The value of our struggles
Difficulties, obstacles, setbacks, struggles are part of everyday life. We try to talk our way out of them, we try to avoid them, we bemoan their …
Category: Education
AHFA Foundation awards $54K in educational grants
HIGH POINT, NC – The American Home Furnishings Alliance Furniture Foundation has awarded $54,000 in educational grants for 2024. The Furniture Foundation was established in …
WithIt Scholarship Foundation awards $36K to students for 2024-25 school year
HIGH POINT — The WithIt Scholarship Foundation has given $36,000 in various amounts to students for the 2024-25 school year through the WithIt Scholarship Foundation. …
HPMA accepts applications for 2025 Style Spotters program through July 26
HIGH POINT — The High Point Market Authority (HPMA) announces its call for influential interior designers and other industry tastemakers to lead its signature Style Spotters …
Broad River Retail awards $65K in scholarships through Founders Scholarship Fund
FORT MILL, S.C. — Broad River Retail (BRR), one of the largest and fastest-growing independently owned and operated Ashley Store licensees, awarded $65,000 in scholarships …
In defense of the independent sales rep
They say no good deed goes unpunished. They also say good things come in threes. As someone strange enough to take Latin in high school, I …
La-Z-Boy continues to focus on its growing retail footprint
Company is looking to have 400 stores in the next several years, up from 355 at the end of its latest fiscal year ended April …
Meridian helps dealer Best Buy Furniture attract younger customers through social media
NEW YORK–Meridian Furniture, a fast-growing furniture brand serving retailers and designers with a vast, ever-changing product line of reasonably priced, high-style designs sourced globally, is …
The soul-less profiteering of container carriers
A news item published by Bloomberg tells us all we need to know about the supposed container shortage on the world’s oceans, a pirate problem …
Dressers sold at Rooms To Go recalled because of tip-over, child entrapment hazard
This is the 2nd recall in 2 months of a unit sold exclusively at Rooms To Go that allegedly does not meet the requirements of …
