Success depends on how well you get the word out to consumers about your products. Strategies such as contests and e-commerce are among those put in place by these WOOD 100 firms.

Kimball International has appointed Kourtney Smith to the position of President for Kimball Hospitality. Smith will assume responsibility for the entire Kimball Hospitality organization, including strategic direction, goals, growth and driving share-owner value.

The office furniture industry continues to show modest improvement, according to a quarterly survey of more than 800 domestic and international office furniture manufacturers and suppliers, conducted by Michael A. Dunlap & Associates LLC.

HNI’s office furniture sales for the second quarter jumped 12% compared to last year’s figures, reaching $568.2 million. The company says $25 million can be attributed to the acquisition of the Vermont Castings Group.

Kindel Furniture Co. is expanding its luxury brand of residential and contract furniture offerings with the acquisition of Councill Co. LLC. Included in the purchase are all of Councill's case goods and the majority of upholstery products. Financial terms of the deal, announced July 9, were not disclosed.

Cuccarese, named VP Marketing & Product Development at Nucraft Furniture, spent 7 years at Haworth followed by stints at Herman Miller and Izzy Furniture.

ST. LOUIS, MO -- Martin Goebel, co-founder of Goebel & Co. Furniture located in St. Louis, will debut his contract furniture line at NeoCon 2015, which will be held June 15-17 in Chicago at the Merchandise Mart.Goebel's showroom will be the 7th floor of the Merchandise Mart in Suite 4015.  His featured products will include: Opus bench, Cruz Facet product line, Eads tall table, Dempsey task table and the Aleck bench.