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Irish Examiner
15 hours ago
- Lifestyle
- Irish Examiner
Save or Splurge? Striped summer cushions for indoors and out
Grab a few cushions from indoors and scatter them on garden chairs. Whether they're expensive designer purchases or affordable treats from the high street, make sure you bring them in at night if grey clouds start to gather. SAVE Carolyn Donnelly continues developing her Eclectic range with a new selection of cushions for summer, suitably striped for a beach-house look; €20, Dunnes Stores. SPLURGE Cotton fabric is woven with vibrant shades of cobalt and green in the Cork Street Stripe cushion to elevate a neutral, off-white sun lounger; €90, Designers Guild. Read More Save or Splurge? Pick a perch in one of these hanging egg chairs
Fashion Value Chain
4 days ago
- Business
- Fashion Value Chain
Intertextile Shanghai 2025 Returns with 15+ Zones & New Focus
Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Autumn Edition 2025 is set to return from 20 to 22 August at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), offering a dynamic, future-ready showcase of innovations across the home and contract textiles sectors. This year's edition will feature over 15 specialized product zones and an expanded Editor Zone, alongside a refreshed fringe programme centered around four new strategic pillars—Connector, Econogy, NextGen, and Palette. The trade fair continues to position itself as a one-stop sourcing platform for industry professionals, featuring a complete spectrum of home textile categories—from bedding, curtains, upholstery, and sofa fabrics to leather, editors, and design studios. Key Highlight: Enhanced Editor Zone (Hall 5.1) A major attraction this year is the upscaled Editor Zone, showcasing globally recognized design brands and textile innovation leaders. Top participants include: Beijing Ya Da (China) – featuring Christian Lacroix, Designers Guild, Ralph Lauren Hangzhou Antex (SohoCut, China) – Brunomagli, Versace 19.69, Texture Prestigious Textiles (UK) Morphrow (Netherlands) Rioma (Spain) – debuting this year Haining Qianbaihui & Sanxian Weaving (China) Raffinato (USA) Industry veterans note the fair's growing influence. Ms. Ying Gao, GM of Beijing Ya Da, emphasized how the event helped bridge existing and new clientele while responding to evolving consumer trends like eco-conscious materials, smart textile integration, and customization for high-end buyers. Mr. David Zhang, Sales Director at Prestigious Textiles China, echoed the importance of the event in boosting brand visibility and meeting demand for sustainable, functional, and design-forward solutions. Fringe Programme: Now Sharper and Market-Driven The 2025 fringe programme has been restructured into four targeted themes to deepen industry engagement and insight-sharing: Palette – Celebrating creativity and trend curation in interior design Connector – Fostering strategic partnerships and market intelligence NextGen – Exploring emerging tools, materials, and applications Econogy – Spotlighting sustainability innovations and technologies These thematic tracks aim to empower stakeholders with knowledge, networking, and inspiration aligned to current and future market needs. Organisers: Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd, Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT, and the China Home Textile Association (CHTA).
Times
28-04-2025
- Business
- Times
Royal Family-approved decor company snapped up by Dunelm
A Royal Family-approved home decor brand fell deeply into the red before being snapped up by Britain's biggest homeware retailer earlier this month. Designers Guild, which was recently put up for sale after sinking to a £1.7 million loss, has been bought by Dunelm for an undisclosed sum. The London-listed retail chain has acquired the struggling brand's IP and design archive, but not the business operations or stores, after what is said to have been a 'highly competitive' sales process. It is not yet known who else entered the bidding war. Designers Guild was founded by Tricia Guild, an interior and textile designer known for her bold use of colour and pattern. She is a key figure in the UK's interior design scene, and founded her company in 1970. The business designs, wholesales and retails furnishing fabrics, wallcoverings, upholstery, bed, bath and home accessories in more than 55 countries, including the UK. It supplies fabrics under exclusive license from the Royal Family and includes a series of collections inspired by the interiors of royal residences like Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. The brand, which sells rugs for between £700 and £3,000, also has had collaborations with various fashion labels such as Ralph Lauren, Christian Lacroix and Next, as well as the artists Howard Hodgkin and Kaffe Fassett. According to the most recent accounts filed on Companies House, sales fell from £42.7 million to £39.8 million in the year to March 31, 2023, which it blamed on ongoing disruption caused by the war in Ukraine, the pandemic and Brexit. About 65.9 per cent of its sales are from overseas, of which 44.8 per cent of total sales are in western Europe. The business, which has a store on the King's Road in London, made a pre-tax loss of £1.7 million, compared with a loss of £15,000 the year before. Dunelm, based in Leicestershire, said it had agreed to license the brand and archives back to the business, 'enabling it to continue operating independently'. Under the agreement, Designers Guild will continue to run the store and other business operations. Guild will remain as founder and creative director and Simon Jeffreys as group chief executive alongside its existing management team. 'This collaboration will help preserve the integrity of our designs while ensuring the ongoing legacy of Designers Guild,' she said. Dunelm was founded in 1979 by the Adderley family, who sold curtains on a market stall in Leicester, and has grown to become the largest homewares retailer in the UK. The company, which has benefited from the recent collapse of and Debenhams, has 200 shops across the UK. It has snapped up other homeware brands in recent years, including Dorma, Homefocus and Fogarty. Nick Wilkinson, chief executive of Dunelm, is retiring from the company and full-time executive life after seven years in the role. He will remain with the company until a successor is appointed.
