CHICAGO - The ICFA Preview Show, held annually at The Merchandise Mart, saw strong attendance—up 22% over last year. The Preview Show is an invitation-only show held for the permanent outdoor showroom tenants on floors 15 and 16, and select exhibitors on floor 7, who are also members of the…

HIGH POINT, NC – The International Casual Furnishings Association has named Jackie Hirschhaut as its new executive director following the retirement of long-time head Joseph Logan.

Hirschhaut is the vice president of public relations and marketing for the American Home Furnishings Alliance, a trade association based that represents hundreds…

CALHOUN, GA - Surya has appointed Jim Levine to the newly created role of vice president of Surya Outdoor. Levine is a veteran of the casual furniture industry where he has spent the last 32 years overseeing business operations, sales and marketing, supply chain management and product design for a…

DES PLAINES, IL - All current remodeling market indicators showed an increase in the second-quarter 2014 Remodeling Business Pulse (RBP) survey from the National Association of the Remodeling Industry’s (NARI). Remodelers are currently seeing growth, from conditions in March, which had seen a decline in business conditions during the first…

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Twin Eagles has become the latest grill to join the jaw-dropping collection of more than three dozen smokers, grills, and wood burning ovens at Barbecue University ™, the acclaimed cooking school run by Steven Raichlen at the Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Founded in…