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Piedmont Furniture Club members and supporters raised $10,000 for juvenile cancer research at their 26th annual golf tournament, held at the Colonial Country Club here last month. Proceeds went to support research at Brenner Children’s Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C. This year’s donation was made in honor of Christine O’Connor DesVergers, the late daughter of Madeline . . . → Read More: Piedmont Furniture Raises Funds for Cancer Research The Consumer Confidence Index fell nearly five points to 60.6 in August to its lowest level in nine months, according to The Conference Board’s monthly survey, and a pessimistic outlook prevails. The Index had been at 65.4 in July (1985=100), up 2.7 points from June. Declining hopes for the future were behind the August drop. . . . → Read More: Consumer Confidence Falls in August Furniture retailers and manufacturers began preparing for supply chain disruptions last week after contract talks between East Coast port operators and unionized dockworkers suddenly collapsed. The negotiations breakdown, which was ongoing as of this morning, means a strike by dockworkers at 14 U.S. ports is a distinct possibility once the current contract expires on Sept. . . . → Read More: Shippers Plan for Possible East Coast Dock Strike The Washington attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit against brothers Loren and Joeseph Gill of Gill Furniture here for allegedly taking payments from consumers and failing to deliver their merchandise. In a news release, the attorney general said, “The Gill brothers took thousands of dollars from consumers, often delivering nothing but the runaround to . . . → Read More: Washington Attorney General Sues Furniture Retailers On Oct. 7, a team of Surya [Indian rug importers] employees will run the Allstate Atlanta 13.1 Marathon to raise $25,000 to eradicate hunger and promote education in rural India. All funds raised will go to Akshaya Patra, one of the world’s largest NGO-run school lunch programs. Akshaya Patra serves more than 1.3 million children . . . → Read More: Surya Employees Run for Children in Need |
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