Chicago Area Furniture Retailer In Trouble
The Southtown Star reported that, "A furniture retailer with stores in the city and south suburbs was sued today for allegedly failing to deliver furniture ordered by customers and then refusing to provide refunds."
The story found at http://bit.ly/vsRKN said that, "The lawsuit was filed by Attorney General Lisa Madigan in Cook County Circuit Court against Ziyad Suleiman, who operates District Furniture, Express Furniture Gallery, Export Furniture and US Furniture at various locations in Chicago, Bedford Park, Burbank and Chicago Ridge, according to a release from Madigan's office."
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IKEA To Lay Off More Workers
The Straits Times, Singapore reported that "SWEDISH furniture giant Ikea, which recently axed 5,000 jobs, will make further cuts to cope with falling demand for its products, company founder Ingvar Kamprad was quoted as saying on Tuesday." Check http://bit.ly/CrreS for the whole story.
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Grand Furniture Consolidates Locations
www.whsv.com reportded that Grand Furniture, in Staunton, VA has been merged in the Waynesboro Grand Furniture location creating seven new jobs. See the entire story at http://bit.ly/Jt0vt
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Beck's Furniture Makes Good On Bum Gas Cards
The Sacramento Bee reported that, "Locally based Beck's Furniture is working with a Chicago marketing company to make good on a free gas/groceries promotion overseen by a now-bankrupt Arizona firm." See the full story at http://bit.ly/TE9yo