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Zimmer Austria Digital Printing Systems announces that Tony Naschberger has decided to vacate his position as CEO of J. Zimmer Maschinenbau GmbH, Kufstein, as of December, 31st 2021. The Board of Directors appointed Andreas Rass and Thomas Mentler as the new Managing Directors of the company as of January 1st 2022.
The Pantone colour institute has chosen its trend colour for the year 2022. The special thing about 17-3938 Very Peri is that for the first time, a truly new colour has been developed especially for this purpose.
After the cancellation of the major trade fairs Domotex and Heimtextil, the Cologne furniture fair IMM Cologne has now also been cancelled. The organisers cite "the current special conditions in the interior design sector" as the reason for the cancellation, which made it practically impossible to hold the fair
The majority of German consumers no longer follow familiar patterns in their purchasing decisions; this is what the consulting firm Accenture found out in its study "Life Reimagined". According to the study, consumers today want to know more about brands and the origin of products, attach great importance to health and safety aspects and give preference to manufacturers that are in line with their personal values and attitudes. They also value highly personalised services and easy communication at every point of their customer journey.
Due to the worsening pandemic situation in Germany and the correspoding restrictions, Messe Frankfurt has cancelled the Heimtextil trade fair planned for 11 to 14 January 2022. According to a press release, the organisers will be discussing with the industry if and how a new event can be organised in summer 2022 parallel to the Techtextil/Texprocess trade fair duo. Events planned for later, such as Ambiente, Christmasworld, Creativeworld, Paperworld and Frankfurt Fashion Week, will take place as things stand.
Ikea Germany closed the 2021 financial year (1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021) with total sales of EUR 5.305 billion, down 3.2% year-on-year. At the same time, online sales grew by 102.9% and amounted to EUR 1.747 billion. The online share of retail sales rose to 34.3% (last year it was 16.2%). Globally, total sales of all Ikea franchise partners amounted to EUR 41.9 billion in the financial year 2021 (same period last year: EUR 39.6 billion).
The year 2020/21 brought many challenges for Jysk (formerly Dänisches Bettenlager in Germany) in the form of thousands of closed stores. However, the company managed to leverage the combination of physical stores in 50 countries and strong digital platforms to achieve sales of EUR 4.4 billion and an EBIT result of EUR 610 million. This represented a 7% increase in sales, while the EBIT result was 21% higher than in 2019/20, which was also a record year for Jysk.
The Swiss importer Zollanvari is expanding its customer service; all European enquiries will be handled by the Zurich office. The Hamburg warehouse is closed with immediate effect until further notice. In addition to the business owner Reza Zollanvari, the Zurich team consists of: Edin Selimovic (Manager Switzerland), Denijal Gredelj (Warehouse and Sales Manager), Ramin Zollanvari (Key Account Manager), and Gabi Peter (Special Orders & Marketing).
The regulations of the Hessian state government, which have been in force since 22 November 2021, confirm that Heimtextil will be held under 2G requirements. "With regard to the official 2G obligation, we are also pleased to have valid results from our global network of subsidiaries and sales partners of Messe Frankfurt, which show that almost all participating exhibitors and their teams from all international core markets of Heimtextil have been vaccinated with approved vaccines. As for our visitors, the situation will be similar", explains Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles & Textile Technologies.