Given the seeming chaos in the world today, we don’t blame you if you’ve taken a well-deserved hiatus from the daunting 24-hour information blitz—er, news cycle. But there are major happenings in the interiors industry that you just can’t miss. Below, we’ve culled the top news stories of the season so you can stay up-to-date, without feeling overwhelmed.

1. Scalamandré and Stark tie the knot

Chad Stark

Stark merged its fabric division with Scalamandré, creating a new company under the Scalamandré name and bringing together both companies’ product lines, as well as their sales, design and marketing teams. Ownership between the newly created entity will be shared, with Chad Stark as president and Scalamandré’s Louis Renzo as CEO.