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When Palmer died in 1949, Henry D. Bradley was co-publisher of both papers starting in 1939 and bought them outright in 1951. The Gazette ceased publication in 1988 when its sister, the afternoon News-Press, transitioned into a morning newspaper; however, the family kept the "Gazette" and "G" in the company name. The Bradley family expanded the ...
In 1966, the company changed its name to Interco as the result of diversification, and once the company exited the shoe business, adopted the name Furniture Brands International. Some of the brands it owned in the furniture industry included Broyhill, Thomasville, Drexel Heritage, Henredon, Hickory Chair, Pearson, Laneventure, and Maitland-Smith.
United Furniture Industries Inc. signed an agreement to buy Lane Company by the end of 2017. [14] Heritage sold Lane Ventures to Bassett Furniture Industries for $15.1 million in December 2017. [15] Heritage announced the formation of the three business units. Harvey Dondale would be president of Broyhill, a position he held from 2005 to 2007.
The HON Company designs and manufactures office furniture including chairs, cubicals, tables, desks and education furniture. Headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa , it has manufacturing facilities located throughout the United States and China, and sells its products through a nationwide network of dealers and retailers.
In 1964, Armstrong bought Phoenix Chair Company, following up with Founders Furniture Company in 1965, Western Carolina Furniture Company in 1966, and both Thomasville Furniture and Caldwell Furniture in 1968. In the 1970s, they expanded with a low-end bedroom-furniture line.
The company was founded in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1910 by Richard Levitz. [1]In the 1960s, Levitz, expanded by Richard's sons Leon and Ralph, successfully pioneered the sales of moderately priced brand-name furniture from a warehouse-style store. [2]
The company also bought the L. Fish furniture chain in the Chicago area; those stores were closed in 1999. [ 1 ] Heilig-Meyers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 17, 2000, [ 2 ] and subsequently announced the liquidation of its inventory, with all of their stores closing by mid-2001. [ 3 ]
In January 2006, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [6] They left Chapter 11 protection in August 2006. [4] In 2012, Lovesac was named the fastest growing furniture company in the U.S. by Furniture Today magazine as well as recognized for being one of the top 100 furniture companies. [7]