CFMA Announces 2013 Pre-Market Dates

By: Furniture World Magazine  The Summer and Casual Furniture Manufacturers Association Board of Directors has announced dates for an official Pre-Market event to be held in advance of the 2013 International Casual Furniture and Accessories…

Bestar rebounds to profit in 2012

-- Furniture Today, But several factors cut RTA maker's revenues LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec -- Growing Asian competition, a stronger Canadian dollar and a delay in new product introductions dragged down sales for ready-to-assemble specialist Bestar in…

Retailer Dufresne launches buying group

Michael J. Knell -- Furniture Today, Plans network of independently owned franchise stores WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Dufresne Group, one of Canada's fastest-growing chains of full-line and specialty furniture stores, has launched a buying group as…

MicroD Launches "FAST-FIDX"

By: Furniture World Magazine MicroD software and services now fully support the furniture industry standards for electronic commerce developed by the Furniture Industry Data Exchange (FIDX) Committee. The standards developed by FIDX, which is jointly…

Furniture News Briefs For This Week

By: Furniture World Magazine  The Business Journal (www.bizjournals.com) reports that Russell Turner of Thomasville, Ga., a licensee for furniture manufacturer Ashley Furniture Industries Inc., is in the process of opening five stores and a distribution…