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The RoomPlace at Harlem is opening its 18th showroom today in Mishawaka, Ind.

The 31,074 square-foot showroom is the company’s first outside the Chicago market.
 
Rebecca Miller has been named president of Minneapolis-based Gabberts.

Miller joined the retailer in January 2006 as vice president and general manager. In her new position, Miller is responsible for the...
 
Retail bedding specialist Select Comfort Corp. reported net sales of $198 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 30, a 6 percent increase from $187.5 million posted during the same period last year.

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Costco Wholesale, which operates 371 locations in the United States, announced Thursday that January sales rose 7 percent to $5.57 billion during the five-week period that ended Feb. 4.

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The 120-store Havertys Furniture chain reported Thursday that January sales decreased 3 percent to $64.9 million in January. Comparable-store sales decreased 4.4 percent at the Atlanta-based retailer....
 
Cost Plus Inc., owner of World Market, announced total revenue for the 14-week fourth quarter ended Feb. 3 of $396.7 million, an 8.1 percent increase from $367 million during the prior, 13-week fourth...
 
Houston-based Mattress Firm has signed a letter of intent to acquire a 15-store mattress retailer in Las Vegas in a deal that will expand Mattress Firm’s store count to nearly 370 stores in 20 states....
 
Metal furniture manufacturer Amisco Inds. Ltd. reported fourth quarter and fiscal year sales of (Canadian) $8.1 million and $35.3 million, respectively. Those figures represent declines from prior-year...
 
Supermodel Cindy Crawford, who has a signature line of furniture with Rooms To Go, is developing a line of home décor items with Malibu Designs, Simi Valley, Calif., that will be called Cindy Crawford...
 
Gary, Ind., furniture retailer Albert E. Slater Furniture will liquidate between $2.5 million and $3 million in inventory in preparation for closing permanently, the (Gary) Post Tribune reported.

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