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Washington Partners Announces the Sale of Office Furniture Depot in Lakeland, FL

Washington Partners, LLC, one of Florida’s premier mergers and acquisitions advisory firms, is pleased to announce the sale of Office Furniture Depot, Inc., Lakeland, Florida by owners Joanne and David Boles, to Interior Fusion, LLC and Richard Fendley. Washington Partners served as the exclusive advisor to Office Furniture Depot in this transaction.    

Steelcase Launches Better Futures Community

Steelcase (NYSE: SCS) Today Steelcase is announcing the launch of its Better Futures Community, the company’s social innovation program designed to explore new approaches to reducing inequalities, accessing quality education and protecting the planet. The Steelcase Better Futures Community explores, invests and accelerates bold new ideas and practices in collaboration with organizations throughout the world. […]

BUSINESS NEWS: The economy: looking ahead

In these turbulent times, conflicting information really doesn’t help when you need to be sure of moving your business forward. War, shortages and talk of inflation and recession create confusion. What should we believe? What should we dismiss as sensationalism? All too often, individual factors are taken out of context and when given perspective through […]

Steelcase to reduce spending and lay off 180 salaried positions

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A decline in incoming orders and lower than expected return-to-offìce trends in the Americas, has led Steelcase Inc. to implement a further reduction of planned spending including a reduction of approximately $20 million of annualized spending and the elimination of up to 180 salaried positions across America’s core business and corporate functions. […]

West Elm and Office Furniture Startup Branch Announce New Retail Partnership

BROOKLYN, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global design company, West Elm, a portfolio brand of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM), the world’s largest digital-first, design-led and sustainable home retailer, announced today, a new partnership with premium office furniture startup, Branch. The partnership, which is Branch’s first with a major retailer, will provide both commercial and residential West Elm customers access […]

Steelcase Named a Best Employer for Women by Forbes

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Steelcase (NYSE: SCS) is pleased to announce it has been included on the 2022 Forbes List for Best Employers for Women, ranking 13 out of 400 organizations recognized. The Best Employers for Women have been identified in an independent survey of 50,000 U.S. employees working for companies employing at least 1,000 people […]

Herman Miller has partnered with G2 Esports

(Pocket-lint) – Herman Miller has announced a partnership with G2 Esports to not only supply the teams with equipment but also work on more gamer-first designs. The luxury high-end furniture company has entered into an exclusive partnership with one of the most well-known esports brands around. Herman Miller has said it will be G2‘s official […]