CFN's The Working Space | December 18, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | December 18, 2023

Ralph Lauren Announces Strategic Collaboration with Haworth to Accelerate Growth of Luxury Furniture Business / Deskmakers acquires Peter Pepper Products / Contract Associates acquired by Furniture Marketing Group / Platzman Retires from AIS / The New Metrics to Measuring Office Use / In-Office Work Schedules Spiking / Office Occupancy Hits New Pandemic-Era High As More Employers Plan To Add Space / Understanding the Nuances Behind the Office Market / Open or Private? It’s Time for a New Workplace Model. / Here’s Why Your 2024 Corporate Workplace Strategy Needs Coworking / So is this an office or a cafe? Here is how workspaces are evolving / 5 Ways Gen Z Will Shape Worklife In 2024 / Gen Z is bringing a whole new vibe to the workplace: anxiety / Your office is about to enter its Experimental Phase / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | December 11, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | December 11, 2023

Pantone's 2024 Color of the Year is ‘Peach Fuzz’ / Fully remote work is on the decline in the U.S. / Haworth Announces 2024 DesignLab Focus on Sustainability & Circular Design / Metalworks Acquires Flairwood, Expands Manufacturing Capabilities, Industries, Customer Base / Steelcase Named Leader in LGBTQ+ Inclusion, Earns Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign's 2023 Corporate Equality Index / Virco Reports Record 3rd Quarter and YTD Results / Virco Reports Record 3rd Quarter and YTD Results / How commercial furniture firm Forward Tilt grew to $50m in revenue after a decade in business / GM Makes Three Days in Office Mandatory, Ending ‘Work Appropriately’ Policy / Tech Industry Struggles With Hybrid Work Adoption / Pet insurance rises as a hot new workplace benefit / Half of workers take zero breaks during the day / and much much more…

CFN's The Working Space | December 4, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | December 4, 2023

More Fortune 100 companies are buying used office furniture / Can We Beat The Great Gloom? It’s Going To Take A Lot More Than Cushy Office Perks / Creating the epicentre: unlocking the untold benefits of next-generation office spaces / Andreu World Unveils Largest U.S. Showroom Expansion / Return to office is dead, Stanford economist says. Here’s why / Think Companies Are Struggling to Fill Offices? Look at the Government  / Manhattan Office Availability Ticked Back Up In November With Dearth Of Big Deals / Flexible workspace market will be worth up to $50bn by end of decade / Post-Pandemic Office Design Emphasizes Calm, Comfort, Privacy / Industry: the art of working from anywhere / London Has More Work-From-Home (WFH) Flexible Jobs Than Paris / New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changes / Where Remote Workers Have it Best (and Why That Matters for Their Employers) / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | November 27, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | November 27, 2023

ABI October 2023: Business conditions continue to soften at architecture firms / Offices Gain Appeal Among Gen Z, Reshaping Work Norms / Studio Elk launches new home office furniture subscription concept / Landmark Decision Sparks Debate on the Future of Remote Work in Australia / Calgary is leading the way in turning empty offices into housing / Legrand and Microsoft Join Forces: Allowing for Seamless Scalability in The Future Office / How AI is influencing facilities management / Is hybrid really working? / Breaking the sound barrier: The impact of office noise on the working day / From Design Frill to a Business Essential: The New Paradigm of Workplace Strategy / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | November 20, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | November 20, 2023

Joseph Schwartz 97, Marketer of the Original Cubicle / Stance Healthcare to Acquire Arizona-based Plural Studios / Woodlore International Inc. Officially Under New Ownership / Surya acquires Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams brand / Humanscale Pilots Standalone Retail Concept in Hangzhou, China / Office Occupiers Plan To Dramatically Shrink Footprints Even As Attendance Mandates Rise / The Incredible Shrinking Worker’s Office / Half of people say they are less productive in coworking spaces / Office Usage Reaches Highest Mark Since March 2020 / Bringing the MillerKnoll Collective Together in San Francisco / World’s Best Office Property Market Is Seoul, Korea, With 98% Occupancy / 'Return-to-office' rates vary widely across Europe / People spending more time in offices in search of social interaction / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | November 13, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | November 13, 2023

