What’s the best method for getting dowel hole locations on the cabinet fronts to line up with the end panels? Woodworking experts put their know-how to the test, providing solutions to October’s Shop Smart challenge.

The wood components industry continues its steady sales growth, with North American manufacturers’ optimism in tandem with the improving construction, housing and remodeling markets.

Window and door demand is expected to grow worldwide, rising an average of 5.9% annually through 2019, to $233 billion.

R. Ted Enloe will take over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the furniture maker on January 1, 2016, succeeding the retiring David S. Haffner.

Higher disposable income levels and rising consumer confidence bode well for the estimated $17 billion retail environments sector, according to IBISWorld.

New residential furniture orders remaining ahead of last year’s figures, with increases in 25 out of the past 26 months, according to the November issue of Furniture Insights.

United Furniture Industries said it will use a former Linwood Furniture plant in North Carolina for distribution of its imported residential furniture products. The estimated 400,000-square-foot facility will be used for storage and distribution of bedroom and casual dining room furniture kits from Malaysia and Vietnam, to be sold under the Simmons brand.

Pallet use in the U.S. is forecast to increase 1.9% annually through 2019 to 2.6 billion units, says The Freedonia Group.

MONTREAL - High fiber costs and low market values have forced Resolute Forest Products to suspend indefinitely its wood-cutting operations in Quebec's Mauricie region near Trois-Rivieres. The suspension, which took effect November 27, affects at least 180 jobs.

In states where marijuana has been legalized, consumers are converting home closets to discrete horticultural centers for cultivating pot. The name "grow closet" is starting to stick. Is this a meaningful trend?