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Source: The Better Sleep Council
Starting every day with a good night’s sleepTM is important year round. The Better Sleep Council (BSC) conducted a stress and sleep survey to find out what keeps Americans up at night. This year’s findings revealed a range of insights on Americans’ stress and sleep cycles. Here are some of the [...]

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By: Keith Joyce
VP of Operations
Bowen Town & Country Furniture
kjoyce@bowenfurniture.com
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture – a long-time American manufacturer of bedroom and dining room furniture- has announced a $2.1 million expansion to its Galax, VA manufacturing facility.  The expansion will create an additional 100 jobs at the Galax facility, bringing the total number of employees there to approximately 600.  [...]

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By: Keith Joyce
VP / Operations
Bowen Town & Country Furniture
kjoyce@bowenfurniture.com
I grew up in Mayodan, NC… a small textile-mill town about 30 miles from Winston-Salem.  We lived in a small frame house – formerly a “mill” house (owned by the mill and rented to an employee) – that we rented from my mom’s father.  About a mile [...]

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Times Are Changing…

By: Keith Joyce
VP / Operations
Bowen Town & Country Furniture
kjoyce@bowenfurniture.com

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I guess everyone is ready for some sunshine and warm weather.  It’s been a fairly cold – if dry – winter for the Tar Heel State and even though I like cold weather, the sun felt awfully good while I was out of the store for lunch.  [...]

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By: Keith Joyce
VP / Operations
Bowen Town & Country Furniture
kjoyce@bowenfurniture.com

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My family hates to watch television with me.  I refuse to watch “The Biggest Loser,” “Survivor,” “Dancing with the Stars” and so forth.  If I get control of the remote we’re going to watch The History Channel, Discovery, or Arts & Entertainment.  Like I said – they [...]

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