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August 30,
2013 by in Bedding, Product 
Bedding supplier Simmons Bedding Co. has named a new creative, advertising and marketing agency. Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners (kbs+) is Simmons' lead creative agency.
August 29,
2013 by in Green, Industry
California took a step toward updating flammability standards, when a state bureau last week proposed new rules that could reduce the amount of toxic flame retardants in furniture and other consumer goods.
The new standards - proposed by the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation - would overturn a 1975 state rule that required furniture foam to withstand an open flame.
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Source: U-T San Diego
August 29,
2013 by in Industry, Store Openings
The Furniture Mall of Kansas is set to open Saturday with its five retail businesses in one convenient shopping location.
The 193,000-square-foot mall will feature Discover Furniture, RoomMakers, Mattress Headquarters, Marlings Furniture and Abbey Flooring Headquarters. The mall, owned by Jeff Winter and the Winter family, which has been in the home furnishings business since 1933.
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Source: Kansas First News
August 29,
2013 by in Financial Reports, Industry
Shares of Williams-Sonoma Inc., the owner of its namesake, Pottery Barn and West Elm home-goods chains, fell the most in seven months after the company forecast annual profit that trailed analysts' estimates.
The shares slid 4.2 percent to $56.97 at Wednesday's close in New York, for the biggest decline since Jan. 17. Williams-Sonoma, based in San Francisco, has gained 30 percent this year, compared with a 15 percent increase for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
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Source: Moneynews
August 29,
2013 by in Carpets / Rugs, Product
Rug, accessories and decorative furniture supplier Surya has been named to the 2013 Inc. 500/5000 list of fastest growing companies for the third year in a row.
August 29,
2013 by in Industry, Market, Special Events
Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, have named the judges for the 25th annual ARTS Awards.
August 29,
2013 by in Industry, Legal
Two of the country's largest home-furnishings manufacturers, including Ashley Furniture Industries Inc., have been dealt a pivotal blow in a 10-year legal battle that once threatened to spark a civil war in the domestic industry.
The U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit ruled Aug. 19 in a 2-1 vote that Ashley and Ethan Allen Operations Inc. are not entitled to receive duty payments from a successful anti-dumping case against a group of Chinese wooden-bedroom furniture manufacturers.
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Source: The Winston-Salem Journal