Industry veteran, Hall of Fame inductee Michael Massood dies at 96
WAYNE, N.J. — Michael Massood Sr., co-founder of MGM Transport Corp. and furniture industry icon, is being remembered by industry leaders for his warmth, generous …
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Cyber attack on the furniture industry, Part 2
Steve Silver Co. was hit by ransomware in August and has one recommendation for the growing number of home furnishings operations at risk of attack: seek expert help now.
Loves Furniture names industry veteran Mack Peters CEO
The chain, born out of Art Van locations at the start of the pandemic, will trim its store count and pause expansion plans
Blog: A Twilight Zone moment for the furniture industry
With Chinese New Year and investigations into Vietnamese imports looming, IHFRA’s Ray Allegrezza strains to see how things play out.
Emma Mason sets clicks-to-bricks strategy
The home furnishings e-commerce retailer has soft-opened the first Emma Mason physical showroom, the first step in its brick-and-mortar expansion plan for the East Coast.
Nationwide Marketing Group responds to COVID, supply challenges
As the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic was becoming clear, more than 1,300 Nationwide Marketing Group member stores closed their doors temporarily. Some eventually would end up closing for good as the complications surrounding the pandemic proved too much to bear. But, perhaps surprisingly, this end scenario proved to be the exception rather than the rule.
Comfort, versatility rule at Showtime: Market report part II
HIGH POINT —Throughout the showrooms of the ITA Showtime Market this week, two themes wound common threads among the fabric producers at the show—comfort and …
Cyber attack slows Century’s communications, but not so much production
Century Furniture was struck by a “malware intrusion” early this month, an attack that crippled its main communications channels temporarily while its IT and other teams worked to sort things out. No sensitive customer information was compromised, and the company’s communications channels were back up and running normally within a few days, said CEO Alex Shuford III.
