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San Marino's Colombini Group has acquired a majority stake in Bontempi Casa, the Italian contemporary living, dining and bedroom furniture manufacturer.
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Northeast Italian furniture manufacturing group Calligaris has acquired furniture, accents and lifestyle company Fatboy from its private equity owner.
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Mohawk Industries, the circa £7.8 billion flooring conglomerate, completes takeover of Cambridgeshire smooth flooring wholesaler.
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The Vita Group, one of the largest suppliers to the U.K.'s upholstery and bedding sectors, has acquired Technical Foam Services, a foam conversion business based in Corby, Northamptonshire.
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Venture capital company True owns 10.5 percent of the voting rights in bedding retailer Bedfolk following its previously-announced investment earlier this year.
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Danish ready-to-assemble furniture makers Tvilum and Steens have built on ownership ties first formed three years ago with the former acquiring the latter for undisclosed terms.
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Lars Larsen Group has added to its roster of international furniture brands with the acquisition of SofaCompany, a €73 million turnover direct-to-consumer brand operating in multiple markets.
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Recticel, the Belgium foam conglomerate and a key supplier to U.K. sofa and mattress manufacturers, says the €755 million takeover approach by rival Greiner is nowhere near high enough.
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An early spring prepack deal that saved seven showrooms trading as In-Toto Kitchens left creditors facing a multi-million shortfall.
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A slew of private equity bidders are said to have been shortlisted as a sale of mattress company King Koil China nears a potential conclusion.
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Timothy Oulton, owner of the eponymous international furniture brand, increased his stake in interior design company Andrew Martin International last year after acquiring the shares of a number of outgoing shareholders.
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Design Holding, the investment group behind prestige furniture and lighting brands including B&B Italia, Louis Poulsen and Flos, has agreed to buy YDesign Group, a large U.S. based ecommerce lighting retailer.
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Herman Miller and Knoll, both major players in the supply of office furniture worldwide, are to merge, with the former buying the latter in a deal worth $1.8 billion.
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Ingka Investments, the Netherlands based operator of 378 IKEA stores worldwide, is to acquire a 49 percent stake in Ikano Bank with the option to buy the finance company outright at a later date.
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Joules Group, the fashion and lifestyle company, has taken a decisive step into the furniture and home sector after agreeing to buy The Garden Trading Company, a fast-growing online retailer with a substantial wholesale arm.
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Häfele, the furniture fittings and hardware conglomerate, is to acquire Moebelplus, an ecommerce business majoring in white goods and small appliances.
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NorthEdge Capital has strengthened its ties to the home furnishings sector after backing a management buyout (MBO) at an expanding decorative lighting business.
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Technology group ClearCourse Partnership has acquired The Swan Group, which provides furniture retail management software to some of the U.K.'s largest furniture retailers.
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Egger Group, the wood-based materials conglomerate with a big presence in the U.K. market, has acquired a minority stake in an Italian company that makes decorative facings for furniture.
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Ilkeston based Belfield Group added foam and fibre products manufacturer Clinchplain to its roster of furnishings-related companies in an unheralded deal that completed in the days before lockdown.
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The value of listed furniture companies across the world tumbled yesterday as coronavirus fears combined with a slump in the price of oil to send shares into freefall.
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French tableware and furniture hire conglomerate Options has acquired GreatHire, a London based company that has provided furniture for State visits in addition to weddings, corporate and PR events.
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Regional window dressings manufacturer and retailer Homefair Blinds has been sold to its management team in a transaction that provides an exit for its former owners.
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Moda Furnishings, the outdoor and conservatory furniture retailer, has been sold to private equity investor Endless. Terms were not disclosed.
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National general merchandise wholesaler Stax Trade Centres has acquired hardware and ironmongery business M.P. Smith & Co, one of its longstanding suppliers.
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Swan Retail, which majors in providing retail software to the furniture, garden and department store sectors, has acquired rival business Touchretail.
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Ashley Wilde, the circa £31 million turnover Hertfordshire fabrics group, has bought Lanarkshire soft furnishings supplier Voyage Decoration out of administration.
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Steinhoff International Holdings has fleshed out plans to restructure the debts of its Steinhoff Europe AG (SEAG) business unit, lining up EY as supervisor to a company voluntary arrangement (CVA).
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Klarna has agreed to buy Close Brothers Retail Finance in a move that shifts the Swedish banking and payments business from the periphery of the furniture retail sector to its core.
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Harveys and Bensons for Beds owner Steinhoff is to enter the fashion market after agreeing to acquire one of the largest non-food retailers in the Southern Hemisphere.
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