July 22,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Aggregated Content in Legal on July 23, 2011
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The former owners of WOW Furniture and Drews Furniture Depot in Nashville, Tenn., agreed Friday to never engage in future illegal business practices.
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July 21,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in on July 22, 2011
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Former Robb & Stucky CEO Clive Lubner and his son Dan are opening a new home furnishings store in the Naples location of upscale furniture chain Robb & Stucky, whose assets were liquidated earlier this year in bankruptcy court...Lots of the ideas weve had for the past few months and not had the opportunity,...
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July 21,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Retail Closings on July 22, 2011
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Larrys Furniture in Winder, Ga., will close after 63 years in business.
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July 21,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on July 22, 2011
Furniture Row's Denver Mattress Co. and the
Tim Tebow Foundation collaborated to raise $200,000 for the "Your Dreams Improve and so Do Theirs" campaign in support of orphanage services.
The promotion pledged that Denver Mattress would donate $15 to the foundation, started by the Denver Broncos quarterback, for every mattress sold between May 19th and June 22nd. Components of the campaign included in-store signage, radio commercials, newspaper ads, catalogs, magazines, digital components, social media, online landing pages, and television advertisements.
The original promotion was set with a $100,000 cap, but that figure was reached quickly. From there Dan Visser, president of Denver Mattress, increased the cap to $200,000.
"Denver Mattress Company was thrilled to be able to go above and beyond what we had originally set out to do," Visser said. "We look forward to future opportunities to make a positive impact in the world."
July 21,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Rugs on July 22, 2011
Five more rug vendors have joined GoodWeave's efforts to end child labor in the rug industry and to offer educational opportunities to children in South Asia.
The latest companies to earn the GoodWeave label include:
* Monterey, Mexico-based Calvirugs, which makes sculptural rugs using hand woven wool, silk and hemp in designs derived from natural textures and urban materials. Calvirugs also collaborates with the Mohair Council of America by donating yarn to indigenous Mexican weavers.
* Christina Ruhaak Design(http://www.christinaruhaak.com/) in Chicago, Ill., uses silk and hand-spun Tibetan wools to make rugs that play with saturated bright colors and texture. Owner Christina Ruhaak sought out ethical mills through GoodWeave before beginning her business.
* Indo Designer Rugs Trading Inc., based in Calgary, Alberta, sells hand knotted wool and silk rugs to customers in North America, Europe, and Japan. Owner Rana Mehrotra travels to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and his wife and co-owner Anchals home town of Varanasi, India to find rugs for the companys customers.
* InnerAsia, Hanover, N.H., works to revitalize Tibet's rich rug weaving heritage and promote Tibetan arts and crafts. Tibetan-born Founder Kesang Tashi has trained new generations of weavers and created wide ranging collections of wool and silk rugs in traditional, transitional and contemporary designs. The collaboration with GoodWeave embodies Tashi's Buddhist heritage and longstanding commitment to social responsibility, merging commerce with compassion.
* West Coast-based Shivhon integrates social responsibility into the production of custom, handmade wool and silk knotted rugs with nature-inspired designs. Shivhon aims to make rugs in an environmentally sustainable way while also ensuring fair prices for consumers and fair wages for workers.
The rugs produced by these five companies are available in nearly 50 retail locations across North America.
GoodWeave USA now licenses more than 80 North American importers to use the GoodWeave label on their child-labor-free rugs. GoodWeave conducts frequent, unannounced inspections of the looms of these licensed companies to ensure they employ adults only. Each company also pays licensing fees that help support the rescue, rehabilitation and education of former child weavers and other at-risk children in weaving communities among many other social initiatives.
"As GoodWeave participants, these companies help bring positive social change to the communities where their rugs are made and demonstrate a commitment to the quality and integrity that only a skilled adult weaver can bring to the craft of rugmaking," said Nina Smith, executive director of GoodWeave USA. "Each company that joins GoodWeave and the consumers who purchase their child-labor-free rugs help bring us closer to ending child labor."