Interested in YOUR store becoming a member of CDG?

The primary focus of the CONTEMPORARY DESIGN GROUP is to harness and share our collective knowledge to improve the consumer experience, increase our buying power, collaborate on successful business strategies, and share innovative advertising solutions for independent contemporary retail furniture stores and storeowners.

In 1983, Ed Haimsohn and Howard Haimsohn, father & son owners of Lawrance Furniture in San Diego, established the CONTEMPORARY DESIGN GROUP , seeking a community of likeminded retailers with whom they could share ideas and build buying power. Since then, CDG has grown into a dynamic networking and buying group, working collectively with suppliers around the world to develop exclusive product for group members.

CDG member stores work non-competitively in a community of like-minded stores, and must be willing to share ideas within the group. The group meets annually for an industry-respected conference, sponsored and attended by the best names in the contemporary furniture industry.

We also meet throughout the year at most major furniture markets. These meetings, both formal and casual, allow us time to share supplier ideas and explore strategies for our mutual benefit and success.

Sharing, learning, and incorporating new ideas are what each member store gains most from their participation in the CONTEMPORARY DESIGN GROUP.

To learn more about membership opportunities, dues structure, and other details, please click here to contact Sandie Garrett, vice president of the CONTEMPORARY DESIGN GROUP.

The Contemporary Design Group, also known as CDG, represents retail furniture stores in the United States who are passionate about modern furniture, contemporary furniture, modern design, contemporary design, and home accents, lighting, rugs, and accessories. Our stores are throughout North America in Tucson, Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, San Diego, California, Encinitas, California, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, near Detroit, Michigan, Portland, Oregon, Tukwila, Washington, near Seattle, Washington, Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Centerville, Ohio, near Dayton, Ohio, Richmond, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cary, North Carolina, near Raleigh, North Carolina, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Boca Raton, Florida, near Miami, Florida and Indianapolis, Indiana.

CDG stores offer excellent customer service, friendly salespeople, and talented designers including some ASID design staff who can help with your design, room plan, floor plan, and home decorating ideas. We shop the world to provide international modern furniture and contemporary furniture to our consumers and customers. Each locally owned store is unique, eclectic, and original.

CDG stores carry living room furniture including sofas, chairs, recliners, couches, sectionals, loveseats, and tables; dining room furniture including tables, chairs, vitrines, buffets, display cabinets, sideboards, breakfronts, bars, barstools; entertainment furniture including TV stands, television stands, audio/video furniture, a/v furniture, home theater furniture, and wall systems; bedroom furniture, including beds, dressers, nightstands, armoires, wardrobes, chests, lingerie dressers, mattresses, box springs, bed linens; outdoor furniture including patio furniture, deck furniture, yard furniture, outdoor chairs, outdoor tables, indoor/outdoor furniture, pool furniture; office furniture and workspace furniture including desks, executive desks, student desks, returns, conference tables, conference chairs, hutches, bookcases, seating, credenzas, files, file cabinets, task chairs, executive chairs; and accent furniture including lighting, light fixtures, lamps, rugs, carpets, vases, pillows, clocks, throws, wall art, metal sculpture, gifts and accessories. We attend and shop the furniture markets, furniture fairs, and furniture shows around the world including High Point, Las Vegas, Milan, Italy, New York, Cologne, Germany, and China.

Interested in YOUR store becoming a member of CDG?

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