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Bradington-Young consolidating operations

MARTINSVILLE, VA -- Hooker Furniture announced it will transfer the Cherryville, NC, operations and corporate offices of its Bradington-Young leather upholstery division to Hickory, NC, effectively consolidating its domestic upholstery finished goods production.

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CPSC chair has eye on furniture flammability safety

WASHINGTON - Inez Tenenbaum, chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is making fires of sofas and other upholstered furniture a priority, according to the Post and Courier. "Preventing loss of life from upholstered furniture fires is one of my top priorities," Tenenbaum said in a statement to the newspaper. She added that hopes to have a new fire safety rule "as soon as possible." T