WASHINGTON --- The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that there is enough evidence to continue antidumping and countervailing duty investigations against Chinese manufacturers of hardwood plywood. All six ITC ...
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SAN FRANCISCO --- Driven by its Pottery Barn, West Elm and Pottery Barn Kids brands, retailer Williams-Sonoma said profits rose 12.6% in the quarter ended Oct. 28 on an 8.9% jump in sales. The company said all three recorded double-digit ...
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario --- Its short-term consumer loan operations continue to drive growth for Easyhome in the third quarter as its core merchandise leasing business suffered a slight setback during the period, even though furniture sales ...
TORONTO --- After announcing its blockbuster decision earlier this week to acquire its archrival The Brick, retailer Leon's Furniture posted a 15% decline in net profit for the recently ended third quarter, attributing the fall to increased ...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. --- Manufacturer and importer Chromcraft Revington said third-quarter sales rose 3.4% on an uptick in shipments of commercial office furniture. The company, whose brands include Chromcraft, Cochrane, Peters-Revington ...
ATLANTA --- Havertys' board is rewarding the Top 100 retailer's stockholders with a special dividend of $1 per common share and 95 cents per Class A common share, the company announced Tuesday. The amounts are in addition to the regular ...
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INDIANAPOLIS --- Kittle's Home Furnishings says it will open a new, larger Rooms Express store on the south side of Indianapolis before year's end. The 11-store Top 100 company said it will lease a 35,000-square-foot former Linens 'n ...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas --- Specialty retailer Conn's Inc. has opened a new store in Albuquerque, N.M., the company's first store in that state. The new store has approximately 50 employees, and features furniture, bedding, consumer ...
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GERMANTOWN, Tenn. -- Mega Group USA buying group has added mobile features to its basic and premium Mega WebFronts websites program. Every retailer member of the buying group gets a basic WebFronts website covered by Mega for one year, ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Bedding retailer Mattress Direct recently presented a $10,000 check to the Hope House of Louisiana, a 32-acre campus in Livingston Parish that is designed to provide long-term safe housing for the rehabilitation of human ...
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SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick -- Regional powerhouse Lounsbury Furniture has opened its first ever store here, the fifth in the chain and the first it has opened in many years. Nancy Bartlett, left, manager of Lounsbury Furniture's new ...
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SAN DIEGO -- Mor Furniture for Less again is a sponsor of The St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, an annual community service project benefiting the children fighting cancer and other life-threatening diseases at St. Jude Children's Research ...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Retailer Conn's said its furniture and bedding sales jumped 31.7% in the quarter ended Oct. 31 as the company continued to heavily promote the categories and focus on higher-end goods. In a preliminary sales report ...
MONTREAL -- Consumer goods giant Dorel Inds. reported a healthy 6.5% in revenue for the third quarter although net income fell 9.9% on a per share basis. Leading the charge were the company's juvenile and leisure segments, while home ...
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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. -- El Dorado Furniture has opened an expanded showroom here, which at about 145,000 square feet is now the Florida chain's largest. The store's boulevard showroom concept was revamped with a new Carlo Perazzi ...
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