ZEELAND, Mich. - Contract furniture giant Herman Miller Inc. has elected Andi Owen as its new president and CEO, effective Aug. 22. She succeeds Brian Walker who is retiring from the company. Elected also to the board of directors, Owen comes to the global design and furniture manufacturer after a 25-year career at Gap Inc., where she most recently served as global president of Banana Republic, leading 11,000 employees in more than 600 stores across 27 countries. The appointment is part of a previously-announced leadership succession planning process.

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Office furniture making giant Herman Miller believes Walmart could be selling cheaper knockoff versions of its furniture.

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ZEELAND. Mich. -  Herman Miller CEO Brian Walker has announced he will retire from the global contract furniture giant by Aug. 31. “After a terrific 29-year career at Herman Miller, including 14 years as president and CEO, now is the right time to transition the company to its next generation of leadership,”  Walker said

After co-devising a scheme to steal $1.8 million from office furniture giant Herman Miller, Kevin John Grimm has been sentenced to serve 27 months in federal prison.

Herman Miller's "office of the future" can actually sense employees - and react to them.

After co-devising a scheme to steal $1.8 million from office furniture giant Herman Miller, former Herman Miller manager Jerry Lee Akers is going to prison.