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The Bedding Industry Still Managed to Record a 1.9% Gain in Unit Shipments
Oct 31, 2012ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Innerspring mattress unit shipments declined in September, but the bedding industry still managed to record a 1.9% gain in unit shipments that month because of a gain in specialty sleep. The dollar value of shipments ...
Tags: bedding
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Jcpenney Is Reviving a Percent-off Sale Offer for The First Time Since February
Oct 31, 2012PLANO, Texas -- JCPenney is reviving a percent-off sale offer for the first time since February, when the retailer went to everyday low pricing, the Dallas Morning News reports. The offer, which was posted on jcp.com and sent as a text ...
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Sleepy's Inc. and Private Equity Firm Longroad Asset Bid on Mattress Discounters
Oct 31, 2012RICHMOND, Va. -- Top 100 retailer Sleepy's Inc. and private equity firm Longroad Asset Management have emerged as the two qualified bidders for bedding retailer Mattress Discounters, but an auction scheduled for today has been postponed due ...
Tags: mattress
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Bograd's Fine Furniture Here Is Closing
Oct 31, 2012RIVERDALE, N.J. -- Bograd's Fine Furniture here is closing ... really. A little over a year ago, the 82-year-old high-end retailer hired Lynch Sales and announced "Bograd's Last and Best Sale." Co-owner Joe Bograd, who runs the business ...
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Klaussner Was Featured in a '60 Minutes' Segment
Oct 31, 2012ASHEBORO, N.C. -- Furniture manufacturer and importer Klaussner Home Furnishings was featured in a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday that focused on the economic recovery of the company's hometown. Titled "The Death and Life of Asheboro," the ...
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The Amorim Group's Flooring Activities Are Expected to Contribute to an Improvement
Oct 31, 2012The Portuguese cork flooring producer Corticeira Amorim reckons with a continuing positive turnover trend this year. According to António Rios de Amorim, CEO of the Amorim group, total turnover will likely be in excess of? 500m. The ...
Tags: market view, flooring
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PEFC and FSC Are Presently Making Changes to The Information
Oct 31, 2012Two certification organisations - the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) - are presently making changes to the information required as part of their certification ...
Tags: market view, timber
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NCTO Praised The Decision by The United States Government to Join The Consultations
Oct 31, 2012The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) President Cass Johnson praised the decision by the United States government to join the consultations between Mexico and China regarding Chinese textile subsidies. "We are pleased ...
Tags: NCTO, Cass Johnson, textile, textile subsidies
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The UK's First 4G Service Would Provide 11 Cities with up to 12Mbit/S Mobile Connections
Oct 31, 2012Slow mobile connection speeds due to the lack of a universal 4G service will cost the economyGBP120m over the Christmas period,according to web retailer eBay,who believes current mobile download speeds will discourage consumers from using ...
Tags: eBay, 4G service, mobile download, 12Mbit/s mobile connections
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NASA Has Released a Time-Lapsed Video of Hurricane Sandy
Oct 31, 2012NASA has released a time-lapsed video of Hurricane Sandy,showing the storm move from its birth in the Caribbean to when it made landfall on the East Coast of the U.S. The catastrophic super storm slammed into the East Coast late ...
Tags: NASA, Hurricane Sandy, East Coast of the U.S., GOES satellites
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Using Non-Secured Public Wi-Fi Hotspots Can Leave You Vulnerable to Identity Theft
Oct 31, 2012Using non-secured public Wi-Fi hotspots can leave you vulnerable to identity theft,data theft,snooping,impersonation and malware infection.That's why so many people rely on public virtual private network services,but VPNs are no ...
Tags: Computer, VPN, public Wi-Fi hotspot, security
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O2 Has Revealed an Intention by The Telecoms Giant to Raise The Cost of Making Calls
Oct 31, 2012A text message delivered to O2 subscribers in the UK this week has revealed an intention by the telecoms giant to raise the cost of making and receiving calls and using data outside Europe dramatically. From 28 November ...
Tags: double roaming charges, telecoms giant, Ofcom, pence
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4G Service Will Cost The Economy £120m Over The Christmas Period
Oct 31, 2012Slow mobile connection speeds due to the lack of a universal 4G service will cost the economy £120m over the Christmas period, according to web retailer eBay, who believes current mobile download speeds will discourage consumers from ...
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GE Lighting Anticipates a 150% Growth in LED Sales
Oct 31, 2012The centre will allow visitors to see lighting solutions in key applications areas GE Lighting's president and CEO (EMEA) Phil Marshall has said he anticipates a 150 per cent growth in LED sales but that the company will adopt a cautious ...
Tags: GE, Lighting, key applications
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Mobile Are All Compatible with Windows Phone 8
Oct 31, 2012Cross-platform development frameworks such as Apache Cordova, Sencha Touch and Xamarin.Mobile are all compatible with Windows Phone 8, making it easier to create apps for the new OS while at the same time developing apps for other ...
Tags: Windows Phone, apps, Cross-Platform Development Tools, Microsoft
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