Comerica Bank Reduces Stake in La-Z-Boy by 22.7%

26 April, 2023

Comerica Bank has announced a 22.7% reduction in its stake in shares of La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE:LZB). The holding was cut to 26,113 shares from the initial purchase of 33,783. The move was made during the fourth quarter of the company, which ended on December 31st, 2020, and was detailed in its latest filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the same document, Comerica Bank owned approximately 0.06% of La-Z-Boy worth $695,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A week after MillerKnoll drama, a new study shows Americans want brands to ‘fess up

26 April, 2023

ZEELAND — In the wake of controversy at MillerKnoll, a new study shows Americans “want brands to fess up when they’ve messed up.”

The study comes from Attest, a consumer research platform based in London and New York. The total sample size included 2,000 working-age consumers in the U.S. The survey concluded February 15.

 

Brant Basics welcomes TCB customers to downtown Peterborough store

24 April, 2023

Brant Basics is growing! Brant is working with the owners of TCB Office Furniture and Supplies to look after their Peterborough clients.

Katrina Favron from TCB has joined the Brant team. TCB closed its Peterborough store in March after 12 years of doing business locally.

Staples Canada provides updates on goals for a greener future

24 April, 2023

RICHMOND HILL, ONApril 24, 2023 /CNW/ – As a planet passionate organization, Staples Canada continues to raise the bar on providing sustainable solutions which helps Canadians make more environmentally conscious choices, including an assortment of over 2,500 eco-friendly products. The Working and Learning Company is committed to achieving its bold goals set in 2020 to foster a greener future – including continued investment in energy efficiency, waste diversion and recycling programs which help reduce our collective environmental impact, improving sustainability in our communities.

Steelcase Inc. – Consensus ‘Hold’ rating and 31.4% Upside Potential

23 April, 2023

Steelcase Inc. (SCS) have now 2 analysts in total covering the stock. The consensus rating is pointing to ‘Hold’. The range between the high target price and low target price is between 12 and 9.6 calculating the mean target price we have $10.80.

 

Abstracta launches noise-regulating office furniture at Salone del Mobile

20 April, 2023

Swedish brand Abstracta is launching two pieces of furniture at Salone del Mobile, which feature in this Instagram Reel produced by Dezeen for the acoustic product manufacturer.

Abstracta, which is best known for producing noise-regulating pieces for office, is exhibiting newly launched work pods by Swedish designer Staffan Holm at its stand at Salone del Mobile.

MillerKnoll CEO apologizes to workers for ‘pity city’ rant The Detroit News

20 April, 2023

The head of a high-end office furniture company in Michigan has apologized after outcry over a viral video in which she told workers worried about not receiving bonuses to “leave pity city.”

MillerKnoll President and CEO Andi Owen‘s comments during a virtual meeting didn’t begin with even a hint of controversy. Instead, they started as a pep talk for employees. But her words sparked outrage online, when shortly into the minute-long clip circulating on social media, the talk seemed to take a turn.

MillerKnoll Selects Amplifi and Precisely for Product Information Management Strategy and Implementation

18 April, 2023

DALLAS, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, April 18, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — Amplifi, a leading strategy and information management consultancy headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is excited to announce its collaboration with MillerKnoll—a collective of office furniture, equipment, and home furnishings brands—for product information management (PIM) strategy design and implementation.

La-Z-Boy aims to capitalize on customer insights with new SaaS partner

18 April, 2023

MONROE, Mich. — In an effort to better glean customer insight, Top 100 retailer La-Z-Boy is partnering with Swedish software-as-a-service provider Stravito. The partnership is part of the Monroe, Mich.-based brand’s effort to create a customer insights department as it approaches 100 years in business.

Responsible for the foundational learning behind La-Z-Boy’s consumer growth targets, Megan Battig, senior consumer insights manager, explored how the implementation of the new insights division could unlock brand growth and help achieve the company’s Century Vision goals by 2027.

MillerKnoll : Knoll to debut new brand pavilion and refreshed design direction at Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2023

18 April, 2023

Milan, 18 April 2023 – At this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Knoll will debut a renewed design direction, led by Jonathan Olivares, Senior Vice President of Design, beginning with the introduction of the all-new Salone del Mobile pavilion. The pavilion-designed by OFFICE, the studio founded by Belgian architect duo Kersten Geers and David Van Severen– refers to the domestic scale, providing rooms, gathering spaces and gardens, and is built with recycled and recyclable materials.