July 6,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry 
Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) was awarded a U.S. government contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) as one of three online retailers providing business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce capabilities for federal agencies.
July 2,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Home furnishings retailer Crate & Barrel announced CEO Neela Montgomery has decided to leave the company Aug. 1 to pursue new opportunities. She informed the board of her decision late last year and the name of her successor will be announced shortly.
July 2,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
HS2, LLC a joint venture between Hickory Springs, a division of HSM, and Harrison Spinks US Inc. (Spinks) has earned UL Greenguard Gold Certification for its Micro Advanced Comfort Technology comfort layer systems and its Flexecore mattress component system. The glue-free, high-density fabric-encased coil systems give manufacturers a healthier option when specifying components for mattresses.
July 2,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
The offices of Home Furnishings Business and its parent company, Impact Consulting Services, will be closed Friday in observance of Independence Day.
July 1,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
Atlanta Market has announced a seven-week schedule of virtual programming leading up to the Summer 2020 Atlanta Market, Aug. 13-18, 2020. Timely topics for the webinars, presented July 1- Aug. 10, include business strategies for a post-pandemic world, opportunities to hear from retail and design trailblazers and information to help attendees plan for a safe and successful market.
July 1,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
Office furniture supplier Steelcase has announced its collaboration with MIT professor and disease transmission specialist Dr. Lydia Bourouiba, director of The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission at MIT to study disease transmission in the workplace.
July 1,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
European lifestyle and home furnishings brand Dôme Deco is offering all interior designers lower pricing that is normally reserved exclusively for high volume designers that qualify for Premium Design Pricing. Now all designers can access this pricing until Oct. 1, without the annual volume requirement associated with the Premium Designer Tier.