Furniture Brands International Names Greg Roy President of Lane Furniture Industries
ST. LOUIS, April 7, 2009 -- Furniture Brands International announced today that it has named Gregory P. Roy as president of Lane Furniture Industries. topix.com |
Craft Fare
Two years ago, when Paul Smith’s creative directors displayed Paul Loebach’s first collection in the window of their SoHo store, they jokingly called it the “anti-Moss,” referring to the superslick Manhattan design temple around the corner. It turns out they were onto something: design is back to a more understated aesthetic, and Loebach’s craft-meets-technology vibe is making him the most talked-about young American designer since Jason Miller. For the design store Matter, to cite an example, ... nytimes.com |
Masco Cabinetry moving corporate HQ, 350 jobs to ex-Flint Ink building in Ann Arbor Township
The former Flint Ink building at Dixboro Road at Arrowhead in Ann Arbor Township this morning. topix.com |
Furniture Statesman and Virginia Benefactor J. Clyde Hooker Dies
MARTINSVILLE, Va., July 13, 2010 -- "People loved working for and with him. He had a way of making his employees happy to get up in the morning and come to work, and of making his customers feel that when they walked into his showroom, they were at home." "He was a visionary whose business acumen was balanced by his great sense of ethics and ... topix.com |
Morris Futorian 1907-1994 The Father of the Furniture Industry in Mississippi
New Albany, Miss., Sept. 14, 1948: The first spadeful of earth was turned here yesterday for a new factory and what could be a major new industry in Northeast Mississippi - " a 55,000-square-foot factory named the Stratford Company that will make upholstered reclining chairs and employ 50 people to start. topix.com |