Arkansas

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Furniture Row Adds One More Store

May 20th, 2007

People looking for furniture can buy everything from beds to couches to mattresses and tables at one place — Furniture Row, along South Thompson Street in Springdale.
Furniture row now has a new kid on the block, My Furniture, My Way.
The Nickell family, owners of Factory Return Outlet in Rogers, opened My Furniture, My Way on [...]


Wicker furniture popular from ancient Egypt until now

May 19th, 2007

Wicker furniture has been used since the ancient Egyptians, but most of today’s collectors are buying pieces made in the 1800s and 1900s.
In the early 1830s, a Boston grocer named Cyrus Wakefield was watching ships unpacking cargo. Bundles of rattan wrapping were discarded. He thought it might be suitable as a material for furniture, [...]


La-Z-Boy To Consolidate Operations – Close Plants In NC & MS

March 9th, 2007

La-Z-Boy Incorporated announced a restructuring plan which will include the closures of its Lincolnton, North Carolina and Iuka, Mississippi upholstery manufacturing facilities, the closure of its rough mill lumber operation in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, the consolidation of three operations into one at Kincaid’s Taylorsville, North Carolina upholstery operation and the elimination of a number [...]


The Barber Group files plans for six Bellafont buildings

December 25th, 2006

First there was furniture, then characters from Darth Vader to sassy French maids took it over.
A building at the corner of Eighth and Walnut streets in Rogers housed a furniture store until it went out of business in the past year, then was temporary quarters for costume seller Halloween Express.
The building is becoming a furniture [...]


Furniture store donates to local Children’s Miracle Network

December 15th, 2006

The Children’s Miracle Network of CoxHealth recently received a $3,600 donation from Hank’s Fine Furniture stores, CoxHealth announced today.
The money was raised during Hank’s annual CMN anniversary event. This is the 11th year that a portion of the store’s retail sales were donated to CMN.
Since the fundraiser’s creation, more than $500,000 has been donated to [...]


Historic Rogers Building Now Home to Modern Furniture Store

November 26th, 2006

A bicoastal man who grew up in Los Angeles and New York City has opened a modern furniture store in an historic building in downtown Rogers.
Dan Stiel opened Abetica on Friday in 2,500 square feet in the Union Block building at 124 W. Walnut St. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic [...]


Dillard’s posts profit on strong furniture sales

August 15th, 2006

Department store chain Dillard’s Inc. on Monday posted a quarterly profit, helped by strong demand for furniture in areas recovering from last year’s hurricanes.
Dillard’s posted net income of $15.7 million, or 20 cents per share, in the second quarter ended on July 29, compared with a year-earlier loss of $12.3 million, or 15 cents per [...]


Wal-Mart to pay $315,000, RTG Furniture to pay $275,000 to settle EEOC harassment suits

June 7th, 2006

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the settlements of separate employment discrimination lawsuits filed against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc and RTG Furniture Corp for a combined total of $590,000 on behalf of five individuals who were subjected to egregious sexual and racial harassment at stores in Central Florida. In addition to the monetary relief, [...]


American Furniture going green – Bizjournals

November 24th, 2005

American Furniture Warehouse Co. of Englewood, one of the country’s largest chains of furniture stores, is going the way of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s new, environmentally friendly superstores with its newest location.
The Colorado retailer plans to break ground on its 11th store, located in Firestone, on Nov. 30, and will unveil the facility’s special features [...]