Furniture People

• IDS members win ViewIt design contest

  Gary Evans, November 21, 2008
  TORONTO — Diane Dean took first place and fellow designer Rhonda Hull came in second in ViewIt Technologies' 3Dream Speed Design contest, the company said.  More

• UPDATE: DL&S Inds. partner Selig Drezner dies

  Furniture Today Staff, November 21, 2008
  HIGH POINT — Selig Drezner, an industry veteran and partner in upholstery producer DL&S Inds., has died. He was 85.  More

• Longtime furniture sales rep Ralph Deutsch dies

  Furniture Today Staff, November 20, 2008
  ASHEBORO, N.C. — Ralph Louis Deutsch Jr., a longtime sales representative who won several industry honors, has died. He was 78.  More

• Bob Lemons to retire from Kincaid Furniture

  Furniture Today Staff, November 20, 2008
  HUDSON, N.C. — Industry veteran Bob Lemons will retire from his position as case goods and upholstery supplier Kincaid Furniture's senior vice president of sales and marketing in early December.  More

• Take a walk in Charlie Loudermilk Park

  Furniture Today Staff, November 19, 2008
  ATLANTA — Aaron Rents founder and Chairman Charlie Loudermilk will soon be able to take a leisurely stroll in a park named after him.  More

• Film on Hooker Furniture plant closure premieres

  Joan Gunin, November 19, 2008
  MARTINSVILLE, Va. — A full house attended this week's premiere of the documentary film, "With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory," a portrayal of the causes and effects behind Hooker Furniture's shutdown of its last manufacturing plant here last year.  More

• E-Spresso Shop serves up home furnishings Web help

  Lisa Casinger, November 19, 2008
  HIGH POINT — Industry veterans Johne Albanese and Steve Bailey have launched a Web marketing company, The e-Spresso Shop, to help home furnishings retailers and manufacturers reach Gen X and Y consumers online.  More

• Lane Home Furnishings promotes Joe Eames, Whitten Grissom

  Furniture Today Staff, November 19, 2008
  TUPELO, Miss. — Lane Home Furnishings has shuffled some responsibilities and named two company veterans to new positions.  More

• Jeff Gonzalez joins rug source Nourison Inds.

  Lissa Wyman, November 18, 2008
  SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Jeff Gonzalez has been named to the new post of director of furniture store sales for rug supplier Nourison Inds., according to Alex Peykar, president of Nourison.  More

• Furniture importer Magnussen Home laying off 22 workers

  Tom Russell, November 18, 2008
  HIGH POINT — Case goods importer Magnussen Home said Monday it is cutting its work force by 22 people, a 14% reduction of its worldwide staff.  More

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