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May 21,
2012 by in UnCategorized 
By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on May 22, 2012
from http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/21/holocaust-survivor-86-knocked-unconscious-playing-peacemaker-over-parking-spot/
Its often an annoyance, but double parking in Brooklyn got downright dangerous after a local store owner and Holocaust survivor said he tried to reason with an angry driver. His parking space peacekeeping efforts got him sent to the hospital.
Furniture Creations owner, Michael Malin may be 86 years old, but that didnt stop him from trying to break up a fight between an employee and a man less than half his age.
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May 21,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on May 22, 2012
from http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Furniture-store-closes-customers-still-waiting-on/QLSX1a0KPE2hbJ0PyTTbrg.cspx
People who purchased furniture at San Antonio, Texas-based Motif Modern Living said they were shocked when the store suddenly closed.
"They just took my money and left, " said Javier Torres. Torres purchased a dinning table from Motif back in February and had been waiting for it ever since.
"$2,034.00 dollars is what I paid to be exact, Torres said.
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May 21,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Financial Reports on May 22, 2012
from http://www.marketwatch.com/story/williams-sonoma-net-down-on-margins-severance-2012-05-22
Williams-Sonoma Inc. fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 2.8 percent, due in part to severance expenses related to an executive's departure in March, while increased shipping offers weakened the high-end home-furnishing retailer's margins.
The company forecast current-quarter earnings of 38 cents to 41 cents, on revenue of $850 million to $870 million, while analysts surveyed by
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May 20,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Legal on May 21, 2012
from http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Buffett_Fan_Suspected_Of_Ripping_Off_Nebraska_Furniture_Mart_152225615.html
From the weird and wacky police blotter we bring you a story about a guy arrested and charged as being part of a check forgery scheme that targeted Omaha-based Nebraska Furniture Mart.
The retailer's security cameras picked up on some suspicious activity and alerted law enforcement. The suspect, when interviewed, voiced relief at being arrested and said he "idolized Warren Buffett."
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May 20,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Case Goods on May 21, 2012
from http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/308941
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co. Chairman John D. Bassett III spoke recently about leadership, his battle against globalization ("the Asian Invasion") and how he managed to be the last furniture maker standing in a region that used to teem with more than 20 factories.
In a recent freewheeling speech to staffers at Virginia Tech, part of the James D. McComas Staff Leadership Seminars, the third-generation furniture maker boiled his principles for competing in the global marketplace into five points.
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