Purple announces plan to consolidate manufacturing operations
2 plants will close in Utah with capacity shifting to its McDonough, Georgia, facility LEHI, Utah — Bedding resource Purple Innovation is closing two manufacturing …
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Pyxd Inc. launches AI-powered product photography platform
Pyxd Inc., a pioneer in visual merchandising technology, has launched PyxMagic, an AI-powered product photography platform purpose-built to help manufacturers and retailers accelerate time to …
Year-over-year July existing home sales drop 2.5%
This is less than half the year-over-year decrease recorded in June as sales rose in the Northeast and West, but fell in the Midwest and …
Ashley donates 50 beds to Children’s Home Society of Florida with opening of Daytona Beach store
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In celebration of the grand opening of their new store in Daytona Beach, Ashley, in collaboration with Hope to Dream, a non-profit …
Lifestyle Enterprise expands mixable furniture program from Malaysia
Mixing initiative that began with bedrooms in mid-2022 now includes dining and occasional plus stationary and motion upholstery and chairs HIGH POINT — Full-line furniture …
La-Z-Boy reports 3% increase in Q1 sales
Improvement is driven by gains on the wholesale side of the business and offset by lower sales to its retail stores and lower delivered volume …
Lowe’s reports 5.1% decrease in Q2 sales
Home improvement retailer said drop was driven by continued pressure in DIY, bigger-ticket discretionary spending MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Home improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos. reported a …
Spring Air International names Nick Bates CEO
WOBURN, Mass. – Spring Air International, a Top 20 U.S. bedding manufacturer and widely known consumer brand, announced that Nick Bates, its president since 2017, …
A chat with Charlie Malouf and Manny Rodrigues of Broad River Retail
In this latest episode of The Last Word, Home News Now Editor-at-Large Ray Allegrezza interviews the executives who turned their Ashley store network into one …
A story of crime, corruption and intrigue in an old prison furniture factory
Summer is the time for binge reading, and when I read history, I read all of the footnotes. I’m interested in the sources, the marginalia, the parentheticals. …
