo’s Roxy armchair looks like a modern throne with the wide seat allowing multiple seating positions and welcoming the body in a refined embrace.

Visit: www.arketipo.com 17 Louis de Poortere has enhanced its Fading World collection with five more colours, each created to meet the needs of the archetypal modern living space. White Pepper, Black Pepper, Salt & Pepper and King of Spices (pictured) incorporate looks of the moment while Aleppo Pepper introduces itself in hot and spicy red.

Visit: www.louisdepoortere.com 18 Athena, much like Flair’s other shaggy success stories – Wisp, Nordic and Sumptuous – is plentiful to the touch as well as the eye, creating a

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calming ambience in trendy schemes.

This is in large part achieved through a generous 5cm pile height. It is available in seven colours.

Visit: www.flairrugs.com 19 The addition of on-trend greys, yellows and greens along with striking new POS are all part of the revamp of one of Lano Carpets’ most popular ranges, Scala. Scala Classic and Scala Plain share a colour bank of 12 shades, so the ability to coordinate with one another remains.

Visit: www.lano.com 20 Molteni & C’s Paul includes linear sofas, angular compositions, chaise longues and islands, all with aluminium feet and a single seat cushion featuring distinctive double seams.

Visit: www.molteni.it

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SERVICE

Richard Renouf

Water, water Too much or not enough moisture can cause problems It would have been less treacherous on Ben Nevis. I had to position my feet carefully and the jagged corners of the laminate flooring dipped and sprang back menacingly as I took each step.

I was trying to walk across the room, but the family had lived with this for weeks as the fitter, retailer and manufacturer disagreed about who was to blame.

It was easy to apportion blame: it was entirely due to moisture. The flooring had swollen, there was insufficient expansion allowance and so the tiles had lifted and the joints had broken.

What mattered was not blame, but responsibility. Who was responsible for putting things right?

The moisture meter showed its highest readings in the broken area of the flooring just in front of what I thought was a cupboard door. When I explained this to the customer she opened the door to show me a beautifully tiled shower wet-room. There was nothing to prevent water spillage at the doorway, just a cover plate where tiles met laminate. Nothing to stop excess water dripping down on to the fibreboard underlay. It didn’t need Sherlock Holmes to solve this. The problem should have

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been picked up before the flooring was laid, and thus avoided.

Had the manufacturer put enough information on the product? Had the retailer been reasonably observant during the sales process and when measuring the home? Should the installer have discussed the possible problems with the customer at the time of fitting, or taken steps to prevent moisture getting into the gap at the doorway? There had been a number of missed opportunities and now there were many excuses. There was also an upset customer who was being told it was her fault, after all.

Discussing the case with the retailer, I learned that the order was placed online so there was no opportunity to assess the suitability of the product or its location. It was therefore down to the fitter who had ignored the obvious, both at the time of fitting and when he looked at the damaged flooring.

Moisture can cause serious problems.

A kitchen worktop may swell if joints and cutouts are not protected against moisture ingress. Laminate and timber flooring will lift and become dangerous to walk on if no provision is made for

expansion (such as gaps around the perimeter and breaks at least every 8m).

Vinyl flooring will ripple if it’s loose laid, or blister if it’s stuck down on to a subfloor with too much moisture.

Lack of moisture can be a problem also. Cabinet and dining furniture may crack if placed in a hot, dry conservatory or flooring can shrink after installation if it isn’t left in the room to acclimatise for the right period before it is fitted.

It may cost a bit more to identify and deal with any potential problems, but just one job that is saved from going as badly wrong as this one will more than make up for it. And that’s before thinking about the damage to your reputation.

From moisture, back to my large tea (or lack of it), the subject of the previous column. There has been no response from the well-known retailer after I responded to its survey about the service I received. I wonder how much the survey cost? Clearly much more than it thinks, as it’s not using the information it provides and so is missing opportunities.

Visit: www.richard-renouf.com Richard Renouf is an independent furnishings consultant

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CARPET

Shades of nature

Beachcomer

Brockway has expanded its undyed ranges There is a rare, natural beauty to Brockway’s undyed wool carpets.

The Beachcomber and award-winning Rare Breeds collections are made of 100% undyed new wool, in a loop pile and velvet twist respectively.

These ranges are characteristic of Brockway, which is setting out its stall as ‘the home of wool carpets’ with its signature wool-rich carpets.

The Rare Breeds collection won the British Wool award for Best British Wool Carpet Created with the Planet in Mind at the International Wool Carpet and Rug Awards 2016.

It is inspired by the exceptional qualities of Britain’s oldest and rarest breeds of hill sheep from which each carpet is made – Kerry Hill, Cotswold, Norfolk Horn, Soay, Manx, Moorit, Balwen, Jacob, Black Welsh and Ryeland.

The range uses two-ply yarn from these unusual breeds and is made in a 50oz weight to be soft to the touch and hard wearing for all areas of the home.

The chunky luxury of Beachcomber comes from the four-ply yarn and is available in three distinctive designs – from a chunky level loop, a high and low loop to a rib effect.

‘These contemporary carpets are naturally durable and versatile suiting every room of the house. They come in 4m and 5m widths, which means virtually any room size can be fitted without a join,’ says Shaun Lewis, Brockway sales director.

Their introduction is an expansion to Brockway’s range of undyed wool carpets, which includes its signature Lakeland Herdwick.

‘Our original rare breed range Lakeland Herdwick is very popular with people looking for a natural-effect carpet. Rare Breeds and Beachcomber complement Lakeland Herdwick so well,’ says Lewis.

Rare Breeds and Beachcomber feature Brockway’s eco-friendly Envirobac carpet-backing that is lighter weight, emission-free and can be recycled at the end of its useful life.

Visit: www.brockway.co.uk

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Versatile Sensit Heathers

Taking the silky route Balta’s Sensit fibre has more filaments for a softer feel

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Containing up to 200% more filaments that traditional stain-resistant fibres, Balta Broadloom’s Sensit is exceptionally soft while retaining the company’s StainSafe performance. Sensit’s microfine filaments are also translucent, giving the carpet a silk look and a luxurious edge that’s proving popular, according to Geert Vanden Bossche, Balta Broadloom marketing director.

‘We’ve seen a big shift in consumer taste and once where matt twists were all the rage, we’ve seen a more contemporary feel come through, with silk effects becoming more popular.

Creating a luxurious atmosphere, these new styles are big news and Sensit delivers with a silken look that’s elegant in any setting,’ he says.

Cleanable with diluted bleach, Sensit carpets are practical with a resilient two-

ply yarn that aids recovery, so is suitable for demanding spaces such as halls and living areas.

‘The great thing about Sensit is that it’s incredibly versatile and we’ve been able to create carpets that deliver a range of looks so there’s something for everyone,’ says Vanden Bossche.

‘From contemporary twists through to more traditional heathers, whether a modern apartment or country cottage, Sensit can deliver a style that suits, boosted with lasting softness and the proven performance of StainSafe.’

One of the latest introductions, Sensit Heathers, underlines this adaptability, a classic heather-effect 1/8th cut-pile in 12 natural shades from pale cream to stone.

In 4m and 5m widths, it is a versatile allrounder that provides quality with a 2,000g per sqm pile weight and ‚‚‚

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For a more contemporary feel, Sensit Supreme offers a 1/8th cut-pile in 12 pastel hues, from off-whites to sandy neutrals and earthy browns. In a lighter 1,550g per sqm pile weight and 4m width, this carpet is designed for those wanting a contemporary finish that takes practicality into consideration. Sensit Supreme comes with 10-year wear and 15-year stain warranties.

