Ameriwood Furniture in Dowagiac, a division of Quebec-based Dorel Industries, will suspend manufacturing operations as of July 18.
The decision will cost 170 of the plant’s 215-member work force their jobs.
The announcement was made Thursday by Martin Schwartz, Dorel president and chief executive officer, at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Montreal.
A manufacturer of ready-to-assemble furniture, [...]

An industry trend to consolidate domestic production in the face of Asian imports has prompted consumer products maker Dorel Industries Inc. (TSX:DII.B) to suspend manufacturing at its Ameriwood furniture plant in Dowagiac, Mich., affecting 170 of 215 employees there.
“The whole industry is shifting product to China and we’re following,” CEO Martin Schwartz said in an [...]

For Tim Zyto, it was a wake-up call. Then, a call to action. A year ago, Zyto, a Montreal furniture manufacturer and retailer, read a story in Time magazine that asked this seminal question: “Should we be worried about global warming?”
Zyto was very worried after reading it. “I was so shocked, I almost fell over,” [...]

She has finagled two puppies and two cats online for free, so why not ask for furniture?
“Do you have a sad, lonely and unneeded couch, loveseat or recliner chair?” Rana Jean of Maple Heights, Ohio, began her post on the free classifieds Web site www.craigslist.com.
If so, she’ll gladly give the piece a home, she wrote, [...]

Despite being battered by a combination of cheap imports, a stronger Canadian dollar and a U.S. market that’s softening, Canada’s home furniture sector says it has no intention of raising the white flag.
Instead, it’s looking at solutions to give it a leg up on the competition.
“Our members are saying how tough it is, that 2006 [...]

Customs officials cracked open ornate Moroccan furniture to seize more than $2 million worth of hashish smuggled into Canada.
The Canada Border Services Agency seized the 107 kilograms of hashish while acting on a tip from the RCMP. The drugs were seized in Halifax on June 12 but the RCMP investigation led to the June 22 [...]

Furniture maker Shermag Inc. (TSX:SMG) says its fourth-quarter loss grew to $22.7 million, from a year-earlier $13.7 million, on restructuring costs while it moves more of its manufacturing to Asia to combat the impact of a soaring Canadian dollar.
The loss for the full year tripled to $30.6 million.
For the quarter ended March 31, the loss [...]

I clearly remember the moment, before I bought my house, when the real estate agent and I were standing on the front porch while she described the annual Little League opening day parade on my street, Buena Vista Avenue.
I pictured my husband and myself in wicker chairs, watching teams in white uniforms as they [...]

The Fagnidi “African Couture Collection” is being shown this week at the International Home Furnishings Market at one of High Point’s newest venues, The Suites at Market Square (Booth #1-467) located at 305 West High Street. In addition to the “Alpha Chair”, the collection showcases other African inspired pieces designed by Fagnidi including the [...]

Furniture and bicycle maker Dorel Industries Inc. (TSX: DII.MV) says its fourth-quarter earnings fell 35 per cent to $22.6 million US as revenue declined eight per cent.
Earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 30 amounted to 69 cents a diluted share and compared with $34.7 million or $1.05 per share a year earlier, the Montreal company [...]