Contract furnishings provider, Hightower received multiple awards at NeoCon 2021, including IIDA's 'Best Small Showroom' (under 4,000 sf) and 'Best of Competition' for its newly designed Chicago showroom.
Humanscale welcomes Elizabeth Margles to its Marketing Division in the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Margles comes to Humanscale with twenty years of experience in design, fashion and retail and a background in public relations and advertising.
The exclusive relationship with Kontrol's BioCloud® Technology will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office.
More bad news ahead. Going into the third quarter, orders declined an average of 38 percent during the first three weeks of September compared to the prior year, including declines of 41 percent in the Americas, 27 percent in EMEA, and 37 percent in the Other category.
The company has been awarded a platinum medal in recognition of its commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) by EcoVadis, placing Herman Miller among the top one percent of all companies assessed worldwide.
Shares of Herman Miller soared on Thursday after the office furniture maker ripped past expectations in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report, and reinstated its dividend. At the market close the stock was up by about 34%.
“Millennial dads continue to be outspoken about wanting to be involved parents and needing the support of their companies in order to do so,” says Subha V. Barry, president of Working Mother Media.
Orders in the quarter were down 18% compared to the prior year on a reported basis and down 24% organically.
Eugenio Perazza, the founder of the Italian furniture manufacturer Magis, is honoured for his life's work with the ADI Compasso D'Oro Liftetime Achievement Award 2020.
Cini Boeri, the Italian architect and industrial designer who designed several showrooms and furniture collections for Knoll, died on September 9, 2020 at her home in Milan. She was 96 years old.
The chief financial officer at Haworth is retiring after 15 years of leadership and will be replaced by a longtime colleague.
The firm, which employs about 250 people in south Wales, said it was offering voluntary redundancies in the hope of avoiding compulsory lay-offs.
Sales in the first quarter were 45.0% lower than the same quarter of last year. The decline in the first quarter is primarily due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in shutdown of many cities and states in the United States, which account for approximately 90% of the Company’s sales.
Steelcase announced Tuesday a series of permanent changes to its Americas segment including a cut of 300 salaried employees, approximately 8% of the company's total workforce.
Chief Reputation Officer and former Regional President of Amway Corporation will help guide the company's Better World and Brand Management initiatives.
Six months into a global health crisis that has redefined where and how many of us work, Ethan Pearl is ready to talk about what we’re missing at the office.
The rapid shift to remote work hasn’t been very favorable to leaders in the commercial furniture business.
The company's employees outside the U.S. will also receive the paid holiday and are encouraged to use it as a day of service.
The VitraHaus is the showroom, experimental area, and flagship store of the Swiss furniture manufacturer.
America’s biggest office furniture manufacturers got the rug pulled out from under them by the COVID-19 pandemic.
