Citi Retail Services, Overstock launch co-branded Overstock Mastercard
SALT LAKE CITY — Online furnishings retailer Overstock and Citi Retail Services have launched a co-branded Overstock Mastercard. The companies said that the card has …
Author: Thomas Russell
Home News Now Editor-in-Chief Thomas Russell has covered the furniture industry for 25 years at various daily and weekly consumer and trade publications. He can be reached at tom@homenewsnow.com and at 336-508-4616.
Flexsteel reports 34.3% decrease in fiscal Q2 sales
DUBUQUE, Iowa — Full-line furniture resource Flexsteel reported a 34.3% decrease in net sales and an increase in net income for its fiscal second quarter …
ASTM International publishes update to voluntary safety standard for clothing storage units
Publication now requires CPSC to review the changes and promulgate a final rule once it completes its review WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Penn. — ASTM International, a …
Thoughts on the winter Las Vegas Market
Attendance, order-writing activity indicate retailers are eager to fill their floors with goods they want, not desperately need Heading into any furniture Market, no one …
Worker WARN Act claims likely to be consolidated into United’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case
Legal counsel representing former employees believe they still have a good chance of receiving back pay ABERDEEN, Miss. — Now that the United Furniture Industries …
Purple releases preliminary year-end financials
LEHI, Utah — Bedding resource Purple Innovation anticipates net sales of about $574 million and a net loss between $83.7 million and $97.5 million for …
Winter Las Vegas Market nets positive reviews
Exhibitors say attendance appeared back to normal pre-pandemic levels and customers were there to buy LAS VEGAS — Furniture resources in both upholstery and case …
Highlights from the winter Las Vegas Market
Home News Now just returned from the Jan. 29-Feb. 2 Las Vegas Market, which many exhibitors said was the best attended show since January 2020. …
HFA asks members to voice their concerns over proposed CPSC tip-over rule
WASHINGTON — The Home Furnishings Association is asking its members to write their congressional representatives to voice concerns over a proposed tip-over rule that it …
Albany Industries hires Craig Zielinski as chief operating officer
NEW ALBANY, Miss. — Upholstery manufacturer Albany Industries has hired Craig Zielinski as chief operating officer, a role in which he will be involved in …
