September 13,
2013 by in Industry, Special Events 
Organizers of Saturday's 20th annual Bassett Heritage Festival had the bands hired and the details plotted out: For the first time, the festival would be held on land where the first Bassett Furniture Inds. factory once stood, back when it was this small unincorporated town's reason for being.
Old-timers still call that 1902 plant "Old Town," even though it closed in 1989, the first Bassett factory to fall as imports from Asia decimated Southern furniture- and textile-making, wiping out almost half of the jobs in Martinsville and Henry County alone.
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Source: The Roanoke Times
August 30,
2013 by in Industry, Special Events
The Ronald McDonald House Charities has honored furniture supplier La-Z-Boy as the recipient of the 2013 of the RMHC Outstanding Stewardship Award.
August 29,
2013 by in Industry, Market, Special Events
Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, have named the judges for the 25th annual ARTS Awards.
August 26,
2013 by in Industry, Special Events
Retail buying consortium MEGA Group USA reported a 35 percent jump in attendance over its summer record for last week's national conference in Nashville, Tenn.
August 22,
2013 by in Industry, Special Events
George Cartledge Jr. of furniture retailer Grand Home Furnishings will be inducted into the Southwest Virginia Business Hall of Fame
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Source: Roanoke Times
August 21,
2013 by in Industry, Special Events
Interior designer Adriana Hoyos will host the 25th Annual American Furniture Hall of Fame induction banquet at the Fall High Point Market.
August 15,
2013 by in Industry, Special Events
State Rep. John Kuempel has recognized Starcke Furniture Co. of Seguin with a Texas Treasure Business Award from the Texas Historical Commission.