A further nine furniture product safety recalls were reported to the ACCC this month, with Bunk Beds and Bean Bags heading the list and eBay being amongst the sellers under scrutiny. Retailers have been warned to meet their obligations. Concerns are increasing over...
NSW Fair Trading and other consumer affairs agencies across the country have launched a campaign to ensure parents and carers know how to protect their children and prevent a serious accident from toppling furniture and TVs. NSW Fair Trading Commissioner, Rod Stowe,...
In this workshop learn how furniture and furnishing products are identified, selected and specified in an architectural and interior design project. We’ll work through each of the stages that architects and specifiers use to make their choices. Starting at the design...
Standards are applied to protect buyers, consumers and users. They are used to demonstrate a commitment to the community’s expectation of a safe and sustainable Australia and are recognised as a value-add to Australia’s economic efficiency, trade and international...
Federal Parliament has increased maximum financial penalties under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). In its final report on the ACL Review, Consumer Affairs Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) recommended penalties for a breach of the ACL be raised from $1.1 million...
Social media is constantly in the news. The privacy issues facing Facebook and the recent devaluing of that business on the share market is making headlines. Many people use social media to find out the news, to hear and share opinions, to connect with other people,...
Part 2, graduate of architecture, designer and visualiser, Jonathan Muller, shares his expertise on how to get your furnishing products in front of architects and specifiers. By building a 3D model of your products, and offering it for free download, you are creating...
In this second instalment, graduate of architecture, designer and visualiser, Jonathan Muller, shares his expertise on how to get your furnishing products in front of architects and specifiers. By building a 3D model of your products, and offering it for free...
In this first instalment, architect and designer, Jonathan Muller, shares his expertise on how to increase your turnover of locally designed and constructed furniture tenfold…..Or even more! You don’t do it by clinging to an outdated business model where powerful...
PART 1 In this first instalment, architect and designer, Jonathan Muller, shares his expertise on how to increase your turnover of locally designed and constructed furniture tenfold…..Or even more! You don’t do it by clinging to an outdated business model where...
A further three furniture product safety recalls have been reported this week, with all three posing a potential choking/suffocation hazard to young children. Concerns are increasing over product that is not only unsafe, but that also does not contain the necessary...
Well furnished: Increased residential building construction activity has promoted demand – a summary of recent IBIS World Reports. The AFA has summarised a range of Ibis World Reports on behalf of its Members. This report is in relation to Furniture Retailing in...
BEWARE there is a new Phishing Scam Alert circulating at the moment posing as the Australian Taxation Office. You may receive an email that requests your credit/debit card details. Do not click on the link in the email or disclose your personal information. This scam...
In recent times the headlines have read ‘IKEA Re-announces recall of MALM and other models of chests and dressers due to serious tip-over hazard; 8th child fatality reported; consumers urged to choose between refund or repair. These headlines have been related to US...
Websites and digital marketing tools are considered a vital element for the survival of every industry, especially yours! Consumers of furniture and furnishing services are high volume users of digital platforms when making their purchasing decisions, especially as a...
Are you aware that your business is responsible for any product that you import, manufacture, sell, supply or distribute? This means that you can be held liable for any defect or other condition that renders the product unsafe and results in injury, death or damage....
Co-located with the Australasian Hospitality Industry Exhibition, FURNITEX Commercial is the go to event for procurement officers, specifiers and property developers looking to fit out, design, refurbish, upgrade or modernise their commercial properties. Furniture and...
Sofas that have been falsely sold as ‘leather’, recliner mechanisms that don’t work properly causing injury, lounge cushions that come apart at the seams, complaints handling call centres that refuse to take calls, sub-standard repairs and toxic smells that emit from...
Each year, thousands of people end up in emergency rooms after serious chair accidents. People fall when chairs collapse, fingers are severed by chairs with jagged edges, hands get crushed between seats and their bases and stems or bases can snap causing serious body...
What do Apprenticeship Support Australia, Red Points, FURNITEX and Design Furniture all have in common? These businesses are all Australasian Furnishing Association Members, but all for different reasons. The Australasian Furnishing Association (AFA) is the peak...
