Resident magazine profiles La Villa Collections tableware
The Art in Serving
Lifestyle
By Ali Robertson
The scene at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a familiar one. On January 29, its doors will open for the 2012 New York International Gift Fair. Buyers and designers will enter, weaving through the display maze of housewares and accessories. And Carlo and Clorinda Palandri will man their booth for La Villa Collections. There, the
Whether you serve your wine in an IKEA glass costing $2.99, or in hand-cut Baccarat crystal costing 50 times as much, sooner or later you'll have one concern—the ring-shaped stains that wineglasses tend to leave behind.
Some new hand-blown crystal stemware is now strong enough to go into the dishwasher, Jeff Marcus reports on Lunch Break. One
The blog 'Sustainable is Good' has this to report about the kitchenware line:
Recycline has added a new series of products to its popular Preserve line. The new products are called Preserve Kitchen and include two types of cutting boards, food storage containers and a colander. Most of the products will be sold exclusively at Whole Food Market, several are available directly from Recycline.
"The idea behind the line was sparked over a year ago when Whole Foods ...
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September 13, 2007
September 13, 2007
Amazon Rules the Online Tabletop Jungle
In HFN's September 10th issue, the magazine lists the top 5 selling dinnerware patterns (in the category of casual and housewares dinnerware patterns). I did a search for each of these patterns in Google. Which company do you think came up first for 3 out of these 5 patterns? Not Macy's. Not Wal-mart. The winner: Amazon.com. Amazon.com doesn't show up at the tabletop shows or even have a physical store.
So, why is our industry letting this player get all ...
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