Krieger Group now a member of Begros

The Krieger Group, which also includes Möbel Höffner, Möbel Kraft and Sconto, is now part of the purchasing association Begros. Membership had already been agreed on at the beginning of 2021 and presented to the Federal Cartel Office, which, after a thorough examination, has now given its approval. The requirement for this was that the two largest members undertake to continue to stock sufficiently different product ranges in the future in the event of joint procurement via Begros.

Salone del Mobile postponed to June

The 60th edition of the Milan Furniture Fair Salone del Mobile will be postponed from April to 7-12 June. The organisers have now announced. "The decision to postpone the fair will allow exhibitors, visitors, journalists and the entire international furnishing and design community to make the most of an event that promises a wealth of novelties in complete safety," said Maria Porro, President of the Salone del Mobile. "Moving the event to June ensures a strong presence of foreign exhibitors and professionals, which has always been one of the Salone's strengths, and gives participating companies the opportunity to plan their presence at the fair as thoroughly as possible."

Heimtextil trade fair plans Summer Special in June

Heimtextil, leading international trade fair for home and contract textiles, will be held as a one-off Summer Special from 21 to 24 June, Messe Frankfurt has now announced. Techtextil and Texprocess, the respective leading trade fairs for technical textiles and nonwovens as well as for the processing of textile and flexible materials, will be held at the same time. The decision to hold a summer edition this year, the organisers added, was in response to the unequivocal vote of the home and contract textiles sector, which wants a re-start for face-to-face business meetings before the end of the year. Exhibitors and buyers also benefit from valuable synergy effects between the three international fair formats.

Winter Nordstil 2022 will take place

The Hamburg Senate has given green light for the Nordstil order platform from 15 to 17 January in Hamburg. The consent was given following last week's conference of Minister Presidents. Thus, Nordstil is now the second consumer goods fair to take place this year and one of the few platforms at the beginning of the year where products can be ordered.

XXXLutz buys Swiss furnishing chain LIPO

The XXXLutz Group continues its expansion in Europe with the purchase of the 23 LIPO furniture stores in Switzerland. This brings the number of XXXLutz-operated furniture stores to over 370 in currently 13 European countries. In addition, the company has 15 online shops.

Frankfurt consumer goods fairs cancelled

Messe Frankfurt has cancelled all consumer goods fairs planned for January and February, including Ambiente, Christmasworld, Paperworld and Creativeworld.

Ikea increases prices by an average of 9%

The Corona pandemic is also affecting the furniture giant Ikea. As a result, the company is raising its prices – worldwide, by 9% on average. According to dpa, this was announced by a spokesperson for Ikea Germany on 30 December.

Maison & Objet Paris postponed to March

Maison & Objet will not take place in January this year, but will be postponed to 24 to 28 March. The organisers cite the rapid spread of the new Corona virus variant Omicron as the reason.

XXXLutz Group invests in moebel.de

Once again, the XXXLutz Group (XXXLutz, Pfister, Conforama, among others) is making a move and acquiring a stake in the furniture search engine moebel.de. The Austrians are taking over the shares from ProSiebenSat.1 Media. In recent years, moebel.de has grown to become the leading German-language specialist search engine for furniture, furnishings and interior decoration and has already started to internationalise the platforms in France and the Netherlands.

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