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Furniture manufacturing in the US of A

"North Carolina has lost more than 26,000 jobs in furniture manufacturing since 2000. In the 1980s, about half the furniture sold in the U.S. was ...

More on behemoths … and “cornographic panaceas”

After posting the Ford pick-up photo, I came across this from Allan Sloan's "The Deal" column in the current (May 12, 2008) Fortune: "Had ...

Behemoths all ’round me

Pulled into the parking lot at my friendly blood lab this morning and felt my mid-sized car might be sucked into the vortex of this ...

Matty G nails what it’s like to travel today

Golf Digest's nefarious travel editor and blogger rants like John Hawkins about the airlines' losing a valuable piece of luggage. Click here to feel ...

Featured Idea Study

Simplifying the way to your customer’s heart

Stanley Furniture looked for a way to differentiate and communicate its brand's value. Not to consumers, but to its retail distribution. With a change at the top of the Stanley organization, the new leadership wanted the brand to stand for something and needed a way to get the word out consistently and powerfully... GO

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