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Furniture World News

Whitewood Industries Expands High Point Showroom
The expansion will allow the John Thomas Furniture exhibition, specifically, to expand by 3,500 sq-ft, while the third floor expansion will be divided between the company’s other two divisions.

Prime Time! Reports Excellent Attendance At Las Vegas Show
Last week over 3,300 dealers and manufacturer representatives from across the country attended PrimeTime!, the largest buying show and conference for independent dealers.

Gold Bond High Announces High Point Market Introductions
The company will debut its new two-sided Sacro-Support “Imperial.”

Legacy Traditions Solid Wood Furniture Move To IHFC
The new High Point showroom will be on the Seventh Floor of IHFC’s Green Wing, G782.

Hooker Furniture Companies Contribute to Haiti Relief Effort
During two weeks in mid-February, Hooker Furniture, Bradington-Young and Sam Moore employees contributed a total of $6,916.60, with a dollar-for-dollar company match.

Malkiewicz and Van Dyke Receive Top Bedding Honor
Bedding executives were honored for exemplary service at the recent ISPA EXPO 2010 Industry Breakfast meeting in Charlotte, NC.

American Furniture Hall of Fame Foundation Launches All New, Expanded Website
The American Furniture Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc. has partnered with FurnitureDealer.net to revamp and redesign its Web site, furniturehalloffame.com. The new site is Phase 1 of a multi-year plan to preserve our history for future generations and make it accessible in relevant, interesting ways.

Young America Announces Winner #2 Of The Sales Associate Appreciation Event
Koren Kearse of Jalikan dba USA Baby in Overland Park, Kan. is the second of the three grand prize winners.

Easy Furniture Web Tip #64 - In Search of High Rankings
When someone calls to sell you SEO services to get your website high rankings, don’t be impressed just because the rep has you type in a term that results in a single high search engine ranking.

Furniture World - Employee Orientation Series- Different Strokes for Different Folks - Part 10
It is imperative that furniture store managers have some understanding of the basic differences in work values and characteristics of their employees, whether they be generational differences, cultural differences, individual characteristics, or competency-based discrepancies.

Customer Service-Oriented Salespeople: The Most Effective Way to Practice Side-by-Side Buying - Part 2
Part 2- Chapters 2-5: Peter Marino presents an updated sales skill manual for retail salespeople and managers in retail furniture stores.

Leggett & Platt Introduces New Innerspring Technology
VertiCoil Edge is designed to create a mattress with an equal distribution of firmness. Its unique shape creates a comfortable sleep surface that firms and responds to the body as weight is applied.

Simply Amish Announces Grand Opening Of Newest Licensed Store
Partnering to open the 14,000-square-foot Davenport store are John and Linda Reisenbigler, who also own the Simply Amish store in Rockford, and Arlyn and Shirley Tegeler.

New Juried Exhibit Area to Debut at High Point Market
Each company invited to participate in this area was carefully selected and screened by a jury of retailers, designers, and national style editors.

Buyer Registrations Strong For High Point Pre-Market
High Point Market Authority says that Pre-Market 2010 has already surpassed all prior events since Pre-Market was re-envisioned nearly three years ago.

Capel Rugs To Introduce Chic New Designs In High Point
Capel's new introductions draw inspiration from the beauty of the natural world, artfully rendering organic elements through clean modern lines.

Founding Families Reacquire Stylus, Made to Order Sofas
The repurchase comes 5 years after Terravest purchased an 80% equity position in Stylus.

AHFA Gives Voice To Furniture Industry Concerns In Washington
Crib safety, furniture tip-over, proposed flammability regulations for upholstered furniture and compliance challenges created by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) were topics of discussion.

British Furniture Maker Bevan Funnell To Make High Point Debut
The company says it already has a ‘toe-hold’ in the US through a few discerning outlets but this is its first move towards a nationwide profile.

Gunlocke Announces Key Organizational Changes
These include the appointment of Jim Foster to vice president, finance; the promotion of Jason Wolfanger to director, product management and development; the hiring of Arelis Caban as a web designer and Michael Lewis as a supply quality manager.

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