Asheville Ashley HomeStores Collect Coats for Needy

Furniture Today Staff

Ashley Furniture HomeStores here and in Asheville, N.C., teamed up with local ABC-TV affiliate WLOS News 13, Eblen Charities and Two Men and a Truck last week for the Spring Clean Coat Drive.

Despite the cold and rainy weather, residents braved the elements to donate more than 5,000 coats that will be . . . → Read More: Asheville Ashley HomeStores Collect Coats for Needy

City Donates $10,000 to Habitat as New Ashley Store Opens

Furniture Today

City Furniture has donated $10,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Broward County, sharing proceeds from its newest Ashley Furniture HomeStore recently opened on North Federal Highway on a furniture row in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

More than 100 people gathered for a reception in the showroom April 4, where Keith Koenig, president of the . . . → Read More: City Donates $10,000 to Habitat as New Ashley Store Opens

Tempur-Pedic Donating Beds to Ronald McDonald Hospital Rooms

Furniture Today, April 5, 2013

Tempur-Pedic International has announced it is donating beds to every participating Ronald McDonald Family Room in hospitals across the country, expanding its longstanding support of the nonprofit group.

By the end of this year, the bedding manufacturer said, it also will fulfill its goal of donating mattresses to every participating . . . → Read More: Tempur-Pedic Donating Beds to Ronald McDonald Hospital Rooms

Ikea to Expand Boston Warehouse

Clint Engel, Furniture Today

Home furnishings giant Ikea said it will expand the warehouse section of its store in the Boston area by nearly 59,000 square feet.

The work, which begins this fall and is expected to be completed by fall of 2014, will bring the Boston market complex up to 415,575 square feet. The . . . → Read More: Ikea to Expand Boston Warehouse

Wetlands Discovery Delays Ashley’s N.C. Plant

Lisa O’Donnell/Winston-Salem Journal

Terry Bralley

The discovery of 4 acres of wetlands on what is slated to be the site of Ashley Furniture’s new distribution center in eastern Davie County means the highly anticipated project will be delayed for at least another year.

Bill Coslo, an attorney for Ashley Furniture, said company officials have . . . → Read More: Wetlands Discovery Delays Ashley’s N.C. Plant