‘The new look lifestyle-driven Sensit brand is bringing this collection firmly back into the limelight and with carefully considered carpets it is ready to appeal to a broad spectrum of consumers. Ultimately, Sensit is a collection that’s perfect for most homes with looks that are neither too modern or too traditional,’ says Vanden Bossche.

‘Great for retailers wanting to make the most of soft and silky stain-resistant carpet, Sensit treads the fine line of mass appeal without being bland or nondescript. It is a collection that knows what it is and this is a very good thing,’ he adds.

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Above left: Contemporary but practical Sensit Supreme Above right: Sensit carpets are stain resistant Right: Carpets are soft and silky underfoot

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Exhibition guide

IMM Cologne

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The event offers innovative designs

Shaping the trends The beginning of the 2017 furniture year is heralded by IMM Cologne presenting the trends that will be shaping the furniture and interiors sector – and the products that are good for business.

At IMM Cologne, there promises to be a unique variety of interior design ideas for every room, every style and every requirement: from the basics all the way to designer items and luxury furnishings.

The figures from 2016 once again underline IMM Cologne’s status as an international business hub: 1,081 companies from 50 countries, 69% of those coming from outside Germany and, last but not least, 94% of exhibitors satisfied or even very satisfied with the degree to which they achieved their fair objectives.

In 2017, the event will again be held in parallel with LivingKitchen, providing inspiration for the entire home.

LivingKitchen brings to life fascinating kitchen environments, staged in integrated settings – from kitchen furniture and fitted appliances to sinks, taps and fittings, worktops, lighting and accessories.

The supporting programme combines information and entertainment.

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Innovation and trends will be presented not just at the exhibitors’ stands but also showcased at a series of inspiring events.

One of the most spectacular is sure to be Das Haus – Interiors on Stage, in which life in the house of the future is imagined, designed and realised by a renowned international designer.

But the trade fair is not restricted to the show venue. Across the whole metropolis of Cologne, in shops, galleries and exciting, pop-up and off-the-beatentrack locations, special events and spectacular formats will provide plenty to talk about. For one week, the entire city will become the furnishing capital of Europe.

Visit: www.imm-cologne.com

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CIFF NECC Shanghai 7-10 September

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Oriental success Founded in 1998, China International Furniture Fair, takes place every March in Guangzhou and in Shanghai in September.

The 38th edition of the exhibition is on 7-10 September at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in the Hongqiao district of the city and covers 400,000sqm. It is 1.5km from the Hongqiao Transportation Hub, and is connected with Hongqiao Airport and Hongqiao Railway Station via the city’s Metro Line 2. The complex is also one or two hours drive from the major cities in the Yangtze River Delta.

Construction of further links between the NECC and the Hongqiao Transportation Hub are expected to be completed this month while the InterContinental hotel at the NECC is due to open in time for the show.

The fair covers home furniture, office furniture, home decor and home textiles, outdoor and leisure and machinery and raw materials. The CIFF-Modern Home Furniture Show will cover five halls, including the Western and Eastern Hall in order to provide exhibitors and buyers with broader showcasing

space and brand development.

March’s 37th edition attracted 168,881 visitors: an increase of 13,918 2015 with the show expanding from 680,000sqm to 750,000sqm, using the PWTC Expo for the outdoor and leisure sector. CIFFModern Home Furniture, International Furniture Hall and Outdoor and Leisure were all bigger than in 2015.

There was also evidence that retailers spent longer at the show: while visitor numbers rose for the first two days, they jumped by 22.5% on the third day of the show’s first phase.

The show further improved its internationalisation with the International Furniture Hall for Home Furniture increasing by 50% to 30,000sqm as part of the 90,000sqm overseas sector. International brands included Ashley, HTL, Manwah, Natuzzi, Chateau Dax and Koda while pavilions from Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand and Korea jointly showcased products with regional features.

Under the theme of Intelligence, Customization and Internet Plus, the show highlighted innovation such as virtual reality products, integrated

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intelligent audiovisual furniture, sofas with reading and wireless charging functions, sleep tracking mattresses, autonomous desk and intelligent office conference systems as well as new models for intelligent manufacturing including robot arm, 3D printing, automatic painting and intelligent sensor control.

CIFF organised 207 professional visitor delegations from 46 countries and regions along the ‘One Belt and One Road’ including Russia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Turkey.

There were 45 themed conferences, forums, shows and other events taking place alongside the show including the second session of the sixth China National Furniture Association council meeting; National Office Furniture Work Conference 2016; the first Global Garden Lifestyle Festival; the eighth Design Gallery; China Custom-made Furniture Summit Forum 2016; China Integrated + Intelligent Furniture Industry Summit Forum 2016; China Outdoor Furniture Summit Forum 2016; and Office Environment Theme Pavilion.

Visit: www.ciff-gz.com

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Development is the theme of the event

Innovation MoOD and Indigo Home Edition are on the move. Sheds 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Tour & Taxis in central Brussels is to be their new home.

The historic warehouses date from 1910 and have been professionally restored and bathe in amazing bright, natural light: perfect to show fabrics, colours, textures and artwork.

The core business of MoOD and Indigo remains central: upholstery, window and wallcovering manufacturers, yarn producers; and Indigo Home surface designers. The new concept expands the Launch Pad where start-ups and promising newcomers have their market debut. New technologies will be introduced that reveal the future of textiles and handpick interior-related materials to complement the offer on display.

What started out as a trade show for row upon row of upholstery fabrics will continue to innovate and extend in the next edition into a true experience and trendsetter in the market. An event where face to face contacts are established, the future is shown and where customers and manufacturers can meet each other in an innovative and relaxed environment.

MoOD and Indigo present leading global brands alongside specialist companies offering the latest techniques and materials. This provides maximum exposure for everyone and visitors will return home with the contacts spanning the entire industry from concept to final product.

The event is no longer all about sales, it’s about developing together, delivering precisely what the customer demands and needs. Cooperating to develop products and applications, informing each other, inspiring and taking a peek behind the scenes in other businesses.

Visit: www.moodbrussels.com

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Tendence Messe Frankfurt Germany 27-30 August

EXHIBITION GUIDE Tendence features three interiors sectors

International inspiration Distinguished by future oriented style, product trends and internationality, consumer goods trade show Tendence opens its doors in Frankfurt. Positioned in the second half of the year (27-30 August) trade visitors flock to place orders in time for Christmas and spring.

Annually more than 1,100 international exhibitors and brands come together to launch products creating an international platform for visitors to find unusual picks for their retail collections. Home concepts from around the world are in Lovely Home, Seasonal Decoration and Pure & Elegant and international ideas for giving in the Gift Classics, Accessories and Jewellery, Young & Gifts and Culinary Gifts product groups.

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exhibitors present everything from the world of modern interior design, via trendy home accessories, to seasonal decoration ideas. In Hall 9.0 high quality furniture, textiles, lighting and home accessories are found. Pure & Elegant includes Daff, Goodwill, Henry Dean, Fink, Pad Home Design Concept, Philippi, Raumgestalt, Rosendahl, Sompex and Umbra.

Furnishing and decorating ideas for the home and garden are in Hall 8.0 under the new name Lovely Home.

Exhibitors such as Boltze, Exotica Cor Mulder, House Doctor, Hübsch, Overbeck & Friends, Räder, Rice and Wohnmanufactur Grünberger will show their latest collections. Also in Hall 8.0 is Seasonal Decoration with companies

including DPI, Edelman, Gasper, Kaemingk, Kaheku, and Tel International.

