Leading trade fair in Germany
imm cologne 2022 starts again live and on site
At last the time has come! After a two-year break, imm cologne 2022 will once again offer interior design, visions, themes and people to touch – live and on site right at the start of the year. And at the same time, you can look forward to the long-awaited personal business contacts to start the yea...
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Furniture Study 2021
Digitalisation of the furnishing industry – status quo
In the run-up to the ZOW furniture trade fair, the e-commerce company Shopmacher took a closer look at the digitalisation status of the German furnishing industry. The result shows that there is still room for improvement.
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Foreign trade fair programme
Product presentation at trade fairs is promoted
Starting next year, small and medium-sized companies from Germany will be supported with a far-reaching programme for presentations at trade fairs abroad. More than 45 million euros are available for this purpose in the Foreign Trade Fair Programme of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology...
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Study on specialist assortments
Living instead of travelling: A cosy home is important to Germans
If the Corona pandemic has shown one thing, it is that a cosy home was and is very important. A current study shows which product groups have particularly benefited from the new furnishing boom.
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"Best of Design"
Home magazine enters label publishing
The German home magazine "Schöner Wohnen" has launched a new award. Once a year, the editorial team awards the "Best of Design" seal to outstanding products in the interior design industry. In this way, the magazine meets the demand of numerous manufacturers who want to advertise with the products a...
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Current figures for the annual press conference
Kitchen furniture industry expects sales growth of up to 10 percent
Good news from the annual press conference of the Association of the German Kitchen Furniture Industry (VdDK). As of July 2021, sales in the German kitchen furniture industry are clearly above the level of the comparable period of 2020 with plus 14.7 percent and also to the pre-Corona year 2019. The...
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First half year 2021
Office furniture industry on an upward trend
After a challenging 2020 business year, the upward trend in the office furniture industry, which had already become apparent in the fourth quarter of last year, continued in the first half of this year. This is according to a recent report by the Industrieverband Büro und Arbeitswelt e.V. (IBA).
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Planning furniture yourself
Association sees online configurators on the advance
People who want to furnish their homes individually often feel the need to plan their furniture themselves. The Association of the German Furniture Industry observes how online configurators are becoming increasingly important in the furniture trade, but also names the prerequisites that are necessa...
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Flood in Germany
Furniture stores provide quick help
The flood disaster in Germany destroyed the livelihoods of many people. Some lost everything in the floods. What followed was an unprecedented wave of solidarity. Countless volunteers were on duty in the affected regions, neighbours donated money and material goods to support the victims, but also n...
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imm cologne trend.briefing sleep
Sleep: 3 important interior trends
For a growing number of people, the bedroom has become fully fledged living space and is increasingly being designed as a whole. The imm cologne has pinpointed three important trends in connection with Sleep that will make themselves felt well beyond this interiors year and is presenting some import...
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Pure Talents Contest
Call for entries: imm cologne is looking for the best up-and-coming designers of 2022
The Pure Talents Contest is getting set for the next round. In 2022, the international furniture and interiors fair imm cologne will once again – for the 19th time - be holding its popular design contest for up-and-coming talents, which numbers among the world’s most highly recognised competitions f...
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