Despite minor reductions in demand in the fourth quarter of 2012, oak sawmills appear to be generally satisfied with business last year as a whole. Demand also picked up in January. The slightly lower sales generated at the end of the year ...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has assigned preliminary retroactive duties of 41.75% to three Chinese bedroom furniture producers for shipments they made to the U.S. market during the 2011 calendar year. The companies that have received ...
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VALE, N.C. — Patty Toler has been named director of business development for Houser Transport and its affiliated company, FTW Inc. In the newly created post, Toler will help grow the company's business with the furniture industry ...
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David Thomas PALM DESERT, Calif. — David Thomas, who spent more than 40 years as a furniture industry sales representative, died at his home here Dec. 22. He was 78. Thomas spent 25 years as a representative for Stanley Furniture, ...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's new proposed upholstered furniture flammability rule could give furniture manufacturers until mid-2014 to meet its requirements. The second draft of the new Technical Bulletin 117 rule, uses a ...
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LAS VEGAS - WithIt, a leadership and networking organization for women, recognized several of the furniture industry's leaders here Sunday at the organization's 2013 WOW Awards dinner. Held for the first time in Las Vegas at Worldview ...
Furniture importers that have held off increasing prices in recent years may be forced to raise them in 2013 because of various factors, especially rising labor costs in Asia. Governments in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam - all major ...
The furniture industry is ready to put out fires if Government proposals to cut unnecessary red tape spread to Britain's stringent flammability regulations. The British Furniture Confederation (BFC), the lobby group that represents the ...
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Furniture Today market research worked with Easy Analytic Software Inc. (EASI) to develop sales estimates and projections for 19 specific products for 2012 and projections for 2017 for each of the nation's 942 Metropolitan areas. Each ...
What to Look for in a Bunk Bed Size and type of your bunk bed. For two small children, a twin bed on top of a twin bed works nicely, but for one younger and one older child, you might want to get a twin over full bunk bed. A twin bed over ...
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Regardless of what type of furniture you own, proper care and maintenance will go a long way toward increasing the lifespan of your furniture, preserving its appearance and, as a result, increasing your enjoyment of your furniture and ...
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Aided by a ramped-up marketing program, organizers of the Tupelo Furniture Market said more than 110 new exhibitors have signed up for next month's event and about two dozen existing exhibitors have expanded their showrooms. In addition, ...
The Association of the German Furniture Industry (VDM) predicts turnover in the furniture industry to remain stable at last year‘s level for 2013. This was announced by VDM chief executive Dirk-Uwe Klaas on 9 January at the press ...
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Bruce Cochrane LINCOLNTON, N.C. — Case goods manufacturer Lincolnton Furniture is looking at ways to reopen its plant here, including a possible sale of its operations and assets. The company, which suddenly closed its doors in ...
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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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