The Giving section offers gifts for every occasion, stylish accessories and fashion products, costume and genuine jewellery, watches and stationery. New for 2016 is the Culinary Gifts product segment, which is being relocated and expanded in Hall 11.1. Visitors will see international exhibitors such as Adhoc, ASA Selection, Blomus, Essig, Öl & Co, Eva Solo, Gourmet Berner, Koziol and Tee-Maass.

The journey through halls of the latest products from both the Giving and Living sectors makes for an exciting trip for which discounted tickets can be ordered online.

Visit: www.tickets.messefrankfurt.com

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London Fabric Chelsea Football Club 27-28 February

EXHIBITION GUIDE

United approach The London Fabric Show brings together buyers, producers and suppliers of superior fabrics from the UK and other European countries for the upholstery, bed and soft furnishing industries.

From 27-28 February 2017 the British Furniture Manufacturers Association will host the show in the executive boxes of Chelsea FC’s Stamford Bridge stadium for the third time.

The variety of fabrics on display encompasses a huge mix including wools, jacquards, chenilles, velvets, tweeds, mattress ticking, backing fabrics, curtain lining, high performance polyester fabrics, graded leathers, cottons and linens. Many of the producers also offer buyers the opportunity to have exclusive designs and colours.

This year companies from the UK,

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including Abraham Moon & Sons, Art of the Loom, British Velvets and Warwick, exhibited alongside companies from Belgium including Ter Molst, Symphony Mills, Boyteks Textiles, Escolys, Muvantex and Green Street Textiles, together with Interfabrics & Antecuir from Spain, Marsteks, Kets Textil and Adoksan from Turkey and Prosetex from Italy.

Originally just for Belgian mills, the show now includes other high quality fabric producers and offers a unique opportunity to see top end textile producers in one place.

‘In our membership we have a great number of prestigious UK upholstery companies and see it as important that we organise this show to give them, and other UK manufacturers and retailers who use fabrics, an unparalleled opportunity to see some of the best

fabric producers in the world – together in one venue,’ says Jackie Bazeley, BFM md.

The executive boxes provide comfortable and private exhibition space, and the scale of the stadium offers a dramatic backdrop. It is also easy to get to, with an underground station only two minutes walk away from the ground.

‘The 2016 show was a great success with visitor numbers up and exhibitors reporting a very successful show. In 2017 the show is expanding and will have around 40 exhibitors, including additional manufacturers from Turkey and the UK. While the number of exhibitors is increasing to offer visitors even more choice, the quality will remain high so the integrity of the show will remain unchanged,’ adds Bazeley.

Visit: www.bfm.org.uk/londonfabric

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27th and 28th - February Chelsea FC, Stamford Bridge, LONDON

Over 30 exhibitors from Belgium, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the UK showing a wide variety of fabrics for upholstery, beds and soft furnishings including, jacquards, wools, tweeds, silks, velvets, chenilles, cottons and linens, as well as backing fabrics and FR coatings.

For information and to register your attendance to: www.bfm.org.uk/londonfabric or contact Mike Dimond on 01494 569124

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Home at Top Drawer Olympia London 11-13 September

EXHIBITION GUIDE

Quality, style, originality The show team and Home panel of trusted advisers, composed of experts from the likes of Selfridges, Benjamin West, Steamer Trading, John Lewis, Pedlars and Aria, understand that quality, style and originality is everything in the world of interiors. For this reason, they’ve selected only the best to participate, ensuring that whatever your involvement in the design and purchasing process, you will be inspired this season.

With the growing emphasis on all things handmade, Craft at Top Drawer sees its autumn debut this September with a selection of unique handmade products from the finest contemporary makers in furniture, lighting, textiles, glass, ceramics and mixed media.

Top Drawer will present about 1,000 exhibitors at Olympia across home, gift, fashion and craft.

Visit: www.topdrawer.co.uk/home

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Some of the brands that will be showcasing their products at Home at Top Drawer: Alessi, Au Maison, Black + Blum, Bob Crooks First Glass, Bronte, Canvas Home, Cozy Living, Dash & Albert, Design in Colour, Ella Doran, Ethnicraft, Forma House (Qdo, Dreamfarm, Sagaform, Montbento, Sparq Home, Capventure), Foxford, Garden Trading, Gilberts, Grand Illusions, Grunwerg, Hahn Cookware, Haus, Iris Hantverk, Leonardo, Liv Interior, Make International, Makers & Merchants (Pomax, William Whistle), MeroWings, Ny-Lon, Parlane, PR Home, Skandium (Pantone), Terrace & Garden, Ulster Weavers, Umbra, Vanilla Fly, and White Brands (Stelton, Rig Tig, Muurla, Ritzenhoff).

EDGAR HOME

Home returns at Top Drawer this autumn presenting an edited selection of designled products for interior and outdoor spaces. Covering everything from tableware to furniture to fabrics, lighting and tableware, the show has steadily grown since its inception in 2012.

With a selection of hand-picked exhibitors from quintessentially British brands to some of Europe’s most directional design houses, the diversity of products is tailored to satisfy the needs of professional buyers.

The selection of products in a range of styles from modern to classic enables retailers to source unique accessories to complement their product ranges and design professionals to complete the most demanding of projects; and with many brands already supplying leading retailers, hotels and restaurants, this professional event delivers the goods.

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The Bed Show International Centre Telford 20-21 September

EXHIBITION GUIDE Left: The 2015-16 winners and runners-up Below left: Furniture Village won Multiple Beds Retailer and Harrison Spinks Bed Manufacturer at the 2015 awards (below right)

Awards revamped The National Bed Federation Bed Industry Awards will have a new look when they are unveiled at The Bed Show in September.

Recognising and celebrating the most successful bed retailers, manufacturers and suppliers, they are judged by an independent panel. Winners will be announced at The Bed Show Gala Dinner on Tuesday 20 September, which will be hosted by comedian Marcus Brigstocke.

The Multiple Bed Retailer, Independent Bed Retailer and Etailer awards have been replaced by Bed Retailer of the Year which will be split into two awards: those with a beds turnover of more than £5m and those with a beds turnover of less than £5m. And new for this year is the Judges Choice Award. The Bed Manufacturer of the Year and Bed

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Component Supplier of the Year categories remain.

Former winners say the awards have had a major impact on their business.

‘The thing I am most proud of is the fact we are now firmly on the map as a bed retailer. Winning the Multiple Bed Retailer of the Year award two years running [2014 and 2015] has really allowed us to shout about this, increasing consumer awareness around the fact that we don’t just sell beds, but that we are experts in selling beds,’ says Rebecca Maloy, Furniture Village bed buyer.

Mattressonline.co.uk won Etailer of the Year in 2015. ‘Winning this prestigious accolade has further established our company as the leading online mattress and bed retailer. It has significantly improved our revenue and conversions

and, most importantly, gives our customers the confidence to buy with us – and keep coming back,’ says Steve Adams, Mattressonline.co.uk director.

‘Since the award win, we’ve seen a significant increase in demand for our beds; as a result we are investing and expanding our manufacturing capacity to ensure we keep up with this demand,’ says Simon Spinks, Harrison Spinks md.

‘Receiving a Bed Show award has fast become the must-have accolade in the industry. It acknowledges success and innovation and the competition gets increasingly fiercer each year. Winning is also a fantastic way to raise your profile and is a great opportunity to showcase your achievements, your people and your business,’ says Jessica Alexander, NBF executive director.

Visit: www.bedshow.co.uk/awards

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Ahead of the game Several major new exhibitors have signed up for this year’s event including Ancient Mariner, Arthauss, Camel Group, CIMC, Derry’s, Devonshire Pine and Oak, Fortune Woods, Global Home, Heritage Furniture, Hookes Interiors, Indian Hub and Panacea.

