Tornado damages Rome, New York, businesses, homes, including Michael J. Uvanni Interiors
Owner Michael Uvanni describes historic downtown area hit by winds exceeding 130 mph like a ‘war zone’ ROME, N.Y. — A tornado that tore through …
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.
Jordan’s Furniture hires Peter Halunen as director, merchandising
EAST TAUNTON, Mass. — Retailer Jordan’s Furniture has hired industry veteran Peter Halunen as director of merchandising, a new position. Halunen starts the new job …
Ashley announces $80 million expansion of Mississippi foam, mattress production facilities
Growth initiative expected to create 500 new jobs JACKSON, Miss. — Ashley Furniture Industries announced plans to invest $80 million in an expansion of two …
ChargeAfter partners with Snap Finance on embedded lending platform
NEW YORK — ChargeAfter, the embedded lending platform for point-of-sale financing, announces its partnership with Snap Finance, a fast, flexible pay-over-time financing option provider. The collaboration …
Malouf promotes Joel Dewberry to chief marketing officer
LOGAN, Utah — Malouf has promoted Joel Dewberry to chief marketing officer, a new position. Dewberry was previously Malouf’s vice president of marketing and e-commerce, …
June furniture store sales fall 4% compared with June 2023
Decline is smallest since the start of the year, signaling some slight improvement at retail WASHINGTON — Furniture store sales fell 4% in June compared …
Interest in reshoring continues
Latest Reshoring Initiative report identifies global factors that are driving manufacturing back to the US HIGH POINT — Reshoring continues to be an attractive alternative …
Bassett reveals details of plant consolidation effort
Move aims to create efficiencies in domestic wood production, while also better utilizing existing capacity MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Bassett Furniture’s plans to shift its domestic …
Security breach halts some Bassett Furniture operations
Company said that it detected unauthorized occurrences on part of its IT systems that have impacted its ability to fulfill orders BASSETT, Va. — Full-line …
Dorel Home ceasing manufacturing in Tiffin, Ohio
Move will impact as many as 130 hourly personnel TIFFIN, Ohio — Dorel Home is eliminating as many as 130 hourly jobs at its Ameriwood …
