The Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.) has appointed Todd Dittman executive director. He will succeed Klein Merriman, who will retire in August.
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.
Submissions are now being accepted for the WOOD 100 Report, an exclusive program that details the manufacturing, marketing, business and other strategies by successful wood products companies.