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"To say we are living in troubling and uncertain times is an understatement," one reader writes.

Furniture Today asked retailers at the FMG Symposium and Las Vegas Market about their plans for the holiday sales period.

Operations Articles: HFA Reports: Retailers Speak about CSR, Room & Board and Ashley Stores of Central Nebraska discuss the strategic significance of Corporate Social Responsibility reporting for home furnishings retailers.

The late November holiday sales event has been spread out in recent years, and furniture retailers' promotions have followed suit.

Stan and Judy Meyer are retiring after 53 years in the community.

Furniture Today asked retailers what products are key on their shopping lists as they attend this week’s summer event.

Traffic was soft, while sales surprised in some locations and fizzled in others during the mid-summer holiday period.

The holiday sales period can serve as a springboard into the second half of the year or a bridge between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

KEARNEY — Friends called him “Mr. Kearney,” but it’s not just because he was involved with key community organizations. Bruce Blankenship was head of the Kearney Catholic Foundation, president of the Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce, and was Kearney’s mayor in 2003-04. In those three roles, Blankenship did much for the city he loved and made connections with a lot of important people. Blankenship, 63, died from COVID-19 on Sunday at CHI Health Good Samaritan. He had bee...