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Fairlie toasts US venture success

A small Scottish furniture maker is taking its first steps into export markets with a range of goods made from whisky casks which are now being sold in the United States.

SATISFIED SMILES: Kenny Donaldson from Fairlie Furniture and North Ayrshire councillor Marie Burns.
SATISFIED SMILES: Kenny Donaldson from Fairlie Furniture and North Ayrshire councillor Marie Burns.

Fairlie Furniture's handmade products are stocked in the recently opened whisky-themed Luxury From Scotland store in Pasadena, California.

The US shop is a venture by Huntly-based whisky firm Duncan Taylor and Company to extend its presence in North America. It also carries Scottish products ranging from soft drink Irn-Bru to artworks.

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