June 26,
2014 by in Furniture Retailing, Industry 
Home furnishings retailer Ikea plans to raise its minimum wage for workers at all of its U.S. stores to align the pay scale with the MIT Living Wage Calculator.
June 26,
2014 by in Economic News, Industry
Stanley Furniture is featured in a story by the Wall Street Journal that examines the challenges companies face when looking to boost domestic production.
June 25,
2014 by in Business Strategy, Furniture Retailing, Industry
Online retailer One Kings Lane is undergoing a restructuring. As part of that, the retailer has let 79 employees go and shuttered its Hunters Alley shop.
June 25,
2014 by in Economic News, Industry
Consumers are more confident than they have been since Jan. 2008 prior to when the big recession hit full force.
June 25,
2014 by in Business Strategy, Industry
Word has leaked that Restoration Hardware is the company negotiating to build a 1.5 million-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in west Patterson, which is expected to create hundreds of jobs in Stanislaus County, Calif.
June 25,
2014 by in Community / Charitable Support, Industry
Michael Amini, chairman and CEO of Amini Innovation Corp., has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree at City of Hope’s 16th commencement ceremony of the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences.
June 25,
2014 by in Business Strategy, Casegoods, Industry, Product
Furniture Classics Ltd., a wholesaler of mostly wood antique reproduction home furnishings, plans to move its Granby Street headquarters to its warehouse at 835 Philpotts Road in Norfolk, Va.