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This Herman Miller face mask is designed to fight modern slavery

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Wednesday, 20 January 2021

So you can’t afford an iconic Herman Miller Eames lounge chair. The good news is you can treat yourself to the esteemed mid-century modern furniture company’s new face masks for a good cause.

Herman Miller has launched a limited-edition face mask called “Design for Freedom” in partnership with Grace Farms Foundation, a humanitarian non-profit organization. The face mask is $30. Proceeds from the sales of the masks will go to Design for Freedom, a Grace Farms initiative that seeks to eliminate modern slavery from the built environment.

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Herman Miller teams up with Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford

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Tuesday, 19 January 2021

Herman Miller has partnered with Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford, to host Conversations for Change, a platform for discussions about racial inequity, social justice, and hope.

Ford has produced his first piece of furniture with Herman Miller, a modified version of the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman (ELO) that was originally launched in 1956 by Charles and Ray Eames. For Ford’s remix, he has handwritten the names of victims of racism in the United States as a tribute to those who lost their lives to racial injustice.

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Herman Miller Named to Newsweek’s List of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2021

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Wednesday, 13 January 2021

HERMAN MILLER ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS BEEN NAMED to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2021. This is the second consecutive year the company has earned this recognition.

Herman Miller Waits for Employers to Step Up Orders for New Office Furniture

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Monday, 28 September, 2020

Furniture maker Herman Miller Inc. isn’t sure when its corporate customers will reopen offices or when they would place orders for new furniture and other office equipment needed for a workspace reconfigured in keeping with coronavirus guidelines.

That is a challenge for its Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Stutz. Mr. Stutz is preparing for a rush of orders from offices looking to redo layouts in line with social distancing rules, but is also juggling the need for investments in new products while business is weak.

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Herman Miller soars 34% as it rejoins dividend club

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Thursday, 17 September, 2020

Shares of Herman Miller <MLHR.O> soared 34% on Thursday after the office chair seller posted blowout quarterly results and joined an expanding list of companies reinstating their dividends as they become more confident about recovering from the coronavirus.

Herman Miller late on Wednesday reported revenue and earnings far above analysts’ expectations, with sales from its retail segment surging 40% thanks to strong demand from people kitting out their home offices due to the pandemic.

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Herman Miller Announces New Concept Stores

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Thursday, 17 September, 2020

Herman Miller, the global design leader and recognized provider of furnishings and related technologies and services, announced it will expand its retail presence this fall with the unveiling of its first concept stores completely dedicated to high-performance task chairs and products that support the home office. Following a record-breaking summer with Herman Miller Retail—the retail arm of Herman Miller comprised of Herman Miller, Design Within Reach and HAY—reporting its strongest quarterly financial performance to date, the first stores are slated to open in late Fall 2020.

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Strong retail performance powers Herman Miller’s first quarter fiscal 2021 results

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Thursday, 17 September, 2020

ZEELAND — With some lingering economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic weighing it down, Zeeland-based office furniture giant Herman Miller (NASDAQ: MLHR) still offered a better-than-expected earnings report late Wednesday.

The company saw a 6.6 percent drop in total revenue, totaling $626.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 compared to $670.9 million at the same time last year. Still, the slight dip was not as bad as most analyst had forecast.

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.

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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Work-from-home boom is a bust for big office furniture makers

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Wednesday, 19 August, 2020

America’s biggest office furniture manufacturers got the rug pulled out from under them by the COVID-19 pandemic.

For decades, producers like Herman Miller Inc. and Steelcase Inc. focused on selling through their own dealers to companies that bought ergonomic chairs and desks by the truckload and employed teams of designers and technicians to deliver and install them. None of them were prepared for a flood of orders for a single adjustable desk from stay-at-home workers suddenly trying to figure out how to conduct Zoom meetings from spare bedrooms.

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