September 13,
2013 by in Community / Charitable Support, Industry 
Art Van Furniture will salute Michigan's military veterans and their families at a free Veteran's Tribute Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 22.
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
The Michigan AIDS Coalition (MAC) in partnership with DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS will host the fourth annual Dining by Design event in Detroit later this month.
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
The Design Center at The Merchandise Mart will be hosting Design Chicago Oct. 8-9.
September 12,
2013 by in Designer Weekly
The Ethan Allen Hotel in Danbury, Conn., completed the first phase of a three-phase, multimillion-dollar renovation of the hotel's front and rear lobbies, ballrooms, corridors, guestrooms and public spaces.