A really interesting read about the furniture factories and business in general. It basically follows the Bassett family and Bassett furniture and then John Bassett III who wasn't going to run Bassett Furniture & moved over another furniture maker Vaughan-Bassett Furniture that also had family ties. A lot of the book focuses on the 1970s into the 2000s where the furniture manufacturing changed from USA to Taiwan and then other countries in Asia and eventually China. While most US companies moved production to Asia, John Bassett III fought to keep production in US and waged a