Alpha Designs Upholstery will showcase its contemporary upholstery ranges, including new designs.

Arthauss is showing its latest bedroom furniture designs.

Baker Furniture will exhibit a number of new ranges including the Austin bedroom collection from its reclaimed series, which uses 100% reclaimed/ recycled timber to make unique dining and bedroom furniture.

Bluebone has additions to the Storm Grey Farmhouse pieces, and a full range of Cottonwood Painted.

Camel Group is displaying its Italian made dining, bedroom, and home office furniture and upholstery.

CIMC will show its latest lighting, furniture and accessories. ‚‚‚

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Clockwise from top left: Camel Group’s Roma; Alpha Designs Upholstery’s Erin; Gallery Direct’s Nord floor lamps; Baker’s Austin; Corndell’s Fairford

On the Corndell stand will be the recently launched Annecy dining pieces and additions to the Annecy bedroom range. The Fairford oak dining range includes trestle tables, bench and hutch.

Cotswold Chair Company presents a selection of its fireside chairs, matching sofas, lift and rise recliner chairs and upholstery. Pocket spring seating is standard across its range of fixed cushion seats.

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Devonshire Pine and Oak will highlight its painted bedroom and dining furniture with 14 colours to choose from alongside a number of its 14 oak collections.

As it celebrates its fifth anniversary, Fortune Woods debuts the Hunter collection with the Petite collection also on show.

Furniture Express showcases its latest TV stands, coffee table sets and lighting including lamps and LED wire lamps.

Gallery Direct offers more than 1,000 products covering furniture, mirrors, soft furnishings and home accessories delivered from stock within 72 hours.

GFA’s Zedere By GFA swivel recliner range features four designs using Scandinavian hardware and adjustable neck mechanisms in an array of contemporary full semi-aniline leathers.

It will also show vintage-inspired accent chairs in leathers and plaid fabrics.‚‚‚

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Clockwise from top left: Hydeline; Mini Divani’s Lisa; Home of Beds’ Gabriella; IFD; GFA’s Zedere By GFA Lexus

Home of Beds is unveiling several fabric sleigh beds with tufted headboards and accompanying furniture pieces to match.

Hyde Line Furniture will display leather upholstery developed in partnership with NHF Leather (China) and warehoused in Milton Keynes.

IFD’s January launches will make their Manchester debut, from trestle style tables and benches to shabby chic

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looking dining and bedroom, to painted oak ranges.

Keen Classics will show its latest reclaimed pine designs.

As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, Kingstown Furniture will introduce the Arden bedroom range with a choice of three wardrobes and 12 collections for KT Furniture.

Mini Divani will launch classical and contemporary models following

the success of Natalia and Lisa.

Panacea Furniture highlights its latest leather upholstery and its warehousing and delivery services, including DHD. Alongside Alando and Zenaya, Rauch is introducing a bedroom set including a kingsize bed option and a new wardrobe system.

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Manchester Furniture Show Manchester Central 17-19 July

Clockwise from top left: Rauch’s Alando; Valuemark’s Lewis; Scanthor’s Atlanta; Whitemeadow’s Charleston; Wade Upholstery’s Camden

tailored seat platforms, reversible seat and back cushions, wooden foot options and available in a choice of coordinating fabrics.

Shankar is showcasing its latest chair and storage designs.

Stroolmount will display its awardwinning floor and furniture protection products including Quickclick interchangeable glides, self-adhesive

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cushioning felt, scratch and dent repair kits and Move It pads.

Valuemark’s occasional and dining offer will be expanded with Lewis in Black Apricot high gloss married with chrome and black glass and new compact marble dining sets.

Wade Upholstery will highlight a selection of its latest designs Including Camden and Pandora, along with some

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Whitemeadow Furniture is presenting its autumn/winter 2016 range while showcasing a diverse collection of contemporary styles with more than 200 fabric options.

Centre stage for Wood Bros are its Hint and Frame collections alongside Wood Bros upholstery and Old Charm cabinet.

Visit: www.manchesterfurnitureshow.com

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individual look to already proven successful ranges.’

The company will also preview a number of new collections at the show.

Alongside its dining and occasional offer, it will display bedroom collections that span from clean light oak, including rustic and Nordic styling, through to French influenced sleigh beds, into painted ranges.

The direct container programme or wholesale purchases through Classic Furniture are supported by the Furniture Origins area managers: Mike Brown: Scotland, Cumbria, North East, and Yorkshire, tel: 07831 572 601 Alan Endersbee: North West, North Wales, Midlands, East Anglia, South East and Ireland, tel: 07809 196 019 Andrew Cavaciuti: South West, Avon, Wiltshire and South/Mid Wales, tel: 07500 830 888 Barry Webb, business development director, tel: 07702 603 971; email: barry.webb@furnitureorigins.co.uk

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Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show Cranmore Park Solihull

EXHIBITION GUIDE Cavalier showed the soft-touch polypropylene Serenity in two weights, and previewed several ranges in various stages of product development while highlighting its two wins at the International Wool Carpet and Rug Awards.

Visit: www. cavaliercarpets.co.uk

Striking a chord The fifth Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show saw more product launches than ever.

Here are some highlights.

Visit: www.bgnfs.co.uk

Rama Carpets added three designs – Blue, Ivory Blue (pictured) and Mocha – to Karma with its tribal patterns revealed in artfully gradated colour palettes. Visit: www.ramacarpets.com

Thomas Witter introduced the 100% wool Natural Habitat collection in two designs, five colours and 4m and 5m widths. (Pictured is the POS.) The polypropylene Midas Tartan has eight patterns in a 4m width and is aimed at consumers wanting plaids at non-wool prices.

Visit: www.thomaswitter.com

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Furlong Flooring’s Frontier laminate is designed for the modern home and inspired by urban life.

Pictured is Savannah Oak. Visit: www.furlongwoodflooring.co.uk

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Karndean Designflooring added to its Da Vinci LVT collection with 11 stone designs and five borders with three design groups: Weathered Steel, Natural Stone and Woven Fabric. Pictured is CER11 Molten. Visit: www.karndean.com

Axminster Carpets’ Myth and Moor collection of 12 contemporary woolrich plaids and checks stood apart from the crowd, setting a new direction for fashionable checks. Visit: www.axminster-carpets.co.uk

Ulster Carpets has continued to evolve the palette of Ulster Velvet with the addition of five colours. The contemporary grey and neutral tones of Impala, Merino, Chinchilla, Tankard and Elephant are effortlessly cool and create a relaxed sophistication in any space. Velvet, along with sister wiltons York and Grange Wilton, is available in 5m, 4m, 3m, 2m and 1m colour widths.

Visit: www. ulstercarpets.com

Brintons launched its QuickWeave collection.

Targeted at the contract market, this woven axminster range offers a turnaround time of six weeks. It is designed for installers and hospitality clients who are working on assignments with tight deadlines. More than 60 designs are available in five colourways each with a choice of quality specifications from 7 to 11 row.

Visit: www.brintons.net

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Victoria Carpets took 21 colours from Splash and 21 from Victoria Twist to Create Victoria Twist Spectrum. Visit: www.victoriacarpets.com

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Mr Tomkinson unveiled wall displays and roomset POS (pictured is Marble Arch) alongside Classic Berber is three designs and 10 colours.

Visit: www.mrtomkinson.co.uk

Adam Carpets celebrated the 25th anniversary of Fine Worcester Twist with a special logo. Pictured is FW124 Greystone Glitter.

Visit: www.adamcarpets.co.uk

Great British Colour Take the great outdoors home with Myth and Moor.

