Furniture News
EC school furniture saga drags on through the courts
MANY Eastern Cape schools are likely to go through the rest of this academic year with no school furniture as the Education Department is still embroiled in a bitter legal battle over a R102million tender.
Earlier this year, the department was slapped with an interdict by the Bhisho High Court after Bongile Nkola, the managing director [...]
Furniture from Recycled Paper Puts Particle Board to Shame
The trees on the hill want to thank the people of Way Basics for coming up with a great plan to help save the planet and decorate a home at the same time.
Modular furniture is made from 99% recycled paper. It is as strong as particle board, but is 62% lighter. Plus, unlike particle boards [...]
Furniture firm stops work at Norwalk plant
Norwalk Furniture Corp., the city’s largest manufacturer and its second-biggest employer, suspended operations at its local facility yesterday, idling more than 500 workers.
The company told its local employees that they were not to report to work yesterday, and referred any questions to its human resources department. It gave no indication whether the shutdown would be [...]
Buying someone else’s furniture
My name is Sara Sandock, and I have recently joined Furniture Style as Managing Editor. My portfolio includes several business-to-business publications, covering a variety of topics including interior design. I am thrilled to be working exclusively in the home furnishings industry and am especially smitten because I am currently in the process of buying a [...]
Furniture Index Dips To Record Low
The Furniture Buying Index produced by America’s Research Group, Charleston, S.C., reached its lowest level for July since the firm headed by Britt Beemer began compiling it in 1992.
The Furniture Buying Index, which is based upon interviews with 5,000 to 8,000 consumers across the country, dropped a point to 57 at the start of July. [...]
Furniture Plus promotes ‘island hoppin’
Furniture Plus on Grand Bahama will be joining its sister store in New Providence in conducting store wide promotions giving their customers chances to win super prizes and much more.
The store will be ‘living it up’ in Grand Bahama with live remotes and free Bahamian tasty treats for all visitors on Saturdays.
“This will be our [...]
Family furniture store has deep roots in Dunn
Brothers Mel and Richard Baer grew up working in their family’s department store in Dunn, doing everything from sweeping floors to delivering furniture.
“We always had a job, and we helped out on weekends, summers and holidays,” Mel Baer said.
“We never had any idea we’d come back into the business,” Richard Baer added.
The brothers now co-own [...]
Factory fire destroys furniture store
The blaze broke out shortly before midnight at the Furniture Spot store on Great Eastern Highway.
Police believed the fire was lit deliberately.
It took firefighters 20 minutes to bring the blaze under control, and several hours to dampen the site.
The scene has been cordoned off in preparation for the police arson squad and fire and emergency [...]
Furniture Brands to switch to operating company
Furniture maker Furniture Brands International Inc. said it is switching to an operating company model from a holding company structure and will move to a new world headquarters in Clayton, Mo.
After the market closed Thursday, the company said it will employ about 225 employees after the move.
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Furniture Brands Issues Open Letter to Stockholders
Our Board of Directors recently extended the company’s stockholder rights agreement for three years, and I’d like to take this opportunity to discuss how this action benefits all stockholders.
From its inception in 1998, the stockholder rights agreement has been designed to ensure that any party seeking to acquire Furniture Brands offers a price that provides [...]