January 3,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Economic News, Financial Reports, Industry 
Steinhoff International, the troubled parent company of Mattress Firm and a number of other furniture retailers and manufacturers in Europe, Asia and Africa, said an investigation of its finances revealed the company will have to restate its financial statements from the 2015 and 2016 fiscal years.
January 3,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Executive Changes, Industry
Mark Speese, the longtime CEO of Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ: RCII) who lost his board of directors’ seat in a proxy fight last year, has resigned as CEO and is being replaced by former company president Mitchell Fadel.
January 3,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Executive Changes, Industry
Case goods and upholstery resource A.R.T. Furniture has promoted John Scarsella to Midwest regional sales manager.
January 3,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry, Las Vegas, Market
Las Vegas Market said its recent partnership with the Good Toy Group, an organization for independent toy retailers, gives the market a record 36 alliances with a variety of industry organizations for the upcoming Winter Market.
January 2,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Economic News, Industry
The percentage of income spent on furniture and appliances varies little between low- and high-income households, according to the latest Consumer Expenditure Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
January 2,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Community / Charitable Support, Industry
John Portman Jr., who founded what is now AmericasMart and gained worldwide fame as an architect and developer, died Dec. 29 at age 93.
January 2,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Economic News, Industry
Furniture factory orders rebounded in October, registering an 8% increase over the same month in 2016, according to the latest survey from the Smith Leonard accounting and consulting firm.