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- Williams-Sonoma Could Turn Around on Cost, Pottery Barn Improvements
- Williams-Sonoma could be reaching a turning point with gains on product initiatives and effects of a cost-cutting strategy focused on operational efficiency helping to slow declining financial results. Cutting costs can lead to market share declines and observers are mixed in their appraisal about the long-term impact...
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
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- THE DEBATE GOES ON: COUCH OR SOFA?(conflicting study results concerning which term is most used)
- NEW YORK-What's in a name? Apparently plenty, according to the Couch Potato Poll, a national consumer survey commissioned by DuPont Dacron Fiberfill. Given the choice, most people are likely to say couch (67 percent) as compared to those who say sofa (30 percent). Amazingly enough,...
- Research articles 1998-08-03
- Sofa approves Bullivant's radical new business plan.
- SOFA is going head-to-head with rival body the LIA in its push to turn the industry into a profession. Last week the board of the Society of Financial Advisers approved a new business plan by Bob Bullivant, managing director of Sofa. Sofa...
- Research articles 2004-06-03
- A sofa for Couch potatoes
- A comfy sofais a must-have for any TV couch potato and furniture stores are expecting a buying frenzy over the Bank Holiday with Multiyork predicting they will sell 20 per cent more settees than at other times of the year. But which sofa is right for you? To help you...
- Research articles 2005-05-29
- Joint U.S.-ROK statement on the October 17-18 SOFA negotiations.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 October 2000-US DOD: Joint U.S.-ROK statement on the October 17-18 SOFA negotiations C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19102000 Delegations from the Republic of Korea ROK and the United States met Oct. 17-18 at the Pentagon in Washington for negotiation to...
- Research articles 2000-10-20
- Student finds Italian treasure in old sofa
- BERLIN AFP — A German student who bought a battered fold-up sofa at a flea market has sold a 17th century Italian painting she discovered tucked inside it for 19,600 euros (28,200 dollars). "I opened the sofa and there was a painting. I immediately knew it was valuable but...
- Research articles 2007-10-30
- Interior Crafts, Inc.(crescent sofa)(Brief Article)
- Glittering with glamour from the 1950's, Interior Crafts reinvents the 1958 crescent shape sofa. The low profile and form of that era was combined with current upholstery details and wedge legs finished in silver metal leaf. The 51296 sofa spans 96" wide and 44" deep. (773)...
- Research articles 2001-08-01
- Sofa Express files Ch. 11.
- By Heath E. Combs and Clint Engel Chain will close; Klaussner owed $18.1M Groveport, Ohio- Top 100 store chain Sofa Express Inc. last week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Middle District of Tennessee, where it is incorporated. ...
- Research articles 2007-12-10
- Sofa Express auction set.
- By Clint Engel Retailer hopes to wrap up sale this week Groveport, Ohio- Top 100 chain Sofa Express and More plans to auction off its assets Dec. 19, and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Nashville, Tenn., has set a Dec. 21 hearing...
- Research articles 2007-12-17
- Sofa Express gets bids.
- By Heath E. Combs and Larry Thomas Liquidators pay $12.9M for rights Nashville, Tenn.- A group of bidders, including Hilco, SB Capital and Planned Furniture Promotions, won rights to the Sofa Express liquidation, including fixed assets, inventory and leasing rights, at a...
- Research articles 2007-12-24
- Bullivant brings vision to Sofa.(Society of financial advisers)(Bob Bullivant's services)(Brief Article)
- SOFA has revised its mission statement and proposed a business plan under Bob Bullivant's management. Since taking up the managing director's role, Mr Bullivant has been working on a business plan to revamp the vision and values of the Society of FinanciaAdvisers. ...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Klaussner trims Sofa Express (Furniture Today)
- Asheboro, N.C.-- Klaussner Furniture Inds. will close more than a third of its Sofa Express and More stores, exiting five metro markets as it looks to re-energize its full-line store strategy. By early next year, Sofa Express will leave Atlanta, Tampa, Fla., Louisville, Ky., Las...
- Research articles 2006-11-13
- Thread.com Parent Sofa Labs Raises $1.2 Million
- We missed this announcement when it came out earlier this month, but Sofa Labs, the parent of dating site Thread, has raised $1.2 million in a round of funding led by First Round Capital. Other investors, including Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and Ron Conway, also participated. Thread uses Facebook...
- External links 2009-09-15
- Hillary was right to banish me to the sofa: Clinton
- LONDON AFP ? Former US president Bill Clinton said his wife Hillary was right to banish him to a White House sofa when his fling with White House intern Monica Lewinsky came to light in 1998. "I thought that, in a funny way, the fact that I was sleeping...
- Research articles 2004-06-22
- FORGET THE CHEAP WINE ... GET A SOFA FROM FRANCE
- FURNITURE superstore Ikea is charging its British customers hundreds of pounds more than French shoppers. A Sunday Mirror survey has revealed a huge price gulf between almost identical goods in Ikea stores in France and Britain. The Swedish giant charges pounds 995 for a Bonde wall unit...
- Research articles 2000-01-30
- 'Fuzzy logic' explains secret of six-week sofa
- LONDON AFP — Six weeks will always be the delivery time given for your new sofa regardless of where it is made, according to findings by a team of British mathematicians. As part of research into logistics, academics at the University of Derby asked more than 70 furniture firms...
- Research articles 2005-12-08
- In London, Big Brother is watching you... from the sofa
- LONDON AFP — Reality television a turn-off? Not in London, where residents are now switching on to help the police fight crime, without even leaving their living rooms. Shoreditch TV is a new venture in London's East End where residents monitor more than 400 close-circuit television CCTV cameras dotted...
- Research articles 2006-05-13
- Sofa Chicago
- The 11th Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art SOFA. Nov. 5-7 on the Navy Pier in Chicago, brings, together a wide variety of works reflecting many cultures with unconventional styles and techniques. This year's event will feature 27 international galleries representing countries such as Japan, The Czech...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- SOFA so near.(news desk)
- Celebrating its 10th anniversary in the Windy City, Sculpture Objects & Functional Art has grown from a grassroots gathering of design visionaries to a "vibrant international art community with its own developing critical discourse," says president and founder Mark Lyman. ...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- SOFA, So Good.
- More than 90 international galleries and dealers will converge at Chicago's Navy Pier from November 3rd through 5th for the seventh annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art: SOFA 2000. Bridging the worlds of art, craft, and industrial design, the show encompasses contemporary works...
- Research articles 2000-10-01
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