Pending home sales rise 1.1% from May 2024
Activity rises in the Midwest and South, while declining in the Northeast and West WASHINGTON — May pending home sales rose 1.1% from May 2024, …
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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.
Jonathan Charles doubles previously announced price increase
Adjustment falls on heels of recent doubling of tariffs on Vietnam HIGH POINT — Luxury furniture manufacturer Jonathan Charles recently told its customers that increasing …
April furniture orders, shipments decline from April 2024
Smith Leonard Furniture Insights survey shows that orders and shipments also were down in the single digits compared with March HIGH POINT — New orders …
Dorel Home to cease all North American manufacturing
The move, along with other consolidation efforts, aims to return the segment to profitability sometime next year CORNWALL, Ontario — Dorel Industries has decided to …
Survey analyzes spending on home appliances that compete with furniture purchases
Many of these improvements cost consumers thousands of dollars, thus potentially delaying spending on things like furniture HIGH POINT — Stating the obvious, owning a …
EPR packaging laws are on the horizon in several states
Rules aim to help divert product shipping materials such as cardboard, plastics and foam from the public waste stream WASHINGTON — The implementation of Extended …
Elk Home to cease operations, liquidate its entire inventory
GA Group to handle liquidation process of company founded in 1983 NESQUEHONING, Pa. – Furniture and lighting resource Elk Home is liquidating its entire inventory, …
Existing home sales post smallest year-over-year decline since February
Sales also rose .8% from April, marking a modest gain during the height of the spring selling season WASHINGTON — Year-over-year existing home sales in …
2 more luxury furniture resources announce plans to implement tariff-related increases
Christopher Guy will apply a surcharge to all new orders starting July 1; Jonathan Charles to implement price increase effective July 16 HIGH POINT More …
Kuka Sleep names Jefre Ramos VP, marketing
HIGH POINT — Kuka Home bedding division Kuka Sleep has named Jefre Ramos vice president of marketing. Ramos has more than 15 years of marketing …
