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Jesse A. Brinkley, longtime industry executive
Furniture Today Staff, February 6, 2012CLEARWATER 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, 2012HIGH 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, 2012TROUTMAN, 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, 2012CHARLOTTE, 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, 2012HIGH 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, 2012BOSTON — 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, 2012STONE 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
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
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Celebrating 40 years with TCHFM
Furniture Today Staff, January 27, 2012TORONTO - 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, 2012NEW 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, 2012HIGH 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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