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WARREN, Mich. — Art Van Furniture teamed with WXYZ-TV here to collect more than 50,000 pounds of food this season in the Together We Can food drive. Three Art Van semi trucks delivered the nonperishable items to Gleaners Community Food Bank, where they were to be sorted and delivered to needy recipients. One in every . . . → Read More: Art Van helps collect 50,000 pounds of food for needy Nearly 3,000 children will receive bicycles this year thanks to a campaign hosted by Ashley Furniture HomeStore in Huntsville, Ala. This is the ninth year the retailer has hosted the Bikes or Bust campaign, which benefits the U.S. Marines’ Toys for Tots holiday program. The Nov. 18-22 event brought in a record 2,849 bicycles. . . . → Read More: Alabama Ashley dealer helps nearly 3,000 kids get bicycles KUNMING, China — One of this city’s newest furniture retailers has the look and feel of an IKEA store. But don’t be fooled. The Swedish retail giant has not opened a store here. It’s all part of latest wave of Chinese knockoffs — fake retail formats. Kunming is the same city where a blogger recently . . . → Read More: Lates Chinese Knockoff: IKEA Buoyed by a 20% same-store sales increase, specialty bedding resource Select Comfort recorded double-digit sales and earnings increases in the quarter ended July 2. The company, which makes the Sleep Number airbed and sells its products largely through company-owned stores, said total sales rose 16.2% to $161.5 million. Net income, meanwhile, shot up 82% to . . . → Read More: Select Comfort Profit Increases 82% in Q2, 2011 Borders sold books and other educational and entertainment items at more than 900 stores prior to its Feb. 16 Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Gordon Bros. and Hilco Merchant Resources were the opening bidders for a planned liquidation auction and will now buy the assets and liquidate the business, according to a Bloomberg news report. There . . . → Read More: Borders Liquidation – 259 Store Locations Going Ghost-town |
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