LAS VEGAS — The mattress recycling issue is heating up. The International Sleep Products Assn. is sponsoring an educational session on the controversial issue at the Las Vegas Market. Set for Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 3 p.m. in World ...
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Mattress retailer Sleep Train has signed a deal for the naming rights to Live Nation Entertainment's Chula Vista, Calif., venue, formerly known as the Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre. The newly renamed Sleep Train Amphitheatre is a popular ...
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Organizers of a new industry effort to boost consumer spending on furniture and accessories through a multi-pronged information program have decided not to meet as an advisory group during the Las Vegas Market. Eric Blackledge of ...
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Bob Lawrence, center, CEO of furniture, electronics and appliances buying Group BrandSource, with drag racers John Force, left, and his daughter, Brittany Force. ANAHEIM, Calif. — Race fan Kevin Long of Conroe, Texas, won the Win ...
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LAS VEGAS — Educational seminars at the Las Vegas Market will give buyers a chance to soak up an array of ideas, advice and information about the home furnishings business. Here's a rundown of the dates, times and locations. All ...
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LAS VEGAS — The Specialty Sleep Assn. will launch Bedfax.org, a website for consumers and retail sales associates, during the trade association's educational event at the upcoming Las Vegas Market. The event, "What's In Your ...
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HIGH POINT — The California official heading revisions to that state's longtime flammability regulation and the scientist whose research prompted the urgent regulatory overhaul will both participate in the American Home Furnishings ...
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Organizers of this weekend's Canadian Home Furnishings Market here have introduced Market Must Haves to aid in its efforts to recognize and highlight the diversity of product shown at the event as well as the latest trends. TCHFM opens ...
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HARRISBURG, PA. --- Maynard's Home Furnishings of New Belton, S.C., has joined the Furniture First buying group here. Like most Furniture First members, the two-store Maynard's is a family-owned business, led by President Rex Maynard, ...
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Board members of the three largest industry retailer associations - the National Home Furnishings Assn., the Western Home Furnishings Assn. and the Home Furnishings Independents Assn. - have agreed to merge the ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - An agreement in principle was reached on Thursday by East and Gulf Coast Port workers and operators with a federal mediator in labor contract negotiations that will allow both to avoid a shutdown of the nation's ports. ...
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OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Just in time for Christmas, members of the California Furniture Manufacturers Assn. gathered here to present tens of thousands of dollars worth of furniture and mattresses to military families, the ...
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Machine vision companies have overall positive business expectations for 2013 business in Europe. In a quick survey conducted by the European Machine Vision Assn. (EMVA) in October, 56 percent of the participants expect their own business ...
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Officials with the 2012 Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) have awarded Universal Lubricants, the manufacturer and distributor of one the world's most advanced motor oils, the 2012 New Packaging Award for Innovation. The award was ...
The American Beverage Association is honoring America Recycles Day by supporting a pilot project called "Recycle on the Go" in Palm Beach County, Florida, to increase the amount of recycled cans and bottles and decrease the amount of ...
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