60th anniversary Pasadena Showcase House now open

The showcase house became an important creative outlet for designers who lost their homes in the Eaton fires earlier this year.

Populus Seattle, a new carbon positive hotel opening in late Spring 2025

This news follows the fall 2024 opening of Populus Denver, recently named Hotel of the Year by Esquire, and honored by TIME, Travel + Leisure, and AFAR as a best new hotel, and is extremely significant as it also marks the start of Populus Hotels as a growing hotel collection. Populus Seattle will be the country’s second carbon positive hotel and will implement the same robust sustainability initiatives established with Populus Denver, including planting a tree for every night’s stay as a part of the One Night, One Tree program, but will be an adaptive reuse property – preserving the building’s 1907 history – with an immersive Pacific Northwest rainforest-inspired feel unique to its Seattle location.

ANDMORE® at High Point Market Announces Market Snapshot Finalists for Spring Market

People’s Choice Voting opens April 18-25

Breaking free from the Age of Average

“Only creativity will save creativity” says Fashion Snoops as it rebrands to Future Snoops

Gift For Life + NY NOW Partner for 2025 AIDS Walk New York

Gift for Life, the gift and home industries’ longest-running, volunteer-led, national charitable organization, and NY NOW are once again fielding a team for AIDS Walk New York, the largest single-day AIDS fundraising event in the world, on Sunday, May 18, in New York’s Central Park.

Universl Furniture’s Designer Lounge gets the VIP treatment

A complete renovation of Universal Furniture’s Designer’s Lounge will greet visitors at April Market. The lounge, now in its ninth year, has been a haven for designers to relax, recharge, and catch up during busy Market days. Universal’s Marketing Director Kayla Miller designed a new experience this Market to make designers feel even more like a VIP.

ANDMORE® Partners with Future Snoops to Unveil Home Furnishings Trend Edit  

ANDMORE announces its second consecutive trend partnership with Future Snoops (formerly known as Fashion Snoops) at the Spring 2025 edition of High Point Market. This collaboration will bring innovative, consumer-focused autumn/winter trend insights to the forefront complete with a seminar and trend gallery at the April 26-30, 2025, buying event.   

Five core issues for the textile industry to grapple with

With the new “Texpertise Econogy Insights”, Messe Frankfurt’s textile trade fairs are shining a spotlight on five core issues facing the textile and clothing industry as it undergoes a transformation targeted at greater sustainability. These key themes are based on the results of the sustainability check offered to exhibiting companies as part of the Texpertise Econogy textile sustainability programme and conversations with international textile experts.

AI platform helps companies calculate tariffs in real time

As regulations and tariffs are constantly updated, Quickcode automatically adjusts compliance data and alerts users when manual intervention is needed. The company recently added new features designed to help businesses navigate evolving IEEPA and Section 301 tariffs and other trade regulations.

Lauren Rottet and Turri unveiled furnishings collaboration during Milan Design Week

Lauren Rottet debuted a new furniture collaboration with Italian luxury brand Turri during Milan Design Week. The “Weaving the World” exhibition showcased artisan-made pieces, including the James Desk, Split Face planters, and other works blending organic forms with refined design.