A contemporary new collection of woven wool carpets inspired by the colours of Britains rugged coastline, wild moors and unspoilt countryside.

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Adam Carpets celebrated the 25th anniversary of Fine Worcester Twist with a new logo and by displaying the 126 colours that have been in the range, including 11 of the original 20 that have always been available. Since 2002 Worcester Twist has come in 65 colours.

Visit: www.adamcarpets.com

Walk the walk

Associated Weavers introduced black and metal wall units. With a minimum order of three and a maximum of eight, the units are shop-fitted. Invictus was expanded with the Hyperion saxony bi-colour and Hercules twist bi-colour.

Visit: www.carpetyourlife.com

British Wool highlighted its woolretailer.com website, designed to bring independent retailers and consumers together by promoting the expertise and knowledge of retailers.

Visit: www.woolretailer.com

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Alternative Flooring attracted retailers’ attention with its latest POS unit which features a mini-staircase allowing consumers to see how products, including Fair Isle, look in situ.

Visit: www.alternativeflooring.com

Brockway Carpets combined simplicity with style using its iconic Carnaby on one side of its stand and highlighting its Rare Breeds, Beachcomber and Lakeland Herdwick undyed wool carpets on the other.

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Underlay company Carpenter, which said it was enjoying ‘extremely buoyant’ sales, showed the new top-end domestic range Ultimate Living; the updated Richstep and Deepstep, which have density improved from 100kg per cum to 125kg per cum; and Extrastep underfloor heating range. Simon Hollick, (right) has joined as representative for Wales and the Midlands.

Visit: www.carpenterunderlay.co.uk

Abingdon’s Lasting Romance polyester supersoft carpet is its softest yet. It is initially being launched in rolls in seven colours and this will be expanded to 12 in multi-widths.

Visit: www.abingdonflooring.co.uk

Crucial Trading showed the latest version of its consultation table with the Perspex top removed to give consumers more opportunity to touch and feel the products. Its rear wall panels are used to create in-store visual impact and can be easily updated to match any display/colour schemes or trend.

Visit: www.crucial-trading.com

Axminster Carpets promoted the UK aspect of its production: designed in the UK, made in the UK and the vast majority of it made with British wool. It also highlighted its International Wool Carpet and Rug Awards win for Royal Borough.

Visit: www.axminster-carpets.co.uk

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As part of its 60th anniversary celebrations, Cormar highlighted its four product developments this year: Sensation Supreme; Malabar Two-Fold, recolouring Oaklands in plains and heathers and relaunching Avebury with two designs and a stripe.

Visit: www.cormarcarpets.co.uk

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Crown Floors highlighted Satino Finesse and Satino Exquisite; five roll only offers – four with six colours and one with five – alongside new POS and a lectern. Zac Marsh is the new sales agent for London and South East of England.

Visit: www.crownfloors.co.uk

Louis De Poortere used the event to show Mad Men to many retailers for the first time, alongside five new colours in Fading World: White Pepper, Black Pepper, Aleppo Pepper, Salt & Pepper and King of Spices; while the Haute Couture collection was previewed ahead of a September introduction.

Visit: www.louisdepoortere.com

MasterPiece showed off its cloud-based version for non-PC platforms such as tablets, allowing stores to quickly contact potential customers with quotes after the estimator has visited. A new update is a handy stair measuring system.

Visit: www.masterpiece-system.com

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Interfloor updated its Tredaire and Duralay logos with more of a consumer look; Gripperrods packaging was updated and its Duralay Durafit kit improved for greater dimensional stability.

Visit: www.interfloor.com

Manx’s 50% undyed wool/50% polypropylene Natural Plain Twist is a response to demand for more texture; Luxury Comfort is a 90oz soft touch saxony in 100% polypropylene; the 80/15/5 mix Pandora Plains is available in 32oz, 40oz, 50oz and 60oz weights and a POS stand was added.

Visit: www.manxcarpets.co.uk

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Furlong Flooring highlighted Chiltern, recoloured Elegance and added to Dolce Moda plains. Its latest POS unit is its smallest and allows retailers to select what is displayed on it.

Eight ranges of its Design Elements vinyl was previewed.

Visit: www.furlongflooring.co.uk

Clarendon previewed Elite Twist, a two-ply 100% polypropylene in 10 colours. Ambassador Twist is an 80/10/10 mix in 40oz and 50oz weights and 10 colours in a grey/beige palette. Seven of Eton, Harrow and Trinity’s 10 shades were recoloured and a new POS stand introduced.

Visit: www.clarendoncarpets.com

The Carpet Foundation told retailers of its online initiatives and the recent consumer media coverage it has helped with including two pages in The Sunday Times and 10 pages in Good Housekeeping, worth at least £135,000 in exposure, plus recommending Carpet Foundation members as the stores to buy carpets from.

Visit: www.carpetfoundation.com

Hugh Mackay added the 100% wool Dunelm Loop and Elvet Loop in 14 colours, 4m and 5m widths and a 1,320g per kg weight. Whitestone Weavers added to its Hassle Free collection with Inspiration, a two-ply saxony in 10 colours.

Visit: www.whitestone.co.uk

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Furlong Flooring’s Natural Solutions brand introduced display stands alongside the Frontier laminate collection of 15 wood styles and three widths and previewed a collection of herringbone laminate.

Visit: www.furlongwoodflooring.co.uk

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Lano used the show to tell retailers that its X collection is being expanded with the manufacturer’s premium bamboo, nylon and wool styles. Lano also showcased the Essenz collection of entry-level polypropylene styles and the manufacturer’s super-soft polypropylene offer. The show also saw Lano present a new Easy Lawn in-store display, presenting five qualities in 48cm x 70cm samples.

Visit: www.lano.com

Kingsmead introduced a bookstand and tombola for its Clean Easy collections: the stand takes eight books of retailers’ choosing while the tombola has nine specific ranges offering 225 options in 4m and 5m widths.

Visit: www.kingsmeadcarpets.co.uk

Karndean Designflooring saw key stockists and enjoyed a constant flow of retailers. It previewed the introduction of stone tile designs to Da Vinci and also showed reclaimed and burnt designs for Van Gogh.

Visit: www.karndean.com

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Ball & Young highlighted its Caviar & Crystal collection alongside Cast Iron, while celebrating its UK manufacturing.

Visit: www. underlay.com

Carpet Recycling UK highlighted its Annual Conference to be held on 28 June plus the recycling efforts of its members, such as Designer Contracts which recycled 330tonnes of carpet offcuts last year.

Visit: www. carpetrecyclinguk.com

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Mayne Computer Technology promoted its Mayne Mosaic Mobile software that runs on tablets, desktops, laptops, iPads and iPhones, giving retailers the ability to create estimates and orders in the showroom or in the customer’s home. Recent updates include a new estimator and fitter diary and order management system.

Visit: www.maynetechnology.co.uk

Edel Telenzo’s 100% wool multi-level loop Barbican was given impetus with four new stripes for 2016. In Elderflower, Candy Cane, Stonehenge and St Ives picking up on key colours for this year, Barbican is right up to date and ready to meet the demands of style-conscious consumers.

Visit: edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk

Parador showed off Safe-Lock Pro, a laminate collection that can be fitted without any tools following the company updating the click-system. The 40cm x 120cm Castello planks feature a mixture of nine tile designs.

Visit: www.parador.eu

RFMS-UK’s Measure family of software products are now well established and available for a selection of devices.

MeasureMobile3 works on iOS, Android and Windows mobile devices while the flagship Measure desktop products work on Windows. These enable estimates to link directly with the RFMS Core (Back Office) product that handles all order processing, stock control and accounting needs.

