The amount of money the Palmerston North City Council is making out of recycled glass looks likely to double since new glass collection trucks went on the road in January. The drivers of the trucks sort glass into colours at the kerb, ...
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Furniture/Today's 2013 Bedding Yearbook provides a compilation of key mattress reports we published throughout the year. The Bedding Yearbook includes our foundational bedding reports: the Top 15 U.S. Bedding Producers, the Top 25 Bedding ...
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Designer Furniture Warehouse here has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with plans to close all but one of its 10 stores. In its petition filed Nov. 13, the retailer listed assets and debts both in the $1 million to $10 million ...
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A formal search process to name a president for the Serta brand is now under way, Furniture/Today has learned. Gary Fazio, CEO of Serta Simmons Holdings, the parent company of the Serta and Simmons brands, confirmed to the newspaper that ...
Gap Inc. announced that its Board of Directors approved a new $1 billion share repurchase authorization for the company’s common stock, reinforcing the company’s commitment to returning excess cash to shareholders. The company ...
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Bed frame manufacturer The Knickerbocker Bed Co. has appointed 20-year industry veteran Joe Hunt as its vice president of sales and marketing. Hunt most recently was vice president of Eastern region sales for bedding source Dormeo ...
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Omega Completion Technology has appointed John Donachie as managing director as the company plans for growth in key oil and gas locations in the UK and overseas. Mr Donachie joined the Aberdeen headquartered company last year as corporate ...
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As cholesterol is metabolized, a potent stimulant of breast cancer is created -- one that fuels estrogen-receptor positive breast cancers, U.S. researchers say. Senior author Dr. Philip Shaul, professor and vice chair for research in ...
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He succeeds Rob Vickers, who left the company a few months ago. Simmons Canada said Besner is a 21-year bedding industry veteran who most recently was vice president of sales and marketing at Louisville Bedding Co., a producer of mattress ...
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Bob Sherman, who built Serta into the nation's largest bedding producer, is leaving Serta to pursue other interests, officials announced. His wife, Barbara Bradford, a senior Serta official, is also leaving. No reason for the departures, ...
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Carmanah Technologies Corporation announced that it has filed a final prospectus in respect of a shareholder rights offering (the “Offering”). Under the Offering, Carmanah will seek to raise up to approximately $6 million. The ...
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Bedding major Simmons said it will be a major sponsor of Howard Young's 2013 Atlanta Golf Classic, supporting pancreatic cancer research. Atlanta-based Simmons will co-sponsor the charity golf tournament, which expects to attract 120 ...
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Third Street, a US-based producer of Organic and Fair Trade chai concentrates, has unveiled two ready-to-drink (RTD) iced teas - Unsweetened Black Tea and Unsweetened Green Tea - at Whole Foods Market. The iced teas are available in one ...
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Any mattress that helps you sleep comfortably and wake up feeling refreshed, without pain and stiffness, is the best mattress for you. There is no single mattress that works for all people. You should choose the mattress that provides ...
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Simmons' new advertising agency will be aiming to boost new high-end bedding lines that could launch early next year, the company said. The goal of the campaign is to redefine the luxury bedding purchase, Simmons executives said. ...
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