Calling All Rising Stars! Nominations Open for Window Fashion VISION’s 40 Under 40 Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: August 28, 2025 Charlotte, NC — Window Fashion VISION magazine is excited to announce that nominations are now open for the 2025 40 Under 40 Awards, honoring the next generation of leaders shaping the window covering...

Anne Bild

Trivantage® Becomes Sole Distributor of Premium Screen Fabric

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Sydney Fordice(704) 926-1362sfordice@wrayward.com Trivantage ® Becomes Sole Distributor of Premium Screen Fabric TEXTILENE® 95 Reduces Solar Glare and Heat Transfer BURLINGTON, N.C., August 18, 2025 — Trivantage, a...

Anne Bild

Screen Innovations Launches Shade Innovations, Unveils Advanced Motor & Control Technologies, and Expands Automation at Austin-Based U.S. Shade Facility

New advanced technologies and fast, precision-cut shades Austin, TX (August 12, 2025) — Screen Innovations (SI)— the AV industry’s innovative and assertive brand in projection screens, window coverings, outdoor shading, and screen...

Anne Bild

Five Star Franchising Taps Wanda Hoegren to be New Brand President of Gotcha Covered

Franchise veteran looks to expand on year of strong growth as VP of Operations for custom window treatment franchise MEDIA CONTACT:Heather Ripley Ripley PR (865) 977-1973 hripley@ripleypr.com SPRINGVILLE, Utah — July 30, 2025 — Five Star...

Anne Bild

Grace Media, Leader in the Window Covering Industry, Acquired by BridgeTower Media

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National B2B Intelligence Platform Expands with International Window Coverings Expo and Window Fashion VISION Magazine GREENSBORO & HUNTERSVILLE, NC – August 6, 2025 – BridgeTower Media, a leading provider of business...

Anne Bild

Category - Business Insight

Business Insight Installation

Increase Your Profits with Plantation Shutters

From my experience, I know many dealers and installers run away from plantation shutters, but I go in the opposite direction and embrace these wood or faux-wood interior shutters. It is true that making any mistake...

June 14, 2022

Business Insight Design Inspiration Sales

Wineries: A Lucrative Clientele for the Window Design Industry

From Oregon to New York and nearly everywhere in between, wineries are a lucrative business. Interior designers and window treatment professionals who want to work with them will find a wealth of opportunities in this...

May 25, 2022

Business Insight Events Industry News IWCE

IWCE EXPERIENCES FULL-FORCE COMEBACK IN FORT LAUDERDALE

For Immediate Release Grace McNamara Show Producer grace@wf-vision.com After a two-year hiatus, the International Window Coverings Expo (IWCE)—the largest trade show for the window covering industry in the...

April 14, 2022

Business Insight Sales

When Selling, Should You Choose Style or Color First?

I have been having a lengthy debate with one of my merchandising consultants who knows quite a bit about window coverings. She thinks the best way to sell any window covering is to first choose the color, then choose...

March 16, 2022

Business Insight Inspiration Lessons in Leadership

Lessons in Leadership: Maurice Roetgering and Christiaan Roetgering, Coulisse 

We interview the Roetgering brothers, founders of Coulisse, and inspirational leaders in sustainable window covering product development and philanthropists of our future. You both founded Coulisse in 1992. What was...

January 12, 2022

Business Insight Industry News

Texstyle Expands Solar Screen Fabric Offerings

October 12, 2021, Stamford, CT- Rollease Acmeda, a global leader in the window covering industry, has released two new roller shade fabrics, Kleenscreen featuring Sanitized® and X-Weave 10% through auxiliary fabric...

November 12, 2021

Business Insight Child Safety Industry News

#GrowCordlessTogether During National Window Covering Safety Month!

In 2003, the first National Window Covering Safety Month was created by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Window Covering Safety Council and independent retailers. Their efforts to raise awareness of the...

October 26, 2021

Business Insight Industry News

Coulisse and Eve Announce Availability of Eve MotionBlinds Motors for Early 2022

Making smart window coverings more accessible than ever Enter the Netherlands, October 8, 2021 Global window coverings specialist Coulisse and smart home specialist Eve Systems announced that MotionBlinds, the smart...

October 10, 2021

Business Insight Events Industry News

Entrepreneur & Blinds.com Founder Jay Steinfeld Kicks Off IWCE 2022 with “Lead from the Core” Presentation

St. Paul, MN—The International Window Coverings Expo, scheduled for April 5-7, 2022, at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, announces Jay Steinfeld, entrepreneur and author of “Lead from the...

September 15, 2021

Business Insight Motorization

The Latest in Rechargeable Motorization Systems

By O’D McKewan This article will take a deeper dive in the very specific category of rechargeable battery-powered systems for motorized window treatments. I state “systems” because there are different...

July 5, 2021