October 8,
        2015   by   in Business Strategy, Industry, Product, Upholstery   
  
        
    
    Motion and upholstery supplier Flexsteel Inds. has completed a total rebranding effort through its partnership with a digital creative agency.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        October 8,
        2015   by   in Business Strategy, Industry, Product, Upholstery   
  
        
    
    Ashley Furniture has started construction on a $6 million upholstery factory and distribution center in Ecru, Miss.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        October 8,
        2015   by   in Bedding, Business Strategy, Industry, Product, Upholstery   
  
        
    
    Intertek in Kentwood, Mich., has been approved by the Alliance for Flexible Polyurethane Foam/CertiPUR-US board of directors to certify flexible polyurethane foam for use in upholstery and mattresses.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        October 8,
        2015   by   in High Point, Industry, Market, Special Events   
  
        
    
    Universal Furniture will present a slate of seminars and events at its Learning Center during the Fall High Point Market.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        October 7,
        2015   by   in Furniture Retailing, Industry   
  
        
    
    
Restoration Hardware (NYSE: RH) opens its Chicago store featuring an abundance of amenities, including a café, pastry and espresso bar, and wine tasting room, today. 
The store—RH Chicago, The Gallery at Three Arts Club—is located on Chicago’s Gold Coast on Dearborn Parkway.Consumers visiting the store can enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner in the store’s central garden courtyard featuring olive trees and a fountain.From a merchandising standpoint, the store includes the retailer’s newest business concepts RH Modern and RH Teen.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        October 7,
        2015   by   in Business Strategy, Industry   
  
        
    
    Lighting and home furnishings supplier Arteriors has expanded its international availability with three distribution agreements.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        October 7,
        2015   by   in Economic News, Furniture Retailing, Industry   
  
        
    
    Havertys Furniture Co. (NYSE: HVT) reported third quarter sales of $209.9 million, a 5.7 percent increase from sales of $198.5 million in the third quarter last year.