September 13,
2013 by in Economic News, Industry 
U.S. retail sales rose less than expected in August even as demand increased for automobiles and other big-ticket items, the latest sign that economic growth slowed in the third quarter.
The Commerce Department said on Friday retail sales increased 0.2 percent last month as Americans bought automobiles, furniture and electronics and appliances.
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Source: Yahoo! News
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
September 12,
2013 by in Designer Weekly, Industry, Obituaries
Walter Bergquist, 67, a retired fabric sales director and history buff, died Sunday in Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton, N.Y.
September 12,
2013 by in Designer Weekly, Green, Industry
The act of recycling unused materials from a job site, working with products made from reclaimed wood and salvaged parts, and ensuring that the air quality of a property isn't polluted by off-gases are just some of the ways that members of the A&D industry put a green stamp on their work, almost as a matter of routine.
But there are several industry leaders who stand out for having forged a path in the sustainable design field-let's call them influencers.
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Source: Interior Design
September 12,
2013 by in Designer Weekly, Industry, Store Openings
Entrepreneur Jane McCormick has opened Interiors by Jane , a new residential interior design and decorating company in Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Source: Kalamazoo Gazette
September 12,
2013 by in Designer Weekly, Executive Changes, Industry
Roche Bobois has named Patrick Cabaroc director of design for its newly opened 6,000-square-foot design showroom in North Palm Beach, Fla.
September 12,
2013 by in Furniture Retailing, Industry, Store Openings
Bobby Berk Home has opened a store in Los Angeles, the fourth location for the home furnishings retailer.