17.03.2010 00:26

With fabric sales on an upswing, exhibitors left the semiannual Showtime fabric show here this week with the feeling that the upholstery industry has stabilized and is heading for better times. Fabric is the proverbial canary in the mineshaft, a harbinger of how the industry will do in the months ahead. According to several fabric executives, the gradual increase in orders has led upholstered furniture manufacturers to be more confident in projecting their fabric needs and some are even launching new programs. Several mill execs said traffic was strong in their showrooms, ahead of the past few Showtimes.

17.03.2010 00:26

Visiting London is a modern day pilgrimage for followers of popular culture. In fact millions if not billions of people have an ambition to one day visit London and perhaps as many already have. It is the best time in decades for many to make the voyage, with the Pound (£) struggling against the Euro(€) and Dollar($) on the currency exchange, and spend some.