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ALBANY, Ga. — Several furniture store owners here expressed their frustration to city commissioners Tuesday about temporary furniture peddlers who sell out of trucks, TV station WALB reported. “Furniture peddlers have an advantage over us. For $100 they set up shop. They pay no inventory tax, no property tax, no school tax, no city tax . . . → Read More: Store owners in Georgia city object to furniture peddlers NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Touched by a 4-year-old girl’s battle with cancer that already had claimed both of her eyes, Bob’s Discount Furniture and several employees of its Orange, Conn., store gave the girl a set of bedroom furniture that her family could not afford. According to a story in the New Haven Register, store . . . → Read More: Furniture Store and Employees Help Cancer Girl Swedish retailer Ikea said worldwide sales increased 6.9% in the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, while profits jumped 10.3% despite higher raw materials costs. The privately held retailer said worldwide sales totaled 24.7 billion euros, equivalent to about $31.9 billion. Total revenues, which include sales and rental income from commercial properties, were 25.2 billion euros, . . . → Read More: 10.3% Profit Jump for IKEA JOPLIN, Mo. — Ethan Allen Interiors played a big part in the television show Extreme Makeover’s largest build ever by providing furnishings and accessories for seven homes destroyed by tornados last year. Danbury Patch.com in Danbury, Conn., Ethan Allen’s headquarters, said the makeover, which included seven homes built in seven days, was aired Friday on . . . → Read More: Ethan Allen refurnishes 2 homes destroyed by tornados AshleySleep, a division of Ashley Furniture here, is showing its appreciation for military families across the nation by donating 1,300 AshleySleep mattresses to Operation Homefront for distribution to families in need of bedding. The mattresses, with a retail value of about $1 million, also will be used to upgrade bedding in the three Operation . . . → Read More: AshleySleep Donates 1300 Mattresses to Military Families |
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