Style-Line Furniture manufactures custom stationary living room furniture and occasional chairs.

GUNTOWN, MS — Upholstered furniture manufacturer H.M. Richards is investing $8 million to expand  operations at its facility in Guntown, MS. The expansion is expected to create 500 jobs.Founded in 1997, H.M. Richards currently has 977 employees. For the expansion, the residential furniture maker is purchasing land adjacent to its 900,000-square-foot facility to build the new plant.

Wal-mart's (NYSE: WMT) Sams Club unit has launched a furniture collection designed by Nicholas Sparks, the best-selling novelist and screenwriter. Some pieces of the Black Mountain Collection are made in the U.S.

United Furniture Industries will take over the former Lane Furniture Industries plant in Verona, MS, spending $1.45 million for the 475,000-square-foot facility.

Facebook, Autodesk and several more medical centers join the growing ranks of companies pledging not to purchase upholstered furniture made with flame retardant chemicals, thought to link to cancer and other health concerns.