September 10,
2013 by in Bankruptcy, Industry
The Chapter 11 filing by Furniture Brands International yesterday will likely result in the layoff of its 1,451-person Lane workforce in Mississippi.
Lane is being spun off separately from the company's stable of brands. The division operates plants in Belden, Miss., and Saltillo, Miss., as well as distribution centers in Verona, Miss., and Wren, Miss., and an office in Verona.
Gloria Neal, with the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, said the company filed notice Monday of the layoffs. She said the filing indicated the layoffs would start Oct. 14 and continue in "ensuing days and weeks."
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Source: Clarion-Ledger
September 9,
2013 by in Industry, Store Openings
Art Van Furniture cut the ribbon Thursday at the Warren, Mich.-based furniture retailer's first store in Ohio.
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Source: Fox Toledo
September 9,
2013 by in Industry, Store Openings
Ashley Furniture HomeStore celebrated a “grand reopening” Friday at its expanded Lufkin, Texas, store.
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Source: Lufkin Daily News
September 9,
2013 by in Industry, Store Openings
A new home furnishings store, Saylor House , is set to open in Wyomissing, Pa.
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Source: Reading Eagle
September 6,
2013 by in Industry, Legal
Stung by a lawsuit alleging they engage in deceptive marketing practices, Leon 's Furniture Ltd. and The Brick Ltd. have responded by telling the Competition Bureau that their ads are iconic and any extra fees and taxes on purchases are clearly laid out for customers.
"Leon's has been offering and advertising deferred payment programs to Canadian consumers for more than 25 years. It's 'Don't Pay a Cent Event' and "Ho Ho Hold the Payments' promotions are Canadian icons, which the (Competition) Commissioner now seeks to impugn," according to a document filed in Ontario Superior Court on behalf of the retailers.
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Source: Toronto Star Online
September 6,
2013 by in Business Strategy, High Point, Industry, Market
A furniture company based in Belgium is considering High Point for its U.S. manufacturing operations.
High Point officials made the announcement Thursday. They said BuzziSpace could create up to 113 jobs with an average salary of $41,011.
The company is looking at an empty 105,000 square-foot building.
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Source: WFMY News 2
September 6,
2013 by in Industry, Legal
Police in Halifax are investigating a workplace incident after a former Leon's furniture employee told a human rights tribunal a statue was symbolically lynched at a store in Dartmouth, N.S.
Elsworth Bottomley first brought his story to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission on Wednesday. He said the statue was just one incident of racial discrimination.
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Source: CBC Newfoundland & Labrador