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Heath E. Combs
My name is Heath E. Combs and I am a staff writer for Furniture/Today. I cover casual dining, occasional and green product categories here and often write about regulatory issues affecting our industry. In my blogs "The Writer's Bureau" and "Green Thoughts" I'll discuss the general business climate may be, any interesting trends I find that could carry over into our industry and what I'm hearing from you in our conversations or in my travels. I'm interested in hearing from you here and feel free to contact me directly at heath.combs@reedbusiness.com.
Title: Editor
Email: heath.combs@furnituretoday.com
The Writer’s BureauLink This | Email This | Comments (3) A youth vacuum in furniture?I'm not worried about any youth vacuum in our industry. It's folly - maybe even hubris - to underestimate any generation of people. Just look at the most powerful voting blocs in our nation. In fact, nationally I see less overall generational shift than generational melding. Regardless of whether it's gray hair or follicles dyed purple, heads - en masse - are bent over iPhones or Droids these days... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Let FR Makers Pay Our Prop 65 CostsIn a perfect world, chemical companies would be paying our California Proposition 65 attorney fees or other costs. They would, at the very least, be sharing our headache. As a byproduct of California's TB 117 flammability law - now under revision - about 60 furniture companies could find themselves in court for having flame retardants in foam. Since the 1970s environmentally toxic flame retardants... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) What Malaysia's wage-hike means for pricingMalaysia is a major producer of wood furniture. The United States imported close to $329 million in furniture from Malaysia in the first six months of 2012. That more even than from Indonesia. Malaysia is an especially important source of casual dining furniture. A major minimum wage law enacted last year took effect on January 1. The New York Times reported in May that the minimum wage was set a... MoreGreen ThoughtsLink This | Email This | Comments (6) What about the 29%?In a country obsessed with percentages as of late, lets take a look at a couple from Furniture/Today's biennial case goods style survey. The survey is currently available to readers as a free download via this link until Oct. 19. After that, it's for sale. There's some interesting data on the industry's eco-needle here. The report shows market share data based on units for all case goods and much... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (13) If the North Pole melts, where do I tell my kid Santa lives?Sometimes I wonder what it would take to end the climate change debate. What would be a compelling argument? Because deep down, there is a journalist part of me that is naturally skeptical. Too skeptical in fact to be 100% sure. To give a good furniture answer: I'd say I'm sure up into the high "double digits." With gains this year. Probably enough to where I'd be labeled an alarmist by... More |
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