DIRTT Reports Third Quarter Sales Gain as Losses Continue / Workplace Install Network, Inc. Acquires Office Interiors of Virginia out of Bankruptcy / Hot Desking Is Next Risk to Office Property Market, Morgan Stanley Says / Workers to Spend Up to 25% Less Time in Office, CBRE CEO Says  / Class A Offices Moderated JLL’s Vacancy Increases / The fight over return-to-office is turning into a disability dispute / As New Work Patterns Emerge, the Workplace Must Respond / How office furniture changes in ‘flight to quality’ / Using Experience Strategy to Design What People Truly Want / Inclusive office design is essential if we want offices to be worth the commute / Adapting Mixed-Use Buildings for Remote Work / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | November 6, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | November 6, 2023

HNI Corporation Reports Earnings for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 / Changes at the top for Gensler / Maars Living Walls announces acquisition led by Nimbus / Industry Expert and Manufacturing Owner Bill Melnik Makes Strides to Finalize Purchase of Woodlore International Inc. / Office Demand Stabilizing at About Half of Pre-Pandemic Levels / Manhattan Office Availability Dips After Strong October / Kimball subsidiary to pay hefty fine for alleged hiring discrimination / Vitra opens new circle store on the Vitra Campus / Half of people would reject a job with no flexible working  / Interface Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results / SupplySource and Tanner of Pennsylvania Join Forces / The Cure for Gen Z Loneliness Might Be a Return to the Office / Whatever Happened to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? / Research shows hybrid workers are key to downtown resurgence / L.A.’s hottest new workspace has wifi, free child care, and meatballs. (It’s Ikea.) / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | October 30, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | October 30, 2023

2023-Q3 to Q4 Market Outlook Report / Office Furniture Exchange Closes Doors and Liquidates to Office Furniture Liquidations / Office Resources, Inc. Announces Its Expansion into Birmingham Acquiring the Alabama Operations of Empire Office, Inc. / Watson Furniture Announces Newly Redesigned Seattle Showroom / OFS to Open Showroom at The Herald in DC / AI Boosts Tech Industry Office Occupancy Rates / Federal Agencies' Slow RTO Putting More D.C. Office Buildings At Risk / 'We’ve Got To Find Something Else': Office Developers Forced To Reckon With Their Futures / Steelcase Research Finds Leaders' Priorities Shift / More UK Staff Coming to the Office Every Day Than Hybrid Working / Next Generation Perks That Tenants Want / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | October 23, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | October 23, 2023

Italian Design Brands (IDB) Establishes US Presence with New Flagship Showroom for Meridiani and Davide Gropp / ABI September 2023: Architecture firm billings decline sharply / Pacific Office Interiors Joins Unisource Solutions / Here’s What We Do and Don’t Know About the Effects of Remote Work / Come in Three Days or Just Quit: Some Companies Give Remote Workers an Ultimatum / What real estate trends tell us about the return to office / Industry insiders at High Point hold out hope in spite of tough conditions / JLL: Growing Tenant Demand, Shrinking Supply Point To Office Market Stabilization / Purpose of Place: Why Place Branding Matters / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | October 16, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | October 16, 2023

It’s Not Just Commercial Landlords Fretting Over New High in Vacancies / The Future of the Office Has Arrived: It's Hybrid / COE Distributing’s Culture of Innovation Spotlighted in ‘We Supply America’ Docuseries / MillerKnoll Insiders Added US$1.52m Of Stock To Their Holdings / Humanscale Announces Global Partnership With Kvadrat / Bankrupt Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams to Liquidate / Ikea furniture prices went up during COVID. Now they're going down / Hybrid work is here to stay. Will commercial real estate recover? / ‘This Will Be Trouble’: Why Office Landlords Will Soon Face Millions In Added Costs / DIRTT Selected for Major Energy Headquarter Projects in Houston / Tech's Answer to Age-Old Indoor Temperature Problems / What We Know About the Effects of Remote Work / Office Footprints Being Realigned with 'Actual' Usage Levels / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | October 9, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | October 9, 2023

