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From Home Furnishing Business
September 6,
2013 by in Business Strategy, High Point, Industry, Market 
Industry veteran Bill Cubberley will lead English furniture manufacturer Nathan Furniture Ltd.'s North American launch.
September 6,
2013 by in Business Strategy, Industry
Home furnishings retailer Leon & Lulu has won the Retailer Excellence Award for Store Events from Gifts and Decorative Accessories magazine.
September 6,
2013 by in Business Strategy, High Point, Industry, Market
A furniture company based in Belgium is considering High Point for its U.S. manufacturing operations.
High Point officials made the announcement Thursday. They said BuzziSpace could create up to 113 jobs with an average salary of $41,011.
The company is looking at an empty 105,000 square-foot building.
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Source: WFMY News 2
September 5,
2013 by in Business Strategy, Industry
N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday accused unnamed High Point manufacturers of pushing for a loophole in state law so they can hire illegal immigrants instead of American citizens.
The comment came as McCrory discussed a bill that widens an exemption in checks for citizenship that employers are typically required to run on potential employees.
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Source: News & Record
September 4,
2013 by in Business Strategy, Green, Industry
Consumers are becoming more environmentally conscious in their purchases, and they're willing to pay more in order to own the greener product, according to the Sustainable Furnishings Council's fifth annual consumer research study.
September 4,
2013 by in Business Strategy, Industry
Thunder grumbled outside the offices of Ashley Furniture Industries on Baltimore Road last week, a sound that did not escape the ears of Ron Wanek , the furniture giant's chairman of the board.
"So we're blessed with more rain?" Wanek said.
His wry delivery elicited a few knowing chuckles from those gathered around a small conference table. The rain this summer has been more a curse than a blessing, wreaking havoc on the construction schedule of an $80 million plant that has been hit by a year's worth of setbacks.
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Source: Individual.com
September 3,
2013 by in Business Strategy, Industry
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea plans to accelerate store expansion, a part of its strategy to double sales to around $66 billion by 2020.
The announcement came from Ikea veteran Peter Agnefjall, who became CEO last week. Agnefjall aims to generate 5 percent annual sales growth in existing stores, while another 5 percent sales will come from new store openings.
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Source: Retail Business Review