Cindy Hodnett

3 weeks ago | designerstoday.com | Cindy Hodnett

The ongoing uncertainty surrounding tariffs continues to drive shifts in pricing for many companies. As individual country-specific tariff policy is delayed, manufacturers have announced price increases to their customers, some immediate and others taking place over the next weeks and months. In a letter to customers, Ashley Furniture Inds.

3 weeks ago | designerstoday.com | Cindy Hodnett

While talk of Y2K and the coming challenges of a new century was swirling about in 2000, furniture industry veteran Kathy Wall Hunt decided there was no time like the present to start a new company. Following high-level roles with Lexington Home Brands and Klaussner Home Furnishings as well as several major life challenges, Wall struck out on her own and opened a consulting firm: The Media Matters, Inc.

3 weeks ago | designerstoday.com | Cindy Hodnett

In its May/June issue, Designers Today launched its Top Projects initiative, which recognizes great design from 10 interior designers across the country, including Amber McCullough Design here. Amber McCullough describes her firm as focused on “function and livability” and the Oklahoma City, Okla.-based designer embraced both for her Top Project.

4 weeks ago | designerstoday.com | Cindy Hodnett

It has been just over a year since Texas-based retailer Star Furniture named interior designer Jessica Duce, founder of J Duce Designs, as its first trade ambassador and in that time period, the designer’s own “star” has continued to rise as one of the faces for an evolving and profitable business category in the furniture and design industries: short term rental property design.

4 weeks ago | hometextilestoday.com | Cindy Hodnett

Washington — The National Assn. of Realtors is reporting that pending home sales dropped 6.3% in April. Additionally, compared with one month ago, pending home sales fell in all four U.S. regions including the Midwest, Northeast, South and West, with the West registering the greatest loss, according to NAR.