A new, free-standing Ashley Furniture HomeStore is scheduled to open by late August on a 4.4-acre site on Capital Circle Southeast, just north of Apalachee Parkway.
The 45,000-square-foot building will “have its own identity and own presence,” and it will be a “significant improvement” to the current 30,000-square-foot Ashley store, located in a nearby shopping center, [...]
The Portland Museum of Art’s new exhibition pairs architects with furniture makers.
Opening on Saturday, “Getting Personal: Maine Architects Design Furniture” features 15 pieces, many built by Maine artisans.
The exhibit follows the furniture from napkin sketches to final products of wood, concrete and steel.
The show will run through Aug. 28 and is designed to complement the [...]
Bretford, Inc., the leading supplier of high quality technology and media furniture that improves how people work and learn, will showcase a multitude of savvy new products during InfoComm International, June 19-21 in Anaheim, Calif. Developed to support the latest audiovisual technologies, Bretford’s fresh offerings range from digital kiosks to technology presentation carts and [...]
Furniture business owners from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais are to travel to China in September to take advantage of business opportunities presented at Furniture-13th International Furniture Fair.
The event will run from September 12 to 15 and over 1,500 exhibitors vying for a slice of the US$4.3 billion that Chinese consumers spend each year [...]
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58592) has announced the addition of “Furniture Distribution in Sweden†to their offering.
This report offers a comparative analysis of home furniture distribution in Sweden, providing trends in home furniture consumption, distribution channels’ market shares, furniture imports and short company profiles.
Home furniture consumption is broken down by distribution channel: small scale independent retailers, [...]
The National Furniture Bank Association, Decatur, Ga., has announced an additional sponsorship level, “Help1Up Friend,†to accommodate individuals and corporations of all sizes wishing to get involved with furniture banks.
NFBA administers Help1Up, the home furnishings industry’s free, socially responsible, and environmentally friendly used furniture removal service for the general public. The service is made possible [...]
Alliance Data has signed a multi-year agreement to provide private label credit card services for leading regional retailer Gardner-White Furniture Inc. Headquartered in Warren, Michigan, Gardner-White is a top 100 U.S. multi-channel furniture retailer of high-quality, affordable home furnishings. Gardner-White sells merchandise through its website and six retail locations in Michigan, with a seventh location [...]
A company established by the founder Triana Energy is reportedly negotiating to purchase Boll Furniture’s building at 900 Virginia St. E.
Boll Furniture’s going-out-of-business advertisements say the building at the foot of the South Side Bridge has been sold. But no deed has been filed at the Kanawha County Courthouse.
Henry Harmon, founder of Triana Energy, said [...]
Despite declining sales, Champion Industries Inc. reported a second-quarter profit of nearly $1.4 million.
The Huntington-based commercial printing and business furniture supplier’s net income of $1,390,000 translated to 14 cents per share. Champion’s second-quarter net income was down from the same period in 2006, when the company earned a record $1.57 million, or 16 cents per [...]
What do you want in an Office Desk?
It used to be when you decided you needed an office desk, you pretty much were going to get a slab of wood on top of four legs and be sent on your way.
Today when you want to get an office desk, it is a purchase with many [...]