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	<title>Furniture Online News</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dutch mattress recall more bad news for China</title>
		<link>http://www.osceolademocrats.org/archives/9</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pavel-buyeu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The China critics are getting their voice.
I’m hearing from them in my neck of the woods, the mattress arena. To the long list of Chinese product problems apparently one more should be added: Mattresses.
An Associated Press story earlier this month said that a chain of Dutch- based bedding stores was recalling more than 1,300 Chinese-made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furniture industry needs to hone its PR skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pavel-buyeu</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Talk about furniture</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our industry is doing a lousy job of public relations. And that’s a real shame.
As a long-time member of the media, I’ve been observing the PR programs of a wide variety of home furnishings companies for many years. And I continue to be shocked at the basic mistakes that companies keep on making.
I’m not going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bedding exec carousel: Two major players rotate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pavel-buyeu</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Business and Industry News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pay close attention. This column gets kind of confusing. Sorry about that. A few years ago, Bob Hellyer was president of Simmons and then the company made some changes and said he was leaving and that Simmons didn’t need a president after all. Hellyer was out of the industry for a couple of years.
Meanwhile, Jim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Room &#038; Board To Open Atlanta Store</title>
		<link>http://www.osceolademocrats.org/archives/6</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pavel-buyeu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Room &#038; Board, a 25-year-old family-owned company offering comfortable, modern home furnishings that are well-designed and long lasting, announced that it will open a new store in Atlanta in spring 2009. The store, located in the Westside Provisions district, will be Room &#038; Board&#8217;s first location in the Southeast and only store in Atlanta.
The new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ikea bags disposable bags</title>
		<link>http://www.osceolademocrats.org/archives/5</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pavel-buyeu</dc:creator>
		
	<category>World News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Ikea, which launched a &#8220;bag the plastic bag&#8221; campaign in 2001, officially goes cold turkey today.The Sweden-based home furnishings giant said it will no longer offer plastic or paper bags at any of its U.S. stores. Now, customer will be offered reusable bags.
&#8220;With the introduction of its leadership ‘bag the plastic bag&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Things Furniture Retailers Need To Know About Lighting</title>
		<link>http://www.osceolademocrats.org/archives/4</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pavel-buyeu</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Talk about furniture</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten ways to improve your displays, save on your electricity costs and avoid the most common lighting mistakes. 

1. The rate per kilowatt-hour that shows on your utility bill is meaningless because all charges need to be considered and paid. Determine your real electricity rate by dividing the bottom line, how much you owe, by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furnitureland South&#8217;s International Sales Team Books over $7 Million In International Orders</title>
		<link>http://www.osceolademocrats.org/archives/3</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pavel-buyeu</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Talk about furniture</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Furnitureland South, the world’s largest home furnishings showplace, sold more than $7.6 million in furniture to international customers in 50 different countries over the past two years.
Three new international wins from Cyprus, Bermuda and the United Arab Emirates total more than $379,000 and reinforce Furnitureland South’s global presence and strength in an industry struggling during [...]]]></description>
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