Visit: www.rfms-uk.com

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Penthouse Carpets highlighted its synthetic Essential collection, with 64 colours, four weights and four ranges. The company has simplified its offer to make it more accessible for retailers and focuses on service, quality and availability.

Tel: 01706 341 231

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Ultimate Rug Company highlighted its Prestige collection made up of Unity, Fusion and Unique, offering heavyweight wool, viscose and leather designs. Bespoke sizes are available.

Tel: 0161 339 2148

For Vorwerk the story was the 50 fresh shades available in Modena, ranging from purple to bordeaux and rust red, with shades of apricot that move on to pumpkin orange.

Gradations of taupe, caramel and stone segue to grey blue, lilac blue, sky blue and on to nuances in aqua and green.

Visit: www.vorwerk-flooring.co.uk

Wools of New Zealand used faux framed images of New Zealand sheep and products using New Zealand wool to highlight the heritage and provenance of the wool.

Visit: www.wools-nz.co.uk

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Ulster Velvet has been in production for almost 30 years and Ulster Carpets added five shades to it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Impala, Merino, Chinchilla, Tankard and Elephant. The contemporary grey and neutral tones are effortlessly cool and create a relaxed sophistication in any space.

Visit: www.ulstercarpets.com

Victoria Carpets showed Freedom, a 50oz range with updated backing using yarn from the First Impressions collection. It has added a 5m width and is now available in 12 colours and cut lengths.

Visit: www.victoriacarpets.com

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EXHIBITION GUIDE Gufram teamed up with Paul Smith to celebrate its 50th anniversary to create the Gufram & Paul Smith Psychedelic Cactus, limited to 149, in tribute to the 1972 design

by Drocco and Mello.

Visit: www. gufram.it

Forma Caprichosa’s El Animalito chair takes inspiration from animals including Okapi, Panther, Zebra (pictured) and Meerkat for its finishes.

Visit: www.formacaprichosa.com

Different perspective Studio Piet Boon’s modular BO sofa can be adapted into a multitude of arrangements.

Visit: www. pietboon.com

Shit Evolution by Luca Cipelletti won the Milano Design Award for best project for ‘the story of a great complexity and innovation, able to destabilise the common perception.

The didactic course undermines all the academic stereotypes to propose relevant sensory experience that promotes a new vision of design culture.’

Visit: www.milanodesignaward.com

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During April’s Salone, Milan city centre is populated by hundreds of events in distinct design districts such as Brera and Tortona, under the collective Fuorisalone banner. No year is ever the same with the mix of installations, hired flats and venues given makeovers and showroom product launches.

Visit: www.fuorisalone.it

Moooi debuted a host of rugs, including Maison Christian Lacroix designs. Marcel Wanders’ Tartan Haze is available in five colours, including Multicolour (pictured).

Visit: www.moooi.com

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The oblique line of the back of Cappellini’s Adaptation gives the optical illusion of falling, while the sloping seat ensures comfort.

Visit: www.cappellini.it

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Dash is a three-dimensionally woven wool blend upholstery fabric designed exclusively for Hem by Form Us With Love.

Visit: www.hem.com

Atelier Swarovski’s home collection, includes the Architecture & The City chess set by Daniel Libeskind featuring maps of Milan and New York (where he works) and his practice’s buildings: the kings are represented by the Freedom Tower in New York.

Visit: www.atelierswarovski.com

A sphere is carved out of a block of Bianco Carrara marble to create Salvatori’s Urano light, available in a 30cm diameter for the table or 50cm as a floor lamp.

Visit: www.salvatori.it Stellar Works’ Ren collection by Cph came from the desire to create a series of pieces in the Danish Modern tradition: high quality, thoughtfully crafted design that balances function with form and is accessible to all.

Visit: www.stellarworks.com

Marimekko took over a flat in Via Palermo to debut its autumn/winter 2016 collection, helped by furniture from Artek.

Visit: www.marimekko.com

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Raising the bar It was clear among the carefully curated exhibitors at April’s Proposte that an artisan approach was key.

Among the British companies exhibiting, Abraham Moon, The Isle Mill, Thistle Mills, Hield, MYB Textiles and Standfast & Barracks, the secret of survival has been to go niche and get nifty. Often family owned companies producing wool and natural fibre fabrics with a heritage stretching many generations, they have evolved and prospered by diversifying their product portfolio, some of them originally starting out in fabric for clothing. Today they focus on traditional quality products – sometimes with a contemporary twist – and working closely with customers to produce bespoke collections.

With a good proportion of their business in export to top end customers, the show delivers the important international buyers they look for and who lap up the quality British naturalswith-provenance story.

‘A lot of the mills have moved upmarket and have taken a more customised approach. They are much

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more prepared to work with you to adapt fabrics and individualise them – everyone now wants exclusive, signature fabrics so they have a point of difference,’ says Matt O’Flynn, Collins and Hayes md and BFM chairman.

This flexibility extends to minimum order quantities. Where once it was often 200m, it can now be significantly less.

And where previously there were specific upholstery ranges and different fabrics for curtains, the crossover between the two is much more fluid. ‘Who are we to tell a designer what they should use for what,’ said one manufacturer.

This need to please customers has seen the bar raised in other ways, with the level of artistry among international furnishing fabric producers. Redaelli Velluti, for example, restores vintage machinery to rework traditional techniques and produce contemporary hand-crafted fabrics, including brushed and embossed velvets. It demonstrated its digital printing skills with displays of comic strip images on velvet.

Fabric printing specialist Standfast & Barracks, demonstrated its precision

printing: ‘Customers are all looking to develop their own niche so it’s all about creating a point of difference – and that’s what we help companies to do,’ says Nick Adams, Standfast & Barracks sales manager.

Algemene Two repurposed archive patterns to produce an array of contemporary colour woven jacquards including mohair velvets and cut-pile velvets.

The Wallace collection from Enzo degli Angiuoni was inspired by Wallace Simpson’s love of Chanel clothes, the launch of a black and white upholstery fabric range, including an interpretation of Chanel’s signature houndstooth check, was created featuring boucle yarns as used by the fashion house.

Italy’s Tempotest Para meanwhile embraced pattern and colour with a literal library of new fabrics – all based on classic stories including Oliver Twist and Jungle Book. The company specialises in natural fibres with printed jacquards in solution dyed acrylic and solution dyed polyester.

Visit: www.propostefair.it

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Proposte Lake Como Italy Opposite page Left: Abraham Moon & Sons Right: Standfast & Barracks This page, clockwise from top left: Enzo degli Angiuoni; Redaelli Velluti; Thistle Mills; Marteks; Imatex; Telor; Para

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thought we about beds.

What might be news to some is that it no longer stops at the bedroom.

A touch of Serene can be sprinkled throughout the home with the arrival of inspired recliner, dining and occasional chair collections of design-led, affordable furniture. We are proud to now be building on our success of the past ten years by making inroads in to new areas of the home furnishing market. Contact us today for copies of all our brochures and start thinking of Serene as being more than just beds.

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BEDS AND BEDROOM Left: Padova 2200 Below: Matt Hopper Bottom: Sam Twomey

Revving up Sealy previews its latest models Sealy’s Spring Show at the Brooklands Museum in Surrey (17-18 May) previewed a range of new products four months ahead of The Bed Show.

The Ortho collection is for people of above average stature, and features the new PostureTech Zero Deflection spring system with edge guard, providing consistent support across the mattress.