Pivot Interiors Opens New Design Center in Los Angeles / Austin's Best CEOs: Beth Goff-McMillan led SKG through unpredictable challenges / Unit Sizes Coming Down Again As Remote Work Renters Gravitate To Common Spaces / Office Sublease Availability Hits Record in Silicon Valley / Manhattan Office Availability Rate Sets Another Record / “Coffee badging” is the latest workaround for return-to-office mandates / Manhattan Office Leasing Sinks 30% Despite String Of Big Deals / Less Feels Like More in Hybrid Workspace Design / Are the days of landmark corporate headquarters over? / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | October 2, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | October 2, 2023

Profits up, sales down at MillerKnoll / Kimball International is the First Manufacturing Company to Achieve WELL Equity Rating / BuzziSpace Appoints New CEO  / Office Conversions Double as Space Goes Underused / Creative Office Resources Announces Move to 16 Madison Square West, New York City / Office Usage Maintains Post-Labor Day Bump: Kastle / Office Vacancy Ticks Up Again in San Francisco / Weber-Knapp To Remain Locally Owned; IDA Approves Loan For New Ownership Group / More workers returning to NYC offices than previously reported / HB Workplaces: Sprague Studios Celebrates Grand Opening / Workplace absenteeism soars to its highest level in over a decade / Office Design Trends Through the Decades / Workers are starting to sue over RTO mandates / Poor workplace design means a quarter of people may consider quitting job / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | September 25, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | September 25, 2023

Steelcase Reports Revenue Declined in the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2024 / Creative Office Resources Acquires OFI / How much does Haworth plan to invest in second India production factory? / What RTO Mandate? Vacancy Rates Keep Rising / Steelcase Partners with Ecomedes to Make Sustainable Product Sourcing Easier / A Story of Noise / Pilots in Practice: Key Insights Shaping the Future of Work / Why Zoom implemented a return-to-office policy / The Secret Incentive to Bring Employees Back to the Office / Will RTO put the kibosh on napping at work? / Work-from-home debate: This unlikely generation is most against RTO / As Return-To-Office Mandates Threaten To Get Serious, Management Scrabbles For Strategy / What should I wear back to the office? Workers are divided in RTO era / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | September 18, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | September 18, 2023

Humanscale Opens First Showroom in Seoul, South Korea / First MillerKnoll Showroom Debuts in Dallas / McCann Becomes Indiana Furniture’s CFO & Vice President of Finance as Kreilein Retires / Allsteel's 345 N. Morgan Experience Center Achieves LEED Gold Certification / Virco Mfg. Corporation Reports Earnings / US Commercial-Property Crisis: Office Vacancy Rate Exceeds 2008 Highs / Some Encouraging Signs in the Office Sector / Workplace Neurodiversity is Redefining How Companies Operate / Fear of becoming obsolete hits a new generation of workers / Weirdly Shaped Office Chairs Are Popular on TikTok. Are They Actually Good for You? / Exploring the Hoteling Phenomenon in Modern Workspaces / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | September 11, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | September 11, 2023

ERG International Announces Acquisition of West Coast Industries  / TOKO honored with Best of Products Award by Architects Newspaper / Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams files for bankruptcy - is Steelcase to Blame? / Herman Miller Announces Launch of Herman Miller Vintage / DIRTT to Voluntarily Delist from Nasdaq Exchange / Phase Two of the Merger between Officescapes, Floorz and Elements / Storm Clouds Gathering Over Sun Belt Office Markets As Pace Of Migration Slows / Remote Work And Rising Interest Rates Are Changing The Landscape Of Commercial Real Estate / New research explains why returning to the office will be a struggle for our brains / Working from home won’t last forever… will it? / Here are the winners and losers of RTO mandates / Not many people want fully remote work, but nearly everybody wants a better office / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | September 4, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | September 4, 2023

