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December 13,
2016 by Larry Thomas in Executive Changes, Industry 
Champion Thread Co., a leading supplier of industrial sewing threads, engineered yarns, and other textile and sewn products, has promoted Jim Lee to vice president of business development.
December 13,
2016 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry
Specialty bedding producer Pure Talalay Bliss -- the direct-to-retail division of Talalay Global -- has appointed Paul Berman, Sami Hamadeh and William Boehle as territory managers.
December 12,
2016 by Larry Thomas in Economic News, Industry
A new report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development shows that new home construction is up 23% since 2009, while new home completions in the first half of 2016 were up 15% from the first half of 2015.
December 12,
2016 by Larry Thomas in Business Strategy, Industry
Latexco US, a producer of latex and technical polyurethane foams, has named Jim Gutierrez as general manager of its Latexco US West facility in Santa Fe Spring, Calif.
December 12,
2016 by Larry Thomas in Green, Industry
Magniflex USA, the domestic subsidiary of Italian bedding manufacturer Magniflex, said its Toscana mattress collection has been certified by GOTS, the Global Organic Textile Standard issued by the Institute for Ethical and Environmental Certification.
December 12,
2016 by Larry Thomas in Community / Charitable Support, Industry
Employees of Bob’s Discount Furniture recently donned Cat in the Hat costumes at Elliott Hospital in Manchester, N.H., as part of the “Reach Out and Read” program that provides books to children who are patients at hospitals and pediatric practices.
December 9,
2016 by Larry Thomas in Financial Reports, Industry
Restoration Hardware Holdings (NYSE: RH) said revenues rose 3.2% to $549.3 million for the quarter ended Oct. 30, but profits were well below the same quarter last year due to a variety of capital spending projects, including the launch of RH Modern.