Furniture Brands International Inc. chairman and CEO, W.G. “Mickey” Holliman, revealed a more positive forecast for the coming quarter but warned that “challenging” retail conditions will have an adverse affect on sales.
Holliman said in a statement, “We continue to pursue cost savings and strategic opportunities in light of these difficult conditions.
“Though business conditions remain challenging, [...]

When it comes to décor, especially outdoors it’s easy to make it classically comfortable with Adirondack furniture. You may be thinking that Adirondack furniture is better suited for a resort on the East coast or a cottage in the woods. But, it now comes in so many shapes, sizes and materials that it is virtually [...]

TAMPA - If a company looks like a corporation and sounds like a franchise, but it’s not, exactly what has kept Badcock Furniture in business for more than 100 years?
Try a dealership.
This business model associated with car dealers and old-time gas stations is the heart of the Mulberry company now called Badcock Home Furniture and [...]

When Lorena Gaxiola got the call to showcase a new line of furniture at the prestigious Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York, she had two months to design, manufacture and ship her wares to the March event.
She made it, and Kuatro Living was on its way.
Just another coup for the young woman behind [...]

Vietnam’s wood furniture exports are rising so fast that manufacturers are having a hard time finding enough wood to meet demand, a government official said Monday.
The country’s wood furniture exports have risen from 219 million dollars in 2000 to 1.9 billion dollars last year. This year, the government projects a further rise to 2.5 billion [...]

William Bew White III has a lofty goal for the family business he founded in 1978: He wants to make Montevallo-based Summer Classics “the Ralph Lauren of outdoor furniture.”
White seems to be on his way. The company’s outdoor furniture line — which includes table and chair sets that cost $4,000 or more — is sold [...]

Furniture executives and consumer safety advocates are working together on voluntary safety standards to prevent certain case pieces from tipping over and injuring children.
An estimated 3,000 children a year are treated for injuries caused by tipped-over furniture or falling TVs. About five a year die from the injuries or from resulting suffocation, according to the [...]

When Jennifer Selby Long relocated from an office with leased furniture to an unfurnished one in February, her decorating problems began.
After shopping at different stores, all that the 43-year-old San Francisco resident could find was furniture made with a “5-feet-10-inch man in mind.” Long, who is 5-foot-6, ended up doing a lot of improvising, buying [...]

When Jennifer Selby Long relocated from an office with leased furniture to an unfurnished one in February, her decorating problems began.
After shopping at different stores, all that the San Francisco resident could find was furniture made with a “5-foot-10-inch man in mind.” Long is 5-foot-6. “Everything is too masculine, edgy, too modern and heavy on [...]

Furniture makers are jumping on the ‘green’ bandwagon
Furniture makers are jumping on the “green” bandwagon with new lines of eco-friendly home furnishings this summer and fall.
Pieces made from natural, renewable resources were the hottest trend at this spring’s High Point Market in North Carolina, according to the American Home Furnishings Alliance.
Among the offerings were [...]