Furniture Mart USA CEO Heinitz retires
Veteran leadership succession team announced but the CEO post remains open SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Jim Heinitz, CEO of Furniture Mart USA, retired from the …
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Precision Textiles develops “SlumberBundle” package of bedding items under SlumberShield brand
Kits designed to capture consumers at key purchasing moment TOTOWA, N.J. – Precision Textiles, a leading supplier of coated fabrics, non-wovens and laminations for the bedding, …
Franchise Group completes FFO Home purchase
ORLANDO, Fla.— Franchise Group has completed its acquisition of FFO Home and immediately will begin rebranding the more than 31 stores to American Freight Furniture, …
Furniture flammability legislation included in omnibus bill
The AHFA-backed upholstered furniture flammability legislation mandates CPSC adoption of CA TB 117-2013. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress on …
Rent-A-Center to fuel virtual lease-to-own growth with $1.65B Acima acquisition
Rent-A-Center announced plans to acquire virtual lease-to-own company Acima Holdings in a $1.65 billion deal expected to propel its Preferred Lease business past $2 billion in annual revenues and its overall revenue past $4 billion.
Blog: Has time and COVID made furniture markets obsolete?
Therapedic International’s CEO says the pandemic has opened eyes to both the value and under-utilization of market showrooms.
Glen Raven invests in major expansion
Glen Raven is devoting more than $65 million to create additional capacity and support ongoing sustainability initiatives. BURLINGTON, N.C. — Glen Raven Custom Fabrics announced …
7 tools to gauge the direction of the economy and 1 thought on rising ransomware attacks
CPA and author Gene Marks says government statistics are politicized and lagging, and economists don’t have all the answers, either SAN DIEGO — Columnist, author …
And the Eddie goes to …
SAN DIEGO — Cattelan Italia is the winter of the Contemporary Design Group’s 2020 Edward Haimsohn Design Award for its Butterfly Table, featuring a steel …
