This week’s roundup of news from the furniture world


 

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Huge shout out to relatively new Australian furniture design platform Brosa who just landed 2M in funding from Australia’s Airtree Ventures headed up by Craig Blair & Daniel Petre.  We love what you guys are up to on the other side of the world!  Catch all the details here.

 

 


India Hiring Carpenters

And over to India where carpenters from Jaipur and Jodhpur are back in demand as furniture e-tailers like Pepperfry and Urban Ladder rush to recruit them (gotta love that!).  Catch all the details here.


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Home Depot snapped up Interline Brands, a Jacksonville, FL based distributor of things like hearth and chimney products, propane gas appliances and locks/ security hardware this week.  It’s the largest purchase the depot has done in years.  So how much?  A cool $1.625 billion IN CASH!  Full story here.


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Wallpaper*, the international design, fashion and lifestyle title, has partnered with The Level Group to launch its first major e-commerce business, selling high-end design and special edition items across a range of categories from homewares, lighting and textiles, to travel accessories and personal electronics. Full details here.

Missed last weeks new?  Catch it here.