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From Home Furnishing Business
June 30,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry 
Retail software provider Storis announced that furniture retailer Badcock’s eStoris website hit new milestones during the pandemic, increasing online sales 4x since March and jumping 40% in monthly traffic from February to May.
June 30,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
Precision Textiles, a supplier of coated fabrics, nonwovens and laminations for the bedding, automotive, health care and home furnishings industries, has announced that its new hygienic mattress testing kits are being used in more than 500 retail stores in the United States after being introduced in April.
June 30,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCII) has announced a partnership with ChargeAfter that will allow retailers to add the "Preferred Lease" lease-to-own option to ChargeAfter’s consumer point of sale financing solution, providing greater flexibility for customers whether they want to buy or lease retail items.
June 29,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
South Dakota-based home furnishings resource Montgomery’s has announced its purchase of Malchows Home Furnishings in Aberdeen, S.D., forming a strong partnership between two long-time family-owned furniture stores by combining over 200 years of experience in fine home furnishings.
June 29,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
As sleep shops and furniture retailers around the country re-open, mattress producer Southerland has announced it is looking to add 10 percent to its workforce at all its facilities to keep up with demand.
June 29,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Ashley HomeStore and Deshaun Watson, NFL quarterback and number four on the Houston Texans, have partnered to encourage Houston-area children to read four books this summer for the chance to meet the star quarterback and win a $5,000 Ashley HomeStore room makeover for their families.
June 26,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
In an effort to reduce costs, Macy’s has announced it is reducing its workforce 3% by cutting 3,900 corporate jobs, according to a report from CNBC.