Stores improve furniture delivery

The Wall Street Journal Many retailers are initiating flat fees and eliminating the item-by-item charges that often angered customers. For consumers, furniture delivery is often a Kafkaesque nightmare of endless delivery-day vigils, exorbitant fees, missing…

Wood shop does doors, cabinets and more

JOANNE BOECKMAN Woodharbor has its roots in Mason City, where brothers Curtis, Dennis and Jon Lewerke founded Fieldstone Cabinetry in 1978. They sold that company — which is still around — to Masco Corp. in…

Stanley 1Q earnings dip 6.4% amid sluggish sales

Larry Thomas CEO Scheffer describes March business as 'downright tough' STANLEYTOWN, Va. -- Major case goods resource Stanley Furniture said first-quarter sales were essentially flat as net income declined 6.4%, due mainly to operational inefficiencies and…