Rise of the home office usher boom time for UK furniture sales

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Tuesday, 23 March, 2021

Pent up demand and a more permanent shift in working habits following COVID-19 is due to drive the home office market in 2021, despite a decline in demand last year.

According to AMA Research, COVID-19 has had a serious impact on the home office furniture market in 2020. Despite a move to homeworking, demand for home office furniture is expected to have declined by 8% in 2020; however this can be contrasted with the 17% fall in the total office furniture market.

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Sir Philip Green’s office furniture up for sale as administrators flog Arcadia assets after collapse

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Monday, 22 March, 2021

Administrators have begun flogging Arcadia’s assets, including sewing machines and Sir Philip Green’s office furniture, following the collapse of his retail empire.

Deloitte has appointed Hilco Global to sell the former Topshop owner’s London headquarters in a dramatic fall from high street royalty to the auction house.

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Product diversification helped Haworth soften nearly 20 percent sales decline in 2020

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Monday, 22 March, 2021

HOLLAND — While furniture maker Haworth Inc. absorbed an expected hit to sales in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company cited its diversification as a way of easing the blow.

The Holland-based privately held and family-owned company recently released figures for global sales in 2020. Haworthfinished the pandemic-consumed year with $1.81 billion in sales, which was a sharp 19 percent decrease from 2019 totals.

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Mid-City Office Furniture’s president talks pandemic survival strategy

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Monday, 22 March, 2021

You could call it consultative selling without the selling.

Mid-City Office Furniture spent most of 2020 fielding an abundant number of inquiries about office equipment, but much of those had to do with shrinking office space, installing protective equipment or dealing with furniture rapidly deteriorating from caustic and frequent scrubbing.

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Haworth sales down 19% amid coronavirus pandemic

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Friday, 19 March, 2021

HOLLAND, MI — Furniture manufacturer Haworth reported global sales of $1.81 billion in 2020, a 19% drop from the previous year.

Despite the loss, the Holland-based company says its performance was “better than expected.” It credited efforts to diversify its product offerings.

“Haworth responded to the events of 2020 by leveraging our differentiation and global reach,” President and CEO Franco Bianchi said in a statement.

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Soft North American contract furniture market drags Herman Miller sales lower

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Thursday, 18 March, 2021

ZEELAND — Office furniture maker Herman Miller Inc. continues to feel the sting as office workers stay home because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In reporting its 2021 fiscal year results for its third quarter that ended Feb. 27, the company said it generated $590.5 million in sales for the three-month period, down 11.3 percent from the same time last year.

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Herman Miller Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results

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Wednesday, 17 March 2021

In the news release, Herman Miller Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results, issued 17-Mar-2021 by Herman Miller, Inc. over PR Newswire, PR Newswire inadvertently excluded the Contact details, which are now included for credentialed media.

Herman Miller Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results

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  • Retail and International sales growth helps offset near-term demand pressures in North America Contract
  • Retail momentum accelerates with sales growth of 63%, order growth of 81%, and operating margin of 20.1%
  • Consolidated operating margin expansion over the prior year
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Trendway products in new BIFMA Compliant registry

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Tuesday, 16 March, 2021

HOLLAND, Mich. –Trendway announced that 15 of its products have been certified as BIFMA Compliant. Launched on March 1, 2021, the new BIFMA Compliant registry is an industry-wide list of furniture products that meet BIFMA performance, safety and sustainability standards.

To secure the BIFMA Compliant marks, Trendway worked with an independent International Organization for Standardization 17025 accredited lab testing BIFMA specifications ranging from safety and performance to durability.

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Woodworking Industry News Eames chair not ‘famous’ enough: Supreme Court denies Herman Miller trade dress appeal

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Friday, 12 March 2021

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on March 8 declined Herman Miller‘s trade dress appeal petition, holding that the contract furniture company’s popular Eames office chair is not “famous” enough to qualify for trade dress dilution protection. The Supreme Court’s decision on Herman Miller Inc. v Blumenthal Distributing Inc. means the Ninth Circuit Court’s ruling to partially overturn a jury verdict will stand.

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Special Report: Q&A with Hawaii’s office furniture dealers

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Friday, 12 March 2021

Pacific Business News polled the Hawaii companies on this year’s Office Furniture Dealers List on the new trends and challenges in the office furniture and design industry.

What has been the biggest challenge over the last year?

Stephan Edwards, president, The Systemcenter Inc.: One of the biggest external challenges we have faced in the last year has been adapting to the shipping and other logistic obstacles to continue to meet the needs of our customers and the community. This is along with the internal challenge of maintaining our company culture and making sure we take time to connect as a team, mostly virtually, through our weekly lunch and company update meetings.

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