Buyers were also shown Sealy’s Pocket collection. This range includes the Teramo 1400, termed ‘the best mattress tested in years’ by Which? last June. The Napoli 1200, awarded the Which? Best Buy accolade for the third year in 2015 and endorsed by Allergy UK for the reduction of dust mites, was also on show. Both, along with the rest of the collection, are topped with a deep layer of Innergetic latex for comfort and pressure relief and eco-friendly Tencel fibres to help keep users cool and dry.

The Hybrid collection features temperature adjusting Adaptive technology and Geltex with the pressure relieving properties of memory foam, encouraging a deeper state of sleep.

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Posturepedic, Ortho and Anniversary collections.

‘We had a fantastic turnout at the show, with our visitors getting an exclusive viewing of new products. We are really pleased with how exceptionally well our two new collections were received, but we’ll keep those under wraps for now. It’s great to meet with our regular buyers, and lovely to see a few new customers along the way too. It was a pleasure to showcase these for the fifth year running at the historic Brooklands Museum,’ says Neil Robinson, Sealy sales and marketing director.

Visitors included Harlequins rugby players, Sam Twomey and Matt Hopper, who tested all Sealy mattresses on display. The pair are the latest athletes to take part in Sealy’s World of Sport campaign, promoting the intrinsic link between sleep and sporting success.

The company is also working with weightlifting champion Zoe Smith; Olympic snowboarder Zoe Gillings-Brier; Ironman veteran Andrew Holgate; and champion bodybuilder Kim Wilson.

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Like all great ideas, Sealy Hybrid is both simple and effective. It combines Sealy Posturepedic springs with Geltex, a unique, patented, gel infused foam that is quite simply the most advanced sleeping material available. It has all the pressure relieving properties of traditional memory foam but provides a level of "push back" body support that memory foam lacks. Which means you get all the pressure relief that you would find in a "spring free" mattress, combined with all the support you would expect from a Sealy Posturepedic. Quite simply, it’s the best of both worlds.

All Hybrid models also feature Adaptive, a ‘dynamic response’ textile that reacts to temperature and moisture.

For more information about this revolutionary range of beds, contact our Sales Hotline on 016973 20342.

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Visit: www.silentnight.co.uk/platinum 3 Handmade in Britain, the beds and mattresses in Rest Assured’s Heritage collection feature traditional pocket springs with premium fillings for the ultimate in comfort and indulgence. The Helmsley Cashmere 1400 provides firmer support with cashmere and pure new wool to keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

Visit: www.rest-assured.co.uk 4 Cattelan Italia’s Amadeus bed has a vintage feel reminiscent of the 1970s. The bed is pure design defined by just a few geometric lines with rounded corners, leather upholstery and lacquered steel feet.

Visit: www.cattelanitalia.com 5 Formitalia’s Royal dressing table, part of the Glamour collection, has a bronze mirror structure, base in Portoro marble and quilted leather drawer fronts. The range also includes a coordinating bed.

Visit: www.formitalia.it

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LVT Left: Da Vinci Drift CER17 Right: Da Vinci Cambric CER19 Below: Da Vinci Stone Eisen CER13

Romancing the stone Karndean has added a contemporary twist to its Da Vinci collection Karndean Designflooring is introducing 11 stone designs and five borders to its Da Vinci LVT collection.

Bringing the natural beauty and intricate textures of real stone indoors, the distinct 18in x 12in tiles take inspiration from weathered steel, natural stone and woven fabric and offer a fresh palette of colours.

The three groups – Weathered Steel, Natural Stone and Woven Fabric – explore the latest trends in interior design including natural weathering, fossilisation and woven fabrics, and continues Karndean’s ability to take products from the natural world and recreate them in LVT. ‘Following the success of our Da Vinci Wood update last year, we’re excited to be introducing fresh stone designs to complete the collection,’ says Scott Cochrane, Karndean Designflooring sales

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director. ‘The new stone designs offer our independent retail network our popular 12in x 18in rectangular tile in a higher specification for residential spaces.

Likewise, these designs offer unique detailing and interpretations of real stone that are easy to clean and maintain in the home.’

From the striking rust and weathered tones of Molten to the subtle, dark hues of Carbon, all four colourways in Weathered Steel – Molten, Iron Ore, Eisen and Carbon – present the transformation of steel over time, and are ideally placed against plain walls, exposed brick and simple furnishings for a stark, industrial feel.

Offering a sophisticated and understated look, the four Natural Stone designs feature the realistic grain and fossilisation of limestone.

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contemporary spaces, there are the creamy tones of Dune and Bluff and darker, grainer Sable and Drift.

The three designs in Woven Fabric – Burnet, Cambric and Sindon – challenge what is traditionally thought of as stone and offer modern, natural colours with a minimalistic look and subtle strands across each tile. Taking inspiration from natural fabrics and concrete combined, the designs can be purposely misleading and interpreted as natural woven fabric or lightly brushed concrete.

Introducing additional design variations, there is an option of contrasting and complementary borders and design strips.

The complete Da Vinci collection will now feature 18 stone and 18 wood designs, all available with a recently extended lifetime residential guarantee.

Visit: www.karndean.com

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Gallery concept Latest innovations from Flooring One Flooring One used the recent Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show to highlight its latest ranges to members and potential-members.

The group introduced The Gallery Collection by displaying large pieces of carpet of one colour to allow retailers to see and touch the product with the other colour options underneath.

Although only designed for the show, a number of members said they wanted to introduce the display technique to their stores.

Gallery was created to increase the average order value in response to higher sales of polypropylene ranges that have reduced order values.

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retail from £27.99 to £43.99 and four berber loops that retail from £29.99 to £59.99.

The collection is completed with the 100% undyed wool Glencoe, retailing at £46.99 per sqm in a 4m width; the 100% wool three-ply Folkweave (£43.99 per sqm) and Stornaway (£47.99 per sqm) in 5m widths; and the chunky Inverness 100% wool in a 4m width (£59.99 per sqm).

The 100 option rug collection was updated with about 30% of new designs and a new cut-length artificial grass offer debuted. Display units were also updated, including the introduction of a new single lectern.

Visit: www.flooringone.co.uk

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The Gallery Collection is designed to raise average order values

The Gallery Collection display proved popular with members

The rug collection ranges from modern to traditional

Retailers were shown the latest products and initiatives

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Mastercraft Rugs again won Rugs Supplier of the Year, while Kenton Flooring took home the Smooths Supplier of the Year award. For the 12th consecutive year, Cormar Carpets scooped Carpet Supplier of the Year with Ulster Carpets taking second place and Penthouse third.

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Buying power Joining Greendale offers members better purchasing deals and other benefits Greendale Carpets & Flooring is a unique group that supplies carpets for its members on a non-profit basis through its own stockholding warehouse.

The group has more than 50 suppliers and over 100 own-labelled carpet ranges all renamed to colour level and competitively priced. These include brand leaders as well as exclusives that offer members enhanced value and are all ordered via its office and support facilities at Hereford.

Relabelling enables members to compete with multiple own-label ranges, widely distributed manufacturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s products and Internet marketed ranges and gives them a local exclusivity. The group actively discourages online marketing or national advertising as the member in their local area is the priority.

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Greendale provides more than 100 own-label carpets

information for consumers as well as a member area; employs agents to help members locally; and runs a successful show for members to meet suppliers and discuss business.

Greendale still has some exclusive areas of the UK available and encourages any retailer who shares their ethos to contact it.

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Delivering solutions Metro’s mobile service is giving retailers a fresh look Many independents aspire to have access to the kind of marketing solutions of much larger organisations but rarely have the time, money or resources to do it. The Metro Group has always looked for new ways to offer benefits to members and 18 months ago launched a mobile marketing vehicle equipped with printing, display and sign making equipment able to provide bespoke marketing material on-site and on demand.