Humanscale's Path Chair Garners Triple Honors in Fast Company’s 2023 Innovation by Design Awards / Banks Get Tough on Return-to-Office Laggards After Summer Break / Canadian Financial Giant CIBC Pulling Back From U.S. Office Real Estate / How to spot fake Eames Furniture? Experts respond in new Collector's Guide / Open AI Shopping for Larger Space as Workforce Doubles / Remote Work Will Persist, Goldman Forecasts, Bringing More Pain For Office Landlords Through 2030 / U-Turn Permitted: Companies Rethinking Office Abandonment After RTO Mandates / 'All The Energy And Action Is On Display Here': Office Workers Have Returned To Century City / Despite changes office furniture still in demand / Bargain leases in Chicago's Loop draw a new group of tenants / Survey: Remote Work Isn’t Going Away — and Executives Know It / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | August 28, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | August 28, 2023

The city where people aren’t going back to offices / The Brain-Body Investment Survey: What 500 Subscribers Are Spending to Boost Their Performance / The city where people aren’t going back to offices / Dallas-Based WRG Acquires Houston-Based OP / Architecture firm billings remain flat / Carnegie Acquires Xorel Artform Manufacturing Arm of DFB Sales / Arper Announces its Move to Fulton Market / Coworking Beats Office Leasing as a More Affordable Option in Many Cities / AI Investment Is Giving Tech Office Markets A Boost / Silicon Valley Office Absorption at All-Time Low, Subleasing Surges / One-Third of Global Offices are Empty All Week / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | August 21, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | August 21, 2023

Workers are learning to love the cubicle / Carl Hansen & Søn Acquires Danish Lighting Manufacturer Pandul / Trellis acquires commercial cleaning firm Luxury Janitorial Services / Net Absorption of Office Space Continues to Shrink in Q2 / Empty offices are surprisingly better for the climate / The challenge for office acoustics is to make people feel at home / Cracking The Code On Remote And Hybrid Work: It's All About People / Cisco Looks for the Future of Office and Reality of Hybrid / Generation Z, Office Design and Human Connection / Firms look to consolidate office space in response to persistence of hybrid working / Workers to employers: We’re just not that into you / What the office of the future will really look like is the office of today / and much more…

CFN's The Working Space | August 14, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | August 14, 2023

The rise and fall of furniture startup Poppin / HNI Corporation Reports Earnings for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 / HNI to divest its Poppin business unit / Trendway name is officially a thing of the past / AMQ Solutions showroom at Steelcase HQ caters to small businesses / Kittinger Furniture sees ongoing demand for custom pieces / WeWork Collapse Looms Over NYC Office Market / Amazon emails employees who don't come to the office / A real estate billionaire said Fridays are ‘dead forever’ for offices / Google is using old buildings to create new offices / Why Biophilic Design Is Crucial in the Workplace and Beyond / WeWork, Zoom News Doesn’t Mean the Flexible Work Trend Is in Trouble / Cyclical Office Trends Will Ultimately Outweigh Remote Work Movement / Attracting Generation Z With Workplace Strategy

CFN's The Working Space | August 7, 2023

CFN's The Working Space | August 7, 2023

DIRTT Reports Flat Second Quarter 2023 Sales / Interface Reports Second Quarter 2023 Sales Fell / Companies are seriously struggling to get employees back in offices / Latest Market Outlook Report shows Significant Lift in Dealer Bookings, Positive Bookings Forecast / How Much Are Office Buildings Worth? A Scary Amount Less Than They Used To / Vornado CEO Roth: Investors Have 'Short-Sighted And Emotional' View Of Office / Sentiment Around Office Is Worse Than The Reality / U.S. offices are sitting empty – business owners will have to adapt / "I have fought all my life against macho products" says Philippe Starck / Airbnb employee says returning to office would be a 'hard sell' after Work From Anywhere travel in South America / Step Inside Kimball International's Chicago Showroom By Eastlake Studio / and much more…