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Fall High Point Style Report: Sconces

Ask any lighting manufacturer exhibiting at High Point Market this past week what their product…

Spectra Marketing Group Promotes Trudi Miller to New Role

Spectra Marketing Group has promoted Trudi Miller to director of Marketing. Miller began her career…

Satco Promotes Rick Hurst to VP of Connected Lighting

New York-based Satco Products, Inc. has promoted Rick Hurst to vice president of Connected Lighting.…

Video Interview Details Consumer Buying Trends in Home Décor

In this exclusive video, Editor-in-Chief Tom Russell of sister publication Home News Now sits down…

Recent Data Reveals Categories Consumers Will Still Spend On & Where They Won’t

The latest Consumer Confidence Index released last week by the Conference Board offers a glimpse not only of current consumer sentiment, but also where consumers are planning to spend the most. In…

Consumer Confidence Rises Slightly in July

Driven partly by the sentiments of consumers over age 35 and those in most income brackets, the Consumer Confidence Index rose two points in July to 97.2 from 95.2 in June the…