Sales generated by the German wood industry (including the furniture industry) rose by 2.8% in the first half-year 2012 to €16.458bn. This was main attributable to the contribution from the furniture industry (+4.5%). In the wood ...
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SACRAMENTO,Calif.—For upholstered furniture makers,the end result of a flammability rulemaking process that started this month will likely be a label saying their furniture is compliant. But getting to that point will be a long ...
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WASHINGTON,D.C.—Republican leadership in the House of Representatives recently cancelled a vote on H.R.3210,a bill that would have weakened illegal logging amendments of the Lacey Act. The bill had been making its way through ...
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Many of us have known that currently China is the largest furniture exporting country. For example in last 2009 the export of China furniture reached to almost 26 billion USD. No wonder that around 30% furniture of the world is manufactured ...
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Manila,Philippines:The Philippine furniture industry will focus on producing high-end furniture for export to markets outside of Asia until at least 2020.This is a result of Philippines losing its competitive edge to regional competitors in ...
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INTERNAL INCONSISTENCIES WITHIN THE INDUSTRY MAY HINDER FUTURE GROWTH,SAYS DATUK(DR)SOW Malaysia's furniture industry is faced with certain internal inconsistencies that can prevent it from progressing,according to Group Managing Director ...
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MALAYSIA PRIDE ENCOURAGESCOMPANIES TO IMPROVE&INNOVATE AS IT AIMS TO BUILD A NETWORK OF WORLD-CLASS MANUFACTURERS Mr Au Leck Chai Chief Executive Officer Malaysian Furniture Promotion Council(MFPC) Mr Au assumed the position ...
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Sarawak,Malaysia:President of the Sarawak Furniture Industry Association(SFIA),Lai King Min,believes that"the shortage of raw materials must be resolved before progress could be made in the Sarawak furniture industry."Mr Lai was speaking at ...
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Furniture Brands International announced that Gregory Heller has been appointed to the newly created position of Vice President, Thomasville Retail and Chief Creative Officer. Heller will be responsible for the creative direction and ...
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The German Furniture Industry Federation (VDM) is still working from the assumption that furniture manufacturers can achieve the growth of 3% in sales forecasted at the beginning of 2012 for the year as a whole. This was reported by the VDM ...
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DALLAS -- Massoud, an upholstered furniture manufacturer based here, has appointed independent sales executive John Harmon to represent its line in Kentucky, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indiana. In his new role, Harmon will ...
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La-Z-Boy Incorporated reported its operating results for the fiscal 2013 first quarter ended July 28, 2012. Fiscal 2013 first-quarter highlights : Sales for the first quarter increased 7.6% compared with the fiscal 2012 first ...
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Furniture Brands International announced that Rick Stroud has been appointed as Vice President, Sales for Thomasville. Stroud will be responsible for leading the Thomasville gallery sales organization and will oversee the management of all ...
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ST.LOUIS—Furniture Brands International has named vice president of business development Dan Masters as president of motion furniture specialist Lane,and shifted former Lane president Greg Roy into the role previously held by Masters. ...
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Dan Masters & Greg Roy Furniture Brands International (NYSE: FBN) announced today a realignment in senior brand management responsibilities to intensify focus on sales and distribution growth. Dan Masters who is currently ...
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