Stanley Furniture has been awarded the 2013 Wooden Globe for its Commitment to Excellence through Technology, by the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association.
Bassett Furniture's consolidated sales rose to $81.2 million for the second quarter, up 20 percent compared to the same period in 2012. Wood sales grew 17 percent.
Bernhardt Furniture will reopen its Shelby, NC, manufacturing plant that closed in 2009. Company officials told the Shelby Star that Plant 9 could reopen as early as mid-July.
Harden Furniture and other U.S. residential furniture manufacturers are owed tens of millions of dollars in antidumping fees that the federal government has failed to collect from Chinese wooden bedroom furniture manufacturers in recent years, claims U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY).
Sauder Woodworking goes more deeply into the category of “whole home”collections that include dining, bedroom, kitchen and occasional as well as home office and entertainment. Seen at the Spring High Point Market.
Linwood Furniture's assets have been purchased by Liquid Asset Partners. The asets, totaling over $8 million, will be sold at a public liquidation sale starting April 29.
High-end furniture maker Henkel Harris could resume production as early as April following announcement of its purchase by A.G. Capital, a limited liability company.
Ashley Furniture says crossover dining sets and two-tone, high gloss surfaces with stained wood in bedroom furniture will be among trends to watch for in 2013.
Rising consumer confidence, combined with improvements in the new housing construction and residential remodeling markets, all bode well for the home furnishings industry in 2013 .