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Kuka Home Leases 46,000 SF for US Premier

LAS VEGAS-The China based provider of leather and fabric upholstered pieces to U.S. wholesalers and importers is preparing to launch its own furniture line.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on July 23, 2008

LAS VEGAS-For its North American premier China’s Kuka Home has leased one of the largest permanent showrooms at the Las Vegas World Market Center in the new C building. Preparing to market its own branded furniture lines in the US, the longtime provider of leather and fabric upholstered pieces to U.S. wholesalers and importers on an OEM basis inked a long-term lease for 46,000 sf on the 14th floor of the new $550-million building. The company is now hard at work preparing the showroom for the semi-annual Las Vegas Market, the industry’s big trade show, which begins Monday, a consultant working with the company tells GlobeSt.com.

Kuka Home is run by company president Hailong Gu, whose father founded the business in 1986. The vertically integrated upholstered furniture manufacturing business that includes leather tanning, polyurethane foam manufacturing, product research & development, furniture production and a 700-store branded retail chain, China’s largest.

Kuka Home began exporting leather and fabric upholstered pieces in 2005 and now counts upon North America for 40% of total sales, Europe for 32%, Australia & New Zealand for 14%, and the Middle East for 11%. Kuka’s products may be found at retailers such as Crate & Barrel, Sears/Kmart, Pier One, Marshalls/TJ Maxx, Rooms to Go, Bloomingdales, Z Gallerie, Cost Plus World Market, El Dorado Furniture and Sears Canada.

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