Contract furniture, retailers expand home office partnerships

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Friday, 04 September, 2020

By some estimates, about one-half of U.S. office workers are working from home or elsewhere rather than their company’s offices. The move to home offices has been going on for a number of years, but the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a rapid change in the workplace in 2020.

Many workers will return to the office when the pandemic ends, but it is likely that many will continue to work at home, at least part of the time.

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Davis 2020: Delight in the Details

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Thursday, 03 September, 2020

As work and home environments converge, Davis Furniture continues to rise to the challenge. One year after celebrating its 75th anniversary, the fourth-generation family-owned North Carolina company has launched an understated series of seating, office, and lounge collections that suggest myriad possibilities and configurations. Davis’ current offerings blend novel aesthetic forays with intriguing variations on its iconic lines. All items are crafted from the highest quality materials with artisanal attention and detail.

New Series of Special Edition Herman Miller Gaming Chairs Launching

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Wednesday, 02 September, 2020

ZEELAND, Mich., Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Herman Miller (NASDAQ: MLHR) announced today that they are releasing a series of special edition chairs for the gaming community, starting with the iconic Aeron Chair. Aeron has already made its mark in the world of online gaming. It has been consistently ranked as one of the top office chairs for gaming by the gaming industry and is the choice of many superstar gamers.

Hundreds of Steelcase workers affected by cost-cutting measures

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Tuesday, 01 Sep, 2020

GRAND RAPIDS — Reduced demand brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant workforce reduction at Steelcase Inc.

The Grand Rapids – based furniture maker  announced measures Tuesday  to reduce the cost structure for the company’s corporation functions and Americas segment.

A combination of  early retirements  and both voluntary  and involuntary  separations shed the company of 300 salaried employees, or 8 percent of Steelcase’s salaried workforce in the Americas and corporate front office.

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Essay contest winner gets home office furniture

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Tuesday, 01 Sep, 2020

SOUDERTON — Being the grand prize winner in an essay contest for Indian Valley Chamber of Commerce members means Courtnee Wampole will be getting a home office makeover.

It also means, though, that she’ll have her own space at Get It Got It, the screen printing company she and husband Bryan operate in Souderton.

Office furniture giant Steelcase achieves carbon neutral status

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Wednesday, 26 August, 2020

US based office furniture giant Steelcase has announced it has achieved carbon neutrality for its own operations. The company also announced new 2030 goals that have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. Building upon this momentum, the firm has established a goal to become carbon negative by 2030.

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Office furniture giant Steelcase sets 2030 ‘carbon negative’ goal

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Wednesday, 26 August, 2020

US firm secures approval from the Science Based Targets initiative after setting new green goals in line with 1.5C global warming trajectory

Office furniture giant Steelcase has set its sights on becoming a ‘carbon negative’ organisation within the next decade, yesterday unveiling plans to ramp up its use of renewable energy, slash carbon emissions,…

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A Director at Virco Manufacturing (VIRC) is Selling Shares

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Tuesday, 25 August, 2020

Yesterday, a Director at Virco Manufacturing (VIRC), Donald Rudkin, sold shares of VIRC for $73.59K.

In addition to Donald Rudkin, 2 other VIRC executives reported Sell trades in the last month.

VIRC’s market cap is $35.04 million and the company has a P/E ratio of 44.60. Currently, Virco Manufacturing has an average volume of 16.25K. The company has a one-year high of $4.53 and a one-year low of $1.82.

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Amway executive joins Herman Miller board of directors

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Monday, 24 August, 2020

Office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller Inc. (NASDAQ: MLHR) has voted to add an Amway Corp. executive to its board of directors.

The Zeeland-based company recently announced that Amway’s Chief Reputation Officer Candace Matthews would join the board effective Aug. 21 and also will serve on the company’s Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee.

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Geek of the Week: Furniture designer Ethan Pearl on the future office and how COVID rearranges it all

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Friday, 21 August, 2020

Six months into a global health crisis that has redefined where and how many of us work, Ethan Pearl is ready to talk about what we’re missing at the office. Specifically, the office furniture designer wants us to reimagine what it will mean to go back, how we can do it safely and where everyone will sit.

As an industrial designer for Poulsbo, Wash.-based Watson Furniture Group, Pearl’s job is to bring ideas to life, sketching, computer modeling and hand crafting physical prototypes. Our latest Geek of the Week is a Pacific Northwest native who graduated from the Industrial Design program at the University of Washington.

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