North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper Thursday won a temporary restraining order against an online furniture company.
The judge ordered High Point-based N.C. Furniture Buy Direct to end unfair or deceptive trade practices and to stop collecting upfront deposits without ordering furniture.
On Wednesday, Cooper had filed suit against the company and its owners, Darrell Buck and [...]
November 10th, 2006
Politorno, a bedroom, office, living rooms and kitchen furniture manufacturer from Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost Brazilian state, has closed a deal with a distributor from Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The Brazilian company is going to export 500 units of furniture. The deal was closed at Index, the biggest furniture and decoration [...]
November 9th, 2006
High Point, N.C. - When Maxine Clark talks about her company’s new furniture collection for kids, she acts like an excited 9-year-old. She scoots up onto a bunk bed, gets on her knees to pull out a deep toy drawer, and almost giggles when she lifts a shelf to expose a secret hiding place.
Clark is [...]
November 9th, 2006
Ted English, former chief executive of The TJX Cos., has been named to head Bob’s Discount Furniture.
“As Bob’s Discount Furniture continues its growth period, Ted is the perfect high-caliber leader to take us to the next level,” Stan Adelstein, former chief executive and chairman of the board, said Tuesday.
Bob’s, with 25 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, [...]
November 9th, 2006
All used furniture at the Penny Wise Thrift Shop in Bonita Springs will be on sale for half price, this Saturday only.
Proceeds from the shop, run by St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, benefit community service groups as well as the church.
The shop needs room for a house full of donated furniture, so current inventory needs to [...]
November 9th, 2006
Malaysian Furniture Manufacturers have agreed to launch a company in Dubai created to represent them in their joint efforts to expand business in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and further develop markets in the wider Middle East region.
The move comes on the heels of strong sales growth for Malaysian furniture in the UAE, which [...]
November 9th, 2006
Pinckneyville city council members on Monday placed on file for public inspection several measures that will allow McDaniel’s Furniture and Appliances, Inc., to relocate from its present site on the courthouse square to the building formerly occupied by the Illinois Fish Farmers Cooperative.
City commissioners in May gave their approval to the plan, which draws on [...]
November 9th, 2006
Fixtures such as kitchen cabinets, storage units, large reception or conference tables need not be classified as ‘furniture’ for the purpose of levying excise duty, feels the Supreme Court.
While hearing an appeal filed before it, the court opined that it has to be determined whether or not the articles fit the definition of furniture.
Referring to [...]
November 9th, 2006
Jim Carlson Country Almanac : Individually or as a set, these books will serve as a resource and inspiration for home decorators.
Barabara De Witt Los Angeles Daily News : Shows you how to make a simple wooden chair into a gallery piece with culinary charm … reader-friendly instructions.
Arts and Crafts : Step-by-step instructions and [...]
November 8th, 2006
Malaysian Furniture Manufacturers have agreed to launch a company in Dubai created to represent them in their joint efforts to expand business in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and further develop markets in the wider Middle East region.
The move comes on the heels of strong sales growth for Malaysian furniture in the UAE, which [...]
November 8th, 2006