Blog: Optimizing the undervalued
Former furniture exec and business coach Dan Moseley believes it’s time the industry takes a fresh look at employing workers too often viewed as past …
Tag: Covid disruption
Ashley outlines new price increases
ARCADIA, Wis. — Ashley Furniture Inds. is informing retailers of yet more price increases and surcharges coming next month to help cover the relentless rise …
A Covid pulse check on Ikea’s 5-year plan
New stores imminent in San Francisco and South America; price hikes on the way In October 2018, roughly 18 months before Covid first asserted itself …
Havertys accelerates expansion on heels of record year
ATLANTA — After posting record profits and its first $1 billion sales year, Havertys appears ready to keep the momentum going with its most aggressive …
Labor challenges in the furniture C-suite
GREENSBORO, N.C. — We’ve heard all about the labor challenges facing retailers and suppliers in the store, in the warehouse, in the factory, but Randy …
Custom Outdoor Furniture’s business changes for the better
One man’s trash, the late Carrol Holshouser would tell you, is another man’s treasure. In the late 1970s, Holshouser noticed piles of aluminum patio furniture …
Manwah declares ‘Surcharge Decrease Day’
HIGH POINT — Could we be witnessing the beginning of an end to the industry’s long supply chain nightmare? Probably not. But retailers might want …
AFW sets third Phoenix store
Takes a lease as building costs soar PHOENIX — American Furniture Warehouse is leasing a former Costco location here for what will be its third …
Reports: Struggling ABC Carpet & Home exploring bankruptcy, sale
NEW YORK — The high-end ABC Carpet & Home is weighing a bankruptcy filing and/or a sale as it struggles to pay its bills in …
Vietnam extends lockdown
Suppliers warn industry to brace for impact HIGH POINT — The Vietnam government extended and mandated lockdown to at least Aug. 15, and some furniture …
