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With the acquisition, XPO will expand its network with the addition of new real estate in freight markets like Atlanta, Houston, Nashville, Brooklyn and more. The purchase comes several months after Yellow filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August, freeing up roughly 8 to 10 percent of market share, since it had serviced large customers such as Walmart and Home Depot.

in an $870 million deal, Reuters reports. Logistics giant XPO acquired 28 service centers from Yellow Corp. The artworks’ return marks the museum’s first repatriation following an announcement earlier this year that the Met would review all of its collections and policies in response to scrutiny over looted artifacts among its holdings. Latchford, a museum donor and prolific dealer who was indicted for illegal trafficking shortly before his death in 2020. The pieces selected to be returned last week are among the best-preserved sculptures recovered from the Angkor period, which stretched from the 9th to the 15th century they are also all associated with Douglas A.J. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to return 16 major Khmer-era artworks to Cambodia and Thailand, The New York Times reports.

As Norwalk’s board of directors searches for a new leader, Dennis Camp-a partner at the company’s accounting firm, Payne Nickles & Company-has been appointed interim president. As Furniture Today reports, Hipple will also be rejoining HB2 Resources, a management consulting firm she helped found. Norwalk Furniture announced last week that president Caroline Hipple would be transitioning to a role as brand advisor and creative director. Following the acquisition, Mitchell Stiles, president and COO of Badcock, will remain in his current role, reporting to Conn’s CEO Norman L. The combined companies are expected to operate more than 500 stores with a projected $1.85 billion in annual revenue. Headquartered in Mulberry, Florida, the new subsidiary operates roughly 380 Badcock & More stores throughout the Southeast. Badcock LLC in an all-stock transaction, Furniture Today reports. Now, some of those who campaigned for a ban in Australia are turning their attention to markets like the U.S., where there are 10 times as many stonemasons (roughly 100,000) and regulations have lagged despite rising cases of silicosis.Ĭonn’s Inc., a Texas-based specialty home goods retailer, acquired 120-year-old furniture retailer W.S. Prior to the ruling, Caesarstone had been under fire in recent months after three Australian news outlets accused the stone supplier of not properly protecting its workforce amid the uproar, brands like Ikea and Bunnings moved quickly to ban engineered stone from their own product ranges in the country. In a letter to employees, CEO Josh Silverman attributed the cuts to a “very challenging” macroenvironment, with gross merchandise sales remaining essentially unchanged since 2021, even as Etsy’s marketplace of sellers has more than doubled in size since 2019.Īustralia has banned engineered stone, Dezeen reports, in an effort to reduce the risks posed to a growing number of workers who contract silicosis-a potentially fatal lung disease-after cutting the material. Stay in the know with our weekly roundup of headlines, launches, events, recommended reading and more.Įtsy announced last week that it was laying off 11 percent of its workforce, or roughly 225 employees, as part of a restructuring effort, CNBC reports. This week in design, Christmas is fast approaching, and it seems that designers are rather unexpectedly opting to decorate with their own chic renditions of the sparse Charlie Brown tree.

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