The service has proven to be a great success with more than 50 members – from Aberdeen to the Isle of Wight to Northern Ireland – having visits so far and the service is also attracting new retailers to join the group.

One such member was The Carpet Gallery in Southampton which joined in late 2015. In December the marketing service arrived and transformed the appearance of the business with a new logo design and colour scheme that was then used for signage, internal and external displays.

Displays and signage were manufactured off-site and were fitted within two to three weeks.

Steve Moralee, Metro marketing consultant, who works with his son Adam, says: ‘When we originally came up with the concept of providing a marketing service to members on their doorstep we always thought we would be doing work such as labelling, pricing and POS. The reality is we have worked on much larger projects including major external signage.

‘The main benefit to retailers is our understanding of the flooring trade. I have worked with independent flooring retailers for 27 years and although no two shops are the same, the business is.

We are not only able to make up signage and POS but also effectively design it.

Most retailers using a designer or printer would usually find they have to work hard themselves to get the right results instead of having ideas presented to them.

‘Our service does it all. We design, we make, we fit. No job too big,

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The appearance of The Carpet Gallery in Southampton and Carpet and Furniture Supplies in Preston, have been transformed by the mobile service

too small or too far away,’ he adds.

The mobile service is backed by a larger facility in the North East of England with the ability to not only look after retailers needs on-site but also design, manufacture and despatch material at any time.

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Clockwise from top left: Lincoln; Benjamin recliner; Hannah

Ready for action Panacea has built up its offer, sales team and stockholding For almost a year Panacea has been preparing to supply UK furniture retailers with a range of high quality, full leather sofas that are available for store delivery within 72 hours.

Following an official launch at London’s O2 Arena in November 2015, a successful first exhibition at the January Furniture Show and appointing a network of UK sales agents, Panacea is starting to deliver on its concept.

‘It’s been a long time coming,’ says James Appleby, Panacea co-founder. ‘But we are now in a position where we have

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secured a respectable number of shopfloors with multiple models, have all of our marketing material available, have informed knowledgeable industry professionals driving the business forward and, most important, a sizeable stockholding.

James is keen to stress the simplicity of its USP. ‘We aren’t here to compete with the larger established brands who offer a whole raft of colours and materials. Our offering is a small number of SKUS that are immediately available. We aren’t aware of anyone else stocking full leather

products of this quality – a range that includes models manufactured by the Natuzzi Group – anywhere in the UK. Our aim is to provide retailers with the option of capturing a portion of the market that they may currently be missing: those customers who want a well priced quality product but aren’t prepared to wait, and we’re sure there are plenty of them,’ he says.

Panacea is debuting products at the Manchester Furniture Show next month, alongside its current range.

Visit: www.panaceafurniture.co.uk

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Ruben is the coordinating bed design.

Visit: www.zanotta.it 2 With a bent plywood frame, Stua’s Costura offers a range of choices: legs can be straight or diagonal, the chaise on the left or the right, put it against a wall, or use its back as a room divider. The range includes ottoman, armchair, sofa and sofa with chaise longue.

Visit: www.stua.com 3 Busnelli’s Cassandra is available with a removable soft cover with leather piping or leather with a choice of piping. The armchair comes in fabric, leather or a mix.

Visit: www.busnelli.it

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4 Cappellini’s Orla collection by Jasper Morrison tells the tale of the Orla project development reinventing the classic kidney bean sofa from the 1950s. Curved and smooth lines stimulate interaction between users while the clean-cut appeal of its shape conveys a contemporary look inspired by organic design.

Visit: www.cappellini.it 5 Moooi’s Charleston chair is formed from a chesterfield sofa on its end with a metal swivel stand holding the sofa upright. The user sits on the inner edge of the lower arm and uses the seat cushions as a backrest.

Visit: www.moooi.com

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The website has links to stockists of Stroolmount’s radiator pipe rosettes, castor cups and other products

Safeguards in action Stroolmount’s website shows videos of its products Furniture and flooring protection company Stroolmount has updated its website and launched consumer marketing.

The new mobile friendly website shows videos of its products, such as its Move It pads, self-adhesive felt pads and screw-in Quickclick gliders, in use. It also allows retailers to place orders online.

Visitors can use the website to find their nearest Stroolmount stockist. All stockists will have their full contact details listed, links to their website and Googlemaps Pinpoints.

‘We have also started a promotional campaign to the public in At Home magazine with others coming up throughout the year, seen by over one million retail customers. Never throw away a sale: don’t direct customers to DIY stores: stock Stroolmount products. When they need replacing, customers will come to your store and see your new furniture and flooring – so it gives you an opportunity for another sale,’ says Gill Finch, Stroolmount md.

‘We’ve had a busy and exciting few months with the updated website and the consumer marketing. I’d like to say a big thank you to all our customers past and present for supporting us by stocking our furniture and flooring products and helping us to grow our business.‘ Stroolmount’s latest products include castor cups with felt bases, in 44mm and 60mm diameters, to help reduce marks, scratches or indentations. Clip-on radiator pipe rosettes are available in wood or plastic to hide expansion gaps in laminate or wooden floors. The wood rosettes, available in light or dark finishes, come in two halves which click together, while the plastic version is a single ring featuring a laser incision for easy installation. A multi-product display stand has also been introduced.

Visit: www.stroolmount.co.uk

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Sales Agents Wanted!

As it continues to take the UK carpet industry by storm, Crown Floors is looking for SALES AGENTS NATIONWIDE to join the team.

Wholly owned by Balta Industries, Europe’s largest carpet manufacturer, this is a rare chance to be part of one of the brightest brands in flooring. As one of an expanding UK-wide network of enthusiastic and committed agents, you will be responsible for ensuring that Crown Floors continues to enjoy its phenomenal success and keeping the brand a jewel in the crown for retailers across the land.

This is a fantastic opportunity for experienced and motivated Sales Agents keen to leave a lasting impression and to become part of one of flooring’s biggest recent success stories.

Contact James Caldwell james.caldwell@crownfloors.co.uk 07899 074509

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Retail Sales Representative West of Scotland A rare opportunity has arisen for a Retail Sales Representative to cover the West of Scotland for the Furlong Flooring Group of companies promoting its brand of in-house manufactured products selling to independent carpet and flooring retailers in the area.

Regency Carpets, the manufacturing arm of the Furlong Group, is one of the largest manufacturers of polypropylene carpets in the UK and Europe and are distributed in cuts and rolls via our distribution centre based in Preston. Reporting directly to the Sales Director you will be responsible for the ongoing development of this important territory.

An excellent package is available to the right candidate.

Sales Representative An exciting new sales opportunity covering the following area

Hampshire / Dorset / South Coast

Earnings circa £45,000 Cormar Carpets is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of tufted carpets, supplying stylish, quality carpets to the retail, contract and wholesale trade throughout the UK. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual with the ability to realise the full potential of this already established area.

Knowledge of the carpet trade is not essential, however previous sales experience is required as applicants must be able to demonstrate a proven successful sales record.

The ideal candidate would live on territory, although this is not essential.

As a consequence we will accept applications from those who live in close proximity to the territory shown.

An above average salary and benefits package is available for the successful applicant, including basic salary plus commission on sales, company car, and pension scheme.

Please send your CV to W Hamilton, Personnel Manager at: whamilton@ furlongflooring.com

Previous applicants may apply.

Please send your CV and hand written covering letter summarising your relevant skills and experience for the attention of Carla Pickford, HR Manager, Cormar Carpets, Brookhouse Mill, Greenmount, Bury, BL8 4HR. Close date for applications: 14th June 2016

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