Hints and tips:
...While other industries grapple with a shaky economy, the home improvement business is booming....
...His work is very Japanese [and] his furniture gave me many hints about furniture design,” he said....
...A stroll round the expo suggests the gender balance in the industry hasn’t changed much but everything else has....
...In 1995, under pressure from his lenders, Mr Trump surrendered control of the Plaza Hotel in New York to investors from Singapore and Saudi Arabia, including Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz al-Saud...
...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....
...“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....
...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’.”...
...It acquired SCS Upholstery, a bankrupt chain of UK furniture stores....
...Many Florentines work in the suburbs where industries include furniture-making, production of rubber goods, chemicals, food, traditional handicrafts and clothes and shoes....
...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....
...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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