News archive for January, 2006

Results 31 - 38 of about 38 news for the month of January, 2006.

Universal Furniture Expands in San Francisco

January 11th, 2006

Universal Furniture, a leader in high-quality, fashionable and easy to live with furniture for the home, is expanding its presence in San Francisco in time for the San Francisco Mart’s Winter Show, which runs Thursday-Sunday, February 2-5.
The showroom will be open during the Winter Home Furnishings Show as well as throughout the year. The gallery-style [...]

Furniture dealers are facing new competitive pressures

January 10th, 2006

The retail furniture business in Central Jersey is in for more change in 2006, as several independent stores — some having endured for generations — are leaving the market while some national names will be arriving or expanding.
New, less expensive lines of furniture and a wider array of distribution channels are among the factors cited [...]

American Craft Brewers Unite to Celebrate Benjamin Franklin’s 300th Birthday

January 10th, 2006

Approximately 100 American craft breweries from 35 different states join together in celebrating the 300th birthday of Benjamin Franklin this month. They do so with Poor Richard’s Ale, a beer brewed from a common recipe in recent weeks at scores of breweries all across America.
“To our knowledge, a single recipe has never been produced in [...]

Ashley Furniture HomeStore to build new store in Great Falls

January 8th, 2006

Ashley Furniture HomeStore and Sleep City U.S.A. will build a new store on the east end of 10th Avenue South this year.
The 40,000-square-foot store will be located between the former Kmart building at 4400 10th Ave. S. and Conlin’s Furniture at 4600 10th Ave. S.
The Great Falls store will be the fifth owned by Jed [...]

Office furniture makers slow to add to work force

January 8th, 2006

By all accounts, the office-furniture industry had a solid year.
Shipments are up, sales are solid and profits are peppy.
So where are the jobs?
Post-recession caution, streamlined manufacturing and foreign parts outsourcing has prevented West Michigan’s office furniture makers from a hiring blitz that is usually associated with such stellar financial results.
Post-recession caution, streamlined manufacturing and [...]

Renew furniture with color

January 8th, 2006

Think of Peggy Boyd as a time traveler, transporting your furniture back and forth through the generations.
In her furniture-painting business, Peggy Boyd Designs, which recently moved from a garage studio at her home into a gleaming new storefront in West Des Moines’ Valley Junction, Boyd makes antique furniture appear new and new furniture appear antique.
She [...]

Goodwood Interiors

January 8th, 2006

Good Wood is a fast growing furniture factory set in the heart of the Indonesian teak plantations. Founded in November 1996 and operated under Dutch-Indonesian management it employs 250 people. The success is reflected in the 750 containers that Goodwood has shipped during the first nine years of business, mainly to the competitive markets [...]

Kreasi Maratindus: Manufacturer of Rattan combined with iron, wood, and leather

January 4th, 2006

To expert of fine furniture, the name of KREASI MARATINDUS, KREASI is synonymous with imaginative and creation. For over 10 years, the company has built a reputation for design and quality.
KREASI MARATINDUS is well known for creating high - end designer furniture of rattan. In 1989 with idea that the natural strength and beauty of [...]