Vietnam lockdown strikes another blow to furniture supply chain
Production is hampered during a two-week lockdown as importers scramble to secure vaccines By Clint Engel and Tom Russell HIGH POINT — The situation in Vietnam …
Category: Manufacturing
CPSC releases proposed rule for clothing storage furniture
And AHFA says most product on the market wouldn’t pass HIGH POINT, N.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released a Notice of …
Manwah halts Vietnam production as lockdown is extended
Company aims to buy 9,000 vaccines to avoid a Covid-driven cycle of stops and starts Asian upholstery producer Manwah is informing customers that government panic …
Purple to expanding Georgia plant
Atlanta, GA – Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced Purple Innovation, Inc. (“Purple”), a comfort technology company known for creating the Purple® Mattress, will expand its …
Bew White to receive ICFA Lifetime Achievement Award
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Summer Classics founder William Bew White III is this year’s recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the International Casual …
Vaughan-Bassett invokes “wartime” tactics to meet increased demand
Vaughan-Bassett made a series of changes that helped increase its production of bedroom furniture by nearly 70 percent. Now the company is on pace to sell $100 million in 2021.
Industry veteran Niles Cornelius retires from HSM
HICKORY, N.C. – Niles Cornelius, a bedding industry veteran who has held a variety of executive positions with Hickory Springs Manufacturing (“HSM”), will retire from his …
Simply Amish launches fully redesigned website to support dealers and designers
Enables customers to customize furniture online, submit for quote ARCOLA, IL, June 23, 2021—While Simply Amish unveiled a number of new looks at the late …
First Tuesday chairman reponds to Premarket changes
The following is a letter to First Tuesday Committee members from Kevin Castellani, director of corporate communications at Manwah USA and chairman of the First …
A Premarket reset
Sponsors shorten time, make other moves to rein in the event and bring dealers’ full attention back to official High Point Market HIGH POINT — …
