Sherrill Furniture advances domestic manufacturing initiatives
The company has begun shipping from its new upholstery plant, while investing in new equipment for case goods production at Hickory White HICKORY, N.C. – …
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.
A sneak peak at Meximuebles
JAMAY, Jalisco — This week Home News Now’s Tom Russell traveled to Mexico to visit case goods manufacturer Meximuebles. The company has two plants here along …
Is there a silver lining to interest rate hike?
Now may be the opportune time for the industry to take an aggressive marketing approach Last week’s announcement of the largest interest rate hike by …
Furniture Manufacturing Expo set for July 20-21 in Hickory, North Carolina
HICKORY, N.C. – The fifth edition of the Furniture Manufacturing Expo will be held here from July 20-21, promising to be the biggest event yet …
Jury awards Raffel Systems $106.8M for Man Wah’s alleged stealing of intellectual property
Cap on punitive damages may place actual award at just over $11 million GERMANTOWN, Wisc. — A federal jury has awarded Germantown-based Raffel Systems nearly $107 …
G.I. Jobs names Todd Wanek among 2022 Veteran Champions of the Year in Corporate America
ARCADIA, Wis. – G.I. Jobs recently announced the 2022 Veteran Champions of the Year in Corporate America honorees, including Todd Wanek, President and CEO of Ashley …
Legislation aims to curb China’s use of forced labor
Effective this month, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act will monitor goods made in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A recent alert …
North Carolina resumes Go Global Road Show events this summer
Pandemic-related travel restrictions kept international trade reps from participating the past 2 years RALEIGH, N.C. — After a nearly three-year pandemic-induced hiatus, the North Carolina …
Costs mount for Stanley Furniture deferred compensation plan
Company owes nearly $900K to former execs who had part of their pay deferred for retirement HIGH POINT — The amount that Stanley Furniture owes …
Marty Melcher joins Legends Furniture as vice president sales, bedding
TOLLESON, Ariz. — Industry veteran Marty Melcher has joined Legends Furniture as vice president, sales for bedding, a new position. He comes to the company …
