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From Home Furnishing Business
January 23,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry 
Mattress producer King Koil, which is transitioning from a licensee structure to a direct manufacturing model, will open its first company-owned factory in April in the Phoenix suburb of Avondale, Ariz.
January 23,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry, Las Vegas, Market, Store Openings
Leather upholstery resource Lazzaro Leather will open its first permanent Las Vegas showroom in time for this month’s Winter Market.
January 23,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry, Las Vegas, Market, Store Openings
Badgley Mischka Home, an upper-end line of furniture, décor and home accent items, will make its Las Vegas Market debut this month in the Salon West section of the show, space C-500.
January 22,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry
Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ: RCII) has signed a non-disclosure agreement with the investment firm Vintage Capital while the two sides discuss a buyout of the troubled rent-to-own major.
January 22,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry, Las Vegas, Market, Special Events
WithIt, the women’s leadership development network for the home and furnishings industry, has named the recipients of the 2018 WOW Awards, which will be presented during a gala dinner on Sunday, Jan. 28th during the Las Vegas Market.
January 19,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry
Simba, a U.K.-based producer of mattresses, adjustable beds and related sleep products primarily for e-commerce, has signed a distribution agreement with Canadian importer Primo International covering North and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
January 19,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry
Perq, a provider of research and software related to online consumer engagement and behavior, has become a service partner for the Furniture First buying group.