November 19,
        2013   by   in Bankruptcy, Furniture Retailing, Industry   
  
        
    
    Columbus, Ohio-based furniture retailer DFW has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has begun closing stores.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        November 19,
        2013   by   in Industry, Obituaries   
  
        
    
    Furniture matriarch Edna Schneiderman who founded Schneiderman's Furniture along with her husband in 1948 has died. She was 100.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        November 19,
        2013   by   in Bankruptcy, Delivery, Industry   
  
        
    
    Parent company Furniture Brands International has closed Action Transport, the trucking subsidiary of Lane Furniture.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        November 19,
        2013   by   in Community / Charitable Support, Industry   
  
        
    
     Twin-Star International has launched a volunteer program that gives employees up to eight hours of paid time off per year to perform volunteer service for a Twin-Star approved charity.
Twin-Star International has launched a volunteer program that gives employees up to eight hours of paid time off per year to perform volunteer service for a Twin-Star approved charity.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        November 19,
        2013   by   in Community / Charitable Support, Industry   
  
        
    
    Bedding vendor Simmons and the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department teamed up to give 20 local pre-K children a special tour of Atlanta Fire Station 19, the oldest operating station in the city and a prominent landmark in the Virginia Highlands neighborhood.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        November 18,
        2013   by   in Executive Changes, Industry   
  
        
    
    Leather furniture vendor Natuzzi has named Maria Rosaria Bonifacio and Rossana Berardinelli chief human resources and organization officer, and chief finance, legal and IT officer, respectively.
    
        
    
    
 
    
    
    
        November 18,
        2013   by   in Industry, Special Events   
  
        
    
    George Revington, CEO of Home Meridian International was elected 2014 chairman of the American Home Furnishings Alliance during the group’s 2013 Annual Meeting.