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Article: BRINKLEY STARTS IMPORT FIRM SPECIALIZING IN CASE GOODS.
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- July 2, 2001
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GREENSBORO, N.C.-Jesse Brinkley, former president of Lea Industries, has launched a case goods import company, Style@Home.
Brinkley, 59, left Lea in June after four-and-a-half years at the helm. Lamont Hope has filled that position.
Style@Home will manufacture bedroom and dining furniture, including wall units and entertainment centers, at plants in China, Malaysia and Indonesia, with products warehoused in Asia. The products will be solid wood and veneer.
"We will consolidate containers there and ship them directly to the retailer here," Brinkley said. "To back that up, we will have a warehouse and an office in the High Point [N.C.] area to ...