Furniture Brands' Broyhill unit to close N.C. plant, layoff 700 Furniture Brands International Inc.'s Broyhill Furniture Industries subsidiary said Monday that it will close its Pacemaker case goods manufacturing Read More

Mattress Firm, one of the nation’s leading mattress retailers, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Chandler, Ariz.-based Metropolitan Mattress. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Metropolitan Mattress has 26 stores in the…

LENOIR, N.C. (AP) -- Broyhill Furniture Industries, a unit of Furniture Brands International, the largest U.S. maker of residential furniture, on Monday said it will close a plant in North Carolina in August, resulting in…

By: Furniture World Magazine  The Summer & Casual Furniture Manufacturers Association has named finalists in the annual Apollo Awards program recognizing retail excellence. Finalists must demonstrate outstanding accomplishments and commitment to customer service in sales…

LENOIR, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)Broyhill Furniture Industries, a subsidiary of St. Louis, Missouri based Furniture Brands International (NYSE:FBN - News), announced today the closing of its Pacemaker case goods manufacturing facility located in Lenoir, North Carolina. Read…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — John Keyes, owner and chairman of Naturwood Furniture, which has two showrooms and a warehouse/outlet store here, has died. He was 68. Keyes died of a heart attack while fishing in Alaska,…

By Alexa Hinton, ahinton@nashvillecitypaper.com   Friends of furniture store owner Charles Sprintz joke that if they could be reincarnated, they'd like to come back as one of the 73-year-old's children. Read More

By: Furniture World Magazine  Emerson et Cie announced that Mark Emerson Smith, son of founders Marvin and Connie Smith, has been named president of the company, effective immediately. Since joining the company in the mid-80s,…