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  • Jesse A. Brinkley, longtime industry executive

    Furniture Today Staff, February 6, 2012
    CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. - Jesse A. Brinkley, whose long career in home furnishings included the presidency of youth specialist Lea Inds., has died after a long fight with pancreatic cancer. He was 70.  More
  • Six new members join Market Authority board

    Furniture Today Staff, February 6, 2012
    HIGH POINT - The High Point Market Authority has added six new members to its board of directors, including a new seat to represent the design community.  More
  • Hospital using Troutman chairs to see if rocking helps recovery

    Jay McIntosh, February 6, 2012
    TROUTMAN, N.C. - Furniture manufacturer Troutman Chair has shipped a dozen of its rocking chairs to a Connecticut hospital for a study on whether rocking helps patients recover from surgery.  More
  • Globe Express helps students

    Furniture Today Staff, February 6, 2012
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The overseas division of furniture logistics provider Globe Express Services is working with three universities in China to help develop future CEOs.  More
  • Q&A: How will Lexington, Sligh work together?

    Thomas Russell, February 6, 2012
    HIGH POINT - Before the October High Point Market, case goods and upholstery resource Lexington Home Brands acquired Sligh Furniture, a 131-year-old, upper-end supplier of home office and home entertainment furniture.  More
  • Jordan's Furniture helps kids play ball

    Furniture Today Staff, February 3, 2012
    BOSTON — Jordan's Furniture is bringing back its Double Play youth baseball program, which aims to supply "gently used" baseball and softball equipment to inner-city youth, the Boston Globe reports.  More
  • Liquidator selling assets of dinette source Designs Unlimited

    Heath E. Combs, February 2, 2012
    STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The assets of dinette specialist Designs Unlimited are being liquidated after the company closed last month, a liquidator at the company's offices said Wednesday.  More
  • Kincaid Furniture honors Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter for Habitat work

    Furniture Today Staff, February 2, 2012
    At the presentation are Kim Kincaid, left; President Jimmy Carter; Jon Porter, Tim Annas and Max Dyer, all of Kincaid; Rosalynn Carter; Steve Kincaid, Kincaid; and Mark Minick, Minick Interiors, Americus, Ga. HUDSON, N.C. — In November, case goods supplier Kincaid Furniture presented one of its dry sinks to two of Habitat for Humanity's best known volunteers - former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.  More
  • Celebrating 40 years with TCHFM

    Furniture Today Staff, January 27, 2012
    TORONTO - Attendees raised a toast or two to the Canadian Home Furnishings Market this month in honor of the event's 40th anniversary. Owned and operated by the Quebec Furniture Manufacturers Assn., the market once again welcomed buyers to Toronto's International Centre and nearby showrooms.  More
  • ASFD honors student designers

    Furniture Today Staff, January 27, 2012
    NEW LONDON, N.C. - Jacob Court, a senior at Kendall College of Art and Design, has won first place in the American Society of Furniture Designers' inaugural student design contest.  More
  • Glen Raven, leader's to be Honored

    Nicole Crews, January 27, 2012
    HIGH POINT - The upcoming inaugural Casual Living Conference (Feb. 22-24 at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Fla.) has released the honorees of its first awards ceremony, which will pay tribute to those who take their company and the industry as a whole to a new level through creativity, innovation and decisive and bold actions.  More

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