Herman Miller Inc. (NASDAQ: MLHR) shares gained 0.8940% to end trading Tuesday at $48.53 per share – a net change of $0.43. Shares traded between $48.61 and $47.73 throughout the day.
Design is a particularly white profession. Depending on the poll, only 3% to 4.8% of designers are Black. But a powerful new collective of design companies is looking to change that.
Launching today, the Diversity in Design (DID) Collaborative is a group of nearly two dozen companies from across the design world—ranging from the furniture company Herman Miller to the software maker Adobe to the ubiquitous fashion brand Gap to the brand consultancy Wolff Olins—all of which are pledging meaningful efforts to bring equity to the field of design. Equity matters for any profession, but it has outsized importance within the world of design, which influences the look and feel of just about every product and service. Design can help create or crush equity.
Herman Miller Group, whose high-end commercial and residential brands include Design Within Reach, HAY, Geiger and Maharam, as well as Herman Miller itself, recently opened a standalone destination in Chicago’s Fulton Market.
The 45,000 square-foot multi-brand, multi-use development includes a retail level for the Herman Miller, Design Within Reach and Hay brands, each with its own distinct perspective, entrance and storefront. They are positioned side-by-side and the open layout allows customers to easily shop across the brands.
What will office spaces look like moving forward?
That’s the question on the mind of many landlords, tenants, architects and designers.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, remote work has proliferated. But now, as the number of vaccinated people rises and Covid cases decrease, many businesses are pondering the future of their office environments.
While some companies may allow employees to work from home full time, less than 20% nationwide expect to reduce their average square footage, according to a survey from office furniture-maker Steelcase Inc.
La-Z-Boy probably won’t make dental chairs anytime soon, but it helped make a dental school Wednesday.
On a day when the Neosho plant produced its 19 millionth product, company officials visited the Joplin campus of Kansas City University and presented a $20,000 donation to its College of Dental Medicine.
Virco Manufacturing Corp. (NASDAQ: VIRC) shares gained 2.5790% to end trading Wednesday at $3.58 per share – a net change of $0.09.
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The United Community Fund of Neosho Area (United Fund) received $25,000 from La-Z-Boy in Neosho on Jun. 8, as the partnership between the two continues to help local non-profit organizations.
The United Fund supports a wide variety of causes and agencies that provide services in health, education, and recreation for citizens in the Neosho area.
It also provides assistance for disaster relief, substance abuse, mental illness, family counseling, emergency aid and youth groups.
Herman Miller Inc. (NASDAQ: MLHR) shares gained 1.5490% to end trading Wednesday at $50.49 per share – a net change of $0.77.
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Commercial officer furniture manufacturer AIS, of Leominster, has promoted Nick Haritos to president of the company, current president and CEO Bruce Platzman announced on Monday.
Platzman will remain with the company as CEO after Haritos assumes his new role on July 1, and Arthur Maxwell will remain chairman of the board.
SHERBROOKE, Quebec – Bestar and Bush Furniture Industries have a new corporate name: eSolutions furniture group.
The company said the new name reflects its plans “to propel the sale of residential and commercial furniture on the international market through cutting-edge e-commerce solutions.”
The rechristening comes just over a year after Bestar purchased Bush. Both companies specialize in the manufacture of ready-to-assemble furniture.
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