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...While other industries grapple with a shaky economy, the home improvement business is booming....
...As Emiko Terazono and Andres Schipani report, some fear that pandemic-hit producers will be unable to supply sufficient coffee cherries to slake our thirst....
...His work is very Japanese [and] his furniture gave me many hints about furniture design,” he said....
...furniture....
...A stroll round the expo suggests the gender balance in the industry hasn’t changed much but everything else has....
...Is this a bold diversification by sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley into rattan effect furniture and One Direction duvet covers (heavily discounted, since they feature ex-member Zayn)?...
...Meanwhile, in the US, the fabric was sold to more than 200 designers via Greeff Fabrics Inc. Yet it wasn’t always obvious that it was destined for such success....
...Some companies in other industries are finding ways to heed Mr Abe’s call....
...“Neither would be possible using any other technology or technique,” says Jana Scholze, the V&A’s curator for modern furniture and product design. “This represents a new design language.”...
...Laura Ashley’s customer base seems somewhat insulated from economic concerns and is still prepared to spend online and in store on big-ticket items in decorating and furniture....
...The problems of today’s industry must look strange to veterans of the golden age....
...Jonathan Arnold, for services to English furniture makers. Paul Ashley, chairman, Clark Door, industrial door maker.Peter Atkins, for services to journalism. Kate Atkinson, author....
...“They say: ‘When a wife wants to make a choice between a painting, a piece of furniture or a jewel, you can see where it is going to end’.”...
...If you’re tired of Flying Fish and the other open-window shrimp joints in the River Market district, you can go to elegant Ashley’s in the Capital Hotel....
...It acquired SCS Upholstery, a bankrupt chain of UK furniture stores....
...The most profitable tree there is the black cherry, which produces beautiful timber for furniture manufacture....
...The walls come first, with finished interiors in rich cherry and maple woods. All the wiring is pre-installed....
...V. Mr Buffett is sticking to his core competencies. VI. Concerns about retailers and the ailing consumer may be overblown, if Mr Buffett's bets are correct. VII....
...Goods made in China have come to dominate consumer electronics, white goods, furniture and textiles among other sectors....
...Even so, the list reads a little oddly: Paris (the Georges V, indeed), Provence, Budapest, Dublin, Istanbul, Milan, Prague…and Farnham....
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