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From Home Furnishing Business
January 8,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry 
Production will resume Tuesday in some portions of the American Furniture Mfg. plant in Ecru, Miss., that was heavily damaged by fire on Friday.
January 8,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Community / Charitable Support, Designer Weekly, Industry
Karen McNeill, CEO of the American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame, has been named 2018 winner of the WithIt Legacy Award, the highest award bestowed by WithIt, the professional development group for women in the home and furnishings industries.
January 8,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry
Representatives from 25 countries were on hand for Spring Air’s 8th annual Global Summit Conference recently in Taipei, Taiwan, where they received reports on the mattress producer’s success in 2017 and its plans for the new year.
January 8,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Economic News, Industry
Texas-based Rest Right Mattress has become the second online mattress retailer to begin accepting payments with Bitcoin, the popular cryptocurrency.
January 5,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry
Mattress producer King Koil, which has been a licensing organization for much of its 120-year history, is transforming to a manufacturing business model and plans to produce and sell its own products through a dedicated corporate sales force.
January 5,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry
Retailer Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM) has launched a line of wellness products, including a sleep monitor that can be placed on a night stand, as part of an effort to promote healthier lifestyles through improved sleep.
January 5,
2018 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry, Las Vegas, Market
Mattress producer and retailer Brooklyn Bedding, which makes private-label bedding and has an extensive line of bed-in-a-box products, is opening a permanent showroom at the Las Vegas Market.