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IMM Cologne is adapting its concept for 2023 to the challenges of a changing market and is repositioning itself. In 2023, the international furnishing fair will have a new date: instead of January, it will be held as IMM Spring Edition from 4 to 7 June. "Unanimously, the IMM Cologne Advisory Board today voted in favour of the concept proposed by Koelnmesse for the IMM Spring Edition in June 2023. This ensures that IMM Cologne can take place again after a two-year break," says Gerald Böse, Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse. The IMM Spring Edition is to run for four days from Sunday to Wednesday and will focus on trade visitors. 
The September edition of Carpet Week Hamburg will be starting in just about a month. The new in-house fair format took place for the first time in May this year. It will take place again from 12 to 18 September 2022: this time, 15 Hamburg carpet suppliers will open their warehouses and showrooms to international trade buyers. 
The 43rd edition of India Carpet Expo is to be held in Bhadohi for the first time from 15 to 18 October 2022. With this, the autumn edition of the trade fair for handmade carpets organised by the Indian export promotion agency CEPC will move from Varanasi to the "City of Carpets", 50 km away, where a significant part of India's carpet producers are located. All kinds of handmade carpets will be on display in the newly built Bhadohi Carpet Expo Mart.
Westwing generated revenues of €103 million in the second quarter of 2022 (Q1 2022: €132 million). According to the online furnishing store, this corresponds to a decline of 22 percent compared to the previous year. Of this, 58.5 million euros were generated in the DACH region (- 21.7 %). The company cites increasingly low consumer demand in the home & living segment as the reason for the decline in sales. However, Westwing's structural growth compared to before the pandemic is still attractive. The company claims to be able to realise an average annual growth rate of +21% with its business model (Q2 2019: €58m), thus proving its good positioning in a challenging market environment.
When impressed by a newly released book, one should be careful if tempted to refer to it in such language as “the defining new textbook”. But Ali Riza Tuna’s English-language book Anatolian Kilims truly is of that stature as a work that illuminates Anatolian carpets from every angle, and therefore is heartily recommended reading for all carpet lovers.
According to Cozy Living, rugs are the outdoor living trend of the year. According to research by the homeware and furniture platform, outdoor rugs were the most searched for on Google in the last 12 months, with almost 3.1 million queries, well ahead of outdoor kitchens or outdoor bars. 
The XXXLutz Group is continuing its expansion in Europe. After entering the Swiss market in 2018 with the first branch in Rothrist/Zurich, the second XXXLutz furniture store opened in Dietikon on 2 August 2022. A full range of Swiss brands as well as international brands will be presented here on approx. 13,000 square metres.
After the successful premiere in May, Carpet Week Hamburg is already going into the second round in September. From 12 to 18 September, 16 Hamburg carpet suppliers will together open their warehouses and showrooms. The September date was chosen to give customers a comprehensive opportunity to discover new products in good time before the start of the season, to find out about the market and product ranges, to exchange ideas in person and, of course, to order goods.