Foam Shortage Hits Furniture Makers
New York, NY, October 6, 2005--The nation's furniture makers, already hurt by sluggish retail sales this year, now must contend with a supply shortage that might slow deliveries and dent profits.
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Former Owners of Ohio Flooring Retailer Face Tax C
Columbus, OH, October 6, 2005--A federal grand jury in Columbus handed up a seven-count indictment Wednesday alleging tax evasion, conspiracy to commit tax fraud and filing false income tax returns against the company's former owners and their associa
StonePeak Intro New Product Line at Exclusive Dist
Chicago, IL, October 6, 2005--StonePeak Ceramics, Inc., an American tile company that manufactures and markets high-quality porcelain ceramic tile for residential and commercial use, introduced three new lines of glazed porcelain ceramic tile at an exclus
Haverty Furniture’s September Sales Up 9.3%
Atlanta, GA, October 6, 2005 -- Haverty Furniture reported September sales that increased 9.3% to $67.1 million compared with $61.4 million in September 2004.
Recycling Coalition Honors C&A for Recycling Innov
Dalton, GA, October 6, 2005--C&A Floorcoverings, a Tandus company, announces that it has earned the National Recycling Coalition’s (NRC) award for Outstanding Recycling Innovation – Product or Process for the introduction of C&A’s ethos backing.
Tennant Names Killingstad CEO
Minneapolis, MN, October 6, 2005--Tennant Company has announced that Chris Killingstad, 49, will join the company's board, effective today, and will become president and chief executive officer on December 1, 2005.
L.A. Design Week Promises Citywide Design Celebrat
Los Angeles, October 6, 2005--NeoCon West, March 27-28, kicks off an all-encompassing event with exciting product introductions, special events, educational programming and industry networking events.
Planned Layoffs Slow
Chicago, IL, October 5, 2005--Employers announced 71,836 job cuts in September — little changed from the previous month — marking the end of the slowest quarter for planned layoffs since the second quarter of 2002, according to a survey by Challenger, Gra
Feltex's Magill Not Going Quietly
Wellington, New Zealand, October 5, 2005--Troubled carpet maker Feltex said it could not reach agreement on the terms of the departure of former chief executive Sam Magill and it had terminated his contract.
Hicks Named VP of LEED Rating System Program
Washington, D.C., October 5, 2005--The U.S. Green Building Council today named Tom Hicks vice president of its popular LEED Green Building Rating System program following Nigel Howard being named chief technical officer in July.