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A record 226 million consumers shopped stores and websites over Black Friday weekend and spent a record $52.4 billion, according a National Retail Federation survey. The survey, conducted for the NRF by BIGresearch, did not break out the furniture category, but reported that 21.3% of consumers purchased home décor and home-related furnishings over the holiday . . . → Read More: Record Shopping for Black Friday AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-based mattress retailer Factory Mattress has teamed with mattress manufacturer Tempur-Pedic and the Red Cross to provide beds to families affected by the devastating Bastrop wildfires in Texas. Over the next few weeks, more than 1,000 Tempur-Pedic mattresses, valued at more than $1.3 million, will be donated. Factory Mattress also will provide . . . → Read More: More than 1,000 sleep sets donated to fire victims KIRKWOOD, MO. — Phillips Furniture is offering discounts and other rewards to help The Women’s Safe House, a domestic violence shelter in nearby St. Louis. The store said it will offer discounts on entire purchases made by customers who bring money, diapers, strollers or undergarments into its stores through Monday. Representatives from The Women’s Safe . . . → Read More: Phillips Furniture assists women’s shelter in St. Louis About 467,000 bunk beds sold by Dorel Asia are being voluntarily recalled because the wooden side rails can split and cause the beds to collapse, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada said Thursday. The agencies said CPSC and Dorel Asia had received 23 reports of the side rails, which run from the headboard . . . → Read More: More Chinese Junk – 467.000 Bunk Beds Recalled Home furnishings retailer Pier 1 Imports said its 2010 UNICEF holiday greeting card sales raised $1.3 million for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, which works to decrease the number of preventable childhood deaths. Robert Thompson, U.S. Fund for UNICEF senior vice president of development, said Pier 1’s “continued support and dedication to UNICEF is invaluable . . . → Read More: Pier 1 Greeting Card Sales Raise $1.3 million for UNICEF |
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