How to win at the game of life
Trying to control every outcome is impossible. Instead we should control our response to whatever life brings We have so little control over what happens …
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BIA, US licensees gather in Chicago to address multi-brand strategy for 2023
CHICAGO – Leading mattress manufacturer Bedding Industries of America (BIA) brought together 32 executives representing all its U.S. licensees recently to further its multi-brand strategy in …
Uncertainties remain with proposed mandatory tip-over developments
CPSC must review safety, testing standards in updated ASTM F2057 and decided whether to incorporate that into a mandatory safety standard for clothing storage units …
2 Furniture First performance groups hold combined meeting in Austin
Austin, TX: Two of Furniture First’s performance groups for store owners recently held a combined meeting in Austin, Texas. Named Beta and Gamma, the two …
ISFD renames annual student scholarship program Tom Conley Scholarship
Dec. 14, 2022, High Point, NC— In honor of Tom Conley’s dedication to the home furnishings industry the International Society of Furniture Designers’ (ISFD) is …
Inside Universal Furniture’s domestic upholstery operations
Home News Now offers readers a glimpse of the manufacturing process for a category that is becoming more and more important to the whole home …
Thinking inside the (cardboard) box
I have a “go-to” joke whenever I meet or am otherwise forced to hang out with financial planners, investment bankers, crypto traders or the like. …
Reflections on the High Point Market
So, why is the furniture industry based in some small town in North Carolina that is not really very notable otherwise? Wouldn’t it make more …
Being your best means committing to who you really are
We begin life being all that we are. We don’t know otherwise. We respond as best we can to each moment that passes. We learn, we make mistakes, …
HNN Q&A with Tammy Covington Nagem, High Point Market Authority
In May, the High Point Market Authority announced that Tom Conley was retiring from his position as president and chief executive officer at the end …
