Furniture Brands International (NYSE:FBN) today announced that the company is developing an existing facility in Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, to provide cut-and-sew kits for its US-based upholstery operations.

ST. LOUIS, MO -- Furniture Brands International announced it intends to close its Thomasville ready-to-assemble furniture and contract furniture plant in Appomattox, VA, early next year.