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From Home Furnishing Business
April 25,
2018 by Jason Schneider in Business Strategy, Industry, Merchandising 
City Furniture announced its pre-order of five all-electric Tesla Semi trucks, marking the next step in the company’s green approach to business.
October 17,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry, Merchandising
Toronto-based Leon’s Furniture has opened a 432,346 square-foot distribution center in Delta, British Columbia -- a project that represents the largest capital investment the company has ever made in a single property.
August 18,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry, Merchandising
Rug and home furnishings resource Safavieh announced it will build a 1.1 million square-foot distribution center near Savannah, Ga., tripling the capacity of its existing facility there.
May 15,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry, Merchandising
Amazon is planning a bigger push into furniture and appliances with the construction of four large warehouses that will allow it to improve logistics and delivery of the bulky items and compete with the likes of Wayfair, according to a recent report by The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires.
May 4,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry, Merchandising
Retailer Room & Board, which operates 17 stores in nine states and the District of Columbia, plans to build a 250,000 square-foot warehouse and distribution center near Newton, N.C., according to a story in the Charlotte Business Journal.
April 21,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Industry, Merchandising
Eichholtz, a Dutch manufacturer of high-end furniture, lighting and accessories, has opened a U.S. warehouse to facilitate the expansion of its U.S. and Canadian distribution.
April 13,
2017 by Larry Thomas in Bedroom, Industry, Merchandising, Product
Customatic, a major supplier of adjustable beds, has issued a voluntary recall of about 50,000 units because of a possible electric shock hazard from the bed’s side-mounted AC outlets.