March 27,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry 
Uniters, a provider of industry leading furniture protection plans and products, has announced it is ramping up U.S. production of cleaning and care products that will be impactful for its home furnishings industry partners and their consumers in response to the COVID-10 pandemic.
March 27,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Family-owned Temple Furniture | Parker Southern has named Woody Elder as its new director of sales. Elder has been in the upholstered furniture industry for 35+ years.
March 27,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
HS Manufacturing, LLC (Hickory Springs), a division of HSM, has named veteran home furnishings leader Doug Guffey as director of sales for the company’s bedding products.
March 27,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
The 45th China International Furniture Fair (CIFF Guangzhou) has been rescheduled for July 18 – 21 and the Office Show and CIFM are rescheduled for July 27 – 30.
March 27,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Mattress manufacturer Eclipse International will start producing an initial batch of 38,000 face masks from its New Jersey factory that will be donated to healthcare professionals to help them battle the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-layer masks are being made from two materials currently used to make the company’s mattresses.
March 26,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Mattress producer Eclipse International has named bedding and home furnishings industry veteran Mark Dentale as director of licensing.
March 26,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Rent-to-own major Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE:AAN) and its divisions Aaron's Business and Progressive Leasing are donating 100 laptop computers to Atlanta-area school children who need the technology to participate in distance learning, which has become the new normal for students across the country due to the COVID-19 outbreak.