-- Furniture Today, CULVER CITY, Calif. — Case goods and occasional importer Powell Co. will use a new scanning system at the Aug. 16-19 Tupelo market, which it says will allow customers to place orders…

Jeff Linville HIGH POINT — Case goods importer Masten Furniture has named Keely Rhodes president, replacing Jim Harris, who left the company in July. Read More

-- Home Accents Today, A High Point, N.C., native, Pyle worked in Washington for several years for a lobbying/public relations firm, for U.S. Dept. of Read More

Gary Evans BATON ROUGE, La. — Manufacturer and distributor Fraenkel has entered the upholstery business with the takeover of Advantage by Lucky Star, a manufacturer based in Nettleton, Miss. Read More

-- Home Accents Today Kirkland's announced that its net sales figures for the 13-week period ended July 29, 2013, increased 4.8% to $91 million, up from $86.8 million for the same period last year. Read…

-- Furniture Today, ASHEBORO, N.C. — Klaussner Furniture Inds. has added Chris Rayle to the case goods merchandising team of its Klaussner International unit. Read More

-- Furniture Today, PORTLAND, Ore. -- Ikea has broken ground on its first store here, scheduled to open in summer 2014 on 19 acres along Interstate 205 near the Portland International Airport. Read More

By Lisa Casinger   When ABC’s  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was looking for vendors to help supply products  for the Arena family of Somers, N.Y. they called Levels of Discovery. Read More