Memphis-based retailer Royal Furniture says it will open two stores near Birmingham, Ala., on June 1. A 35,000-square-foot store will occupy the old Books-A-Million store in Hoover Commons, 1615 Montgomery Highway, in Hoover. And a ...
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YONKERS, N.Y. — Mattresses by Serta and Sleep Number top the latest list of mattress ratings issued by Consumer Reports. Meanwhile, the top-rated mattress retailer is once again Cleveland-based Original Mattress Factory, a ...
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Dufresne Spencer Group has acquired Phillips Furniture,a St.Louis company with seven licensed Ashley Furniture HomeStores and a namesake store.The stores will continue to operate as usual,according to officials. The deal closed on ...
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Designer Furniture Warehouse here has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with plans to close all but one of its 10 stores. In its petition filed Nov. 13, the retailer listed assets and debts both in the $1 million to $10 million ...
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Bed frame manufacturer The Knickerbocker Bed Co. has appointed 20-year industry veteran Joe Hunt as its vice president of sales and marketing. Hunt most recently was vice president of Eastern region sales for bedding source Dormeo ...
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Top furniture industry executives are happy to comply with any government regulations that result in safer products. However, they question standards that they believe do little or nothing to increase product safety, while layering on ...
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Ashley Furniture Inds. and Ethan Allen haven't given up on their fight to obtain a portion of antidumping duties they believe are legally theirs. On Oct. 3, the two case goods and upholstery manufacturers filed an appeal with the U.S. ...
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City Furniture has opened its newest Ashley Furniture HomeStore showroom with a boost to help Palm Beach County's Habitat for Humanity build affordable homes. At an Aug. 21 grand opening celebration for the showroom at 2101 Palm Beach ...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that Ashley Furniture and Ethan Allen are not eligible to receive millions of dollars in duties in the wooden bedroom furniture antidumping case. In an Aug. 19 decision, the U.S. ...
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City Furniture has opened a 35,000-square-foot Ashley Furniture HomeStore here on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, replacing another temporary location. The store is the third in a five-store expansion underway by the Top 100 company, which ...
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The Nation's Top 25 furniture and bedding retailers posted a double-digit sales gain last year, bolstered by strong bedding specialty and rental store sectors and a big comeback by Walmart. The combined companies on the list grew 2012 ...
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Furniture retailers reporting inconsistent to good business in the midst of this rebounding economy are heading here this week with an eye on price but an even sharper eye out for the new styles, colors and designs that can separate them ...
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Tempur-Pedic International and Ashley Furniture HomeStores owners are donating more than 500 Tempur-Pedic mattresses to families in New York and New Jersey affected by Hurricane Sandy. The American Red Cross and other charitable ...
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Ashley Furniture HomeStores licensee Factory Direct of Secaucus has opened a new warehouse here to support its seven stores in metro New York and New Jersey. Factory Direct, led by owner and President Eugene Chrinian, built the ...
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Retailers, encouraged by the housing market rebound and improving sales trends, are headed to the High Point Market with fairly lengthy shopping lists and an eye on some key categories, color and style trends. For some stores, business ...
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