Archive for August, 2007

High Point Market’s Bedding Center relocates, expands

Friday, August 31st, 2007

David Perry — Furniture Today,
Bedding producers will gather in Plaza Suites

HIGH POINT — Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. is relocating and expanding The Bedding Center that it launched here at the spring High Point market.

The center, an aggressive effort by MMPI to boost bedding’s presence at the market here, moves to the first floor of Plaza Suites, a location winning praise from exhibitors. “It will be a major plus to be in a building where furniture buyers are shopping,” said Neal Grigg, president of Carolina Mattress Guild.

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1800mattress.com Survey of 4,700 Callers Reveals Buying Trend

Friday, August 31st, 2007

By: Furniture World Magazine  
A survey of 4,700 callers who called the 1800mattress.com call center in late July and have school-age children who sleep at home or in dormitories revealed that a staggering 72-percent were buying bedding products for their offspring as part of their Back-to-School shopping. The significance of the news is that the Back-to-School period could now match the late summer “moving” market as the most popular shopping season for bedding products.

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Leasing veteran Goldsby joins High Point’s IHFC

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Furniture Today,
Had been VP at Merchandise Mart Properties Inc.

HIGH POINT — Veteran leasing executive Walt Goldsby has joined the International Home Furnishings Center as vice president of leasing, a new position for High Point’s largest showroom building.

He will work with Tom Loney, IHFC executive vice president, in overseeing leasing at the 3.5 million-square-foot complex. Goldsby and Loney report to Tom Lindh, president and CEO.

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Diana’s brother to promote line of furniture here

Friday, August 31st, 2007

By Jeff Keeling,Press Business Writer

The late Princess Diana’s younger brother Charles will visit a local furniture shop Sept. 8 to promote a line of furniture based on his ancestral home.

Owner Carl Young of Youngdale Interiors, 214 E. Mountcastle Drive, said the private two-hour reception should allow around 300 people to meet Charles, 9th Earl Spencer, who introduced the “Althorp Living History Collection” last year.

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Furniture Fire cause remains a mystery

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Smoldering even today, what once was Butler’s Furniture is still being checked out. Now the top state investigators are in Athens sifting through the debris and searching for a cause.

State Fire Marshall Edward S. Paulk said, “The investigation is on going and it’s progressing nicely.”

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Gothic fantasy castle inspires young furniture designer

Friday, August 31st, 2007

by Rin Simpson, Western Mail
A RANGE of furniture inspired by some of Wales’ most significant historic sites has gone on display at the London New Designers Show.

Up-and-coming furniture designer Cathy Evans, from Pontyclun, is displaying her first exhibition at the prestigious event.

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Mecklenburg Furniture closes its doors

Friday, August 31st, 2007

FURNITURE
One of Charlotte’s oldest stores, Mecklenburg Furniture Co. on Providence Road, has closed. The store closed Monday, owner Melvin Vanderburg said Wednesday. He said he could not afford to operate it because of a big increase in rent.Vanderburg said he bought Mecklenburg Furniture 17 years ago.

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Former Breuners buyer to open Arizona store

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Store aimed at toddlers through tweens

By Lisa Casinger
Jami Myers, former buyer for furniture retailer Breuners Arizona, is opening her own children’s furniture store in Scottsdale, Ariz. Jami B’z is set to open Sept. 1.

The 5,900-square-foot store carries furniture and accessories geared toward toddlers to tweens, though it also shows a crib to promote its Young America line. Myers is displaying 23 beds, including some full beds.

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Jordan’s Furniture Selects Sophos

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Sophos protecting furniture retailer against spam and viruses
 
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, today announced that Jordan’s Furniture, Inc., one of New England’s most recognized furniture retailers, has selected Sophos Endpoint Security and Control to protect its desktops against viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, adware, potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) and hackers.

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Furniture Brands Unit Names President

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Furniture Brands Names William Holliman President of Its Lane Furniture Brand

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Residential furniture maker Furniture Brands International Inc. said Wednesday it named William Holliman the president of its Lane Furniture Industries Inc. unit.

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