Issue 428
The theme of innovation runs right through this month’s issue, which is packed with tales of businesses exploring novel methods of handling today’s challenges, and equipping themselves to handle change.
Discover how Reborn Products is making a dent in mattress landfill, and how Hypnos is harnessing untapped plant fibres. Read about the parts and tools unveiled at the Furniture Components Expo, how Forte’s EasyKlix range has turbocharged the flatpack furniture assembly process, and why Whitemeadow’s portfolio is its most diverse upholstery to date.
Discover the bedmaker putting a unique spin on marketing, the Government programme helping SMEs embrace digital technologies, the visualisation specialist making online shopping more immersive, and the mavericks disrupting the marketplace.
It’s fitting that developer/designer/digital artisan Iconography takes pride of place on this month’s cover, having successfully deployed its OMNIS Retail system at Somerset’s Haskins Furniture – and we present our first quarterly trend tracker from ufurnish.com (take it from us, there are few more innovative than this bunch!).
We’ve also previews of Long Point and the Spring Furniture & Bed Show, an interview with Hypnos’ new commercial director Mark Cort, and the first in a regular series of interviews with industry buyers.
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