NEW YORK -- Two days after a devastating Hurricane Sandy came ashore in New Jersey and wreaked havoc across greater New York, furniture retailers in the area were reporting store closing disruptions, but no serious damage. However, those ...
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NEW YORK -- A number of furniture retailers caught in the path of a devastating Hurricane Sandy are reporting store closings in New York and New Jersey, but initially no major damage. Manchester, Conn.-based Bob's Discount Furniture ...
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HIGH POINT - The name of the game for upholstery manufacturers here is customer service, and the oft-quoted axiom is represented with expanded product options, creative showroom displays and quick delivery. "Our retailers come here for ...
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HIGH POINT --- Industry leaders Howard Haas, Kevin O'Connor and Melvyn Wolff were inducted into the American Furniture Hall of Fame during a banquet here last night. Howard Haas Kevin O'Conner Melvyn Wolff They join 88 members ...
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DALLAS --- Bedding veteran Joe Hunt has joined Dormeo Octaspring as vice president of sales, Eastern USA, a new position for the specialty bedding producer. "With his extensive background, he brings to our company years of valuable ...
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TAMARAC, Fla. -- City Furniture has opened an employee Health & Wellness Center at its company headquarters here, a new perk designed to help cut health-related expenses for both employees and the company. Keith Koenig, left, and Doreen ...
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Shanghai,China:Ashley Furniture opened its first store in China on May 18,2012.At the grand opening ceremony of the new 35,000 sq ft(3,251 sq m)store,Ashley's CEO,Todd Wanek,hinted that more stores are to follow,not only within the nation ...
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The nation's Top 25 furniture and bedding retailers grew sales 7% last year to a combined $26.14 billion, thanks in part to a bedding specialty store segment that was on fire, the addition of two rent-to own giants to the ranking and ...
OAKLAND PARK, Fla. - A new Ashley Furniture HomeStore by South Florida licensee City Furniture here is being built to achieve U.S. Green Building Council construction standards. The 25,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in early ...
The World Furniture Summit 2012, organised by the China National Furniture Association and Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo International Exhibition Company, and co-organised by the International Association of Furniture Publications (IAFP), will be ...
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