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Steelcase Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results

Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS) today reported first quarter revenue of $482.8 million and a net loss of $38.1 million, or a loss of $0.33 per share. The results included a non-cash goodwill impairment charge which increased the net loss by $17.6 million, or $0.15 per share. The adjusted net loss in the quarter totaled $20.5 […]

Herman Miller, Inc. to Host Earnings Call

Herman Miller, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLHR) will be discussing their earnings results in their 2020 Fourth Quarter Earnings call to be held on June 30, 2020 at 9:30 AM Eastern Time. To listen to the event live or access a replay of the call – visit https://www.investornetwork.com/event/presentation/64467

Former Styles & Wood bosses win £180,000 employment tribunal

Former Styles & Wood directors Tony Lenehan and Phil Lanigan have been awarded more than £180,000 in compensation between them after winning an employment tribunal against their former employer. Lenehan (pictured) was chief executive at the time he left last November, while Lanigan, 56, who went at the same time, was the collapsed fit-out contractor’s […]

Steelcase Teams Up With MIT Researchers To Help Create Safer Workplaces

Steelcase today announces its collaboration with MIT professor and disease transmission specialist Dr. Lydia Bourouiba, director of The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission at MIT to study disease transmission in the workplace. Bourouiba specializes in fluid dynamics and understanding properties of turbulent gas clouds that are produced when people exhale, sneeze or cough and how […]

Redefining Healthcare Interior Design and Materials in a Post-Pandemic World

How are interior designers and their teams addressing recent healthcare challenges? As COVID-19 developed into a global pandemic, designers, architects and manufacturers mobilized quickly and began re-imagining the ways we could improve materials and furnishings of current and future healthcare spaces. With an increased and critical focus on healing, safety, sterilization and capacity, healthcare environments […]

Virus-proofing is a new business opportunity

Truework, an income verification startup, recently introduced software to help employers keep track of their workers’ health status. Gensler, an architecture and design firm, has a workplace floor-planning app that generates social-distancing layouts for desks and other office furniture.  

How to replicate office investments in an at-home workspace

As remote working looks set to continue, Organised Chaos founder Sarah Reynolds looks at how employers can replicate office investments in employees’ homes. While employers are busy focusing on technology support and getting fitness perks up online, very little has been said of the physical space in which employees now find themselves working in their […]

Infinium Interiors acquires the office furniture segment of Senetics of Honolulu

Honolulu-based commercial furniture dealer Infinium Interiors acquired the office furniture segment of Senetics of Honolulu earlier this month and assumed a dealership agreement for Allsteel and Gunlocke brands for the state. Allsteel specializes in office furniture and Gunlocke is known for its natural wood casework and office furniture. Both have been in the commercial furniture […]

Deirdre Jimenez Named President & CEO of BIFMA

BIFMA has appointed Deirdre Jimenez as its first president and chief executive officer (CEO). In the new role as the president and CEO, Jimenez will be responsible for leading BIFMA and partnering with its board of directors, membership (regular, supplier, service, and international), and staff by connecting and advancing the industry’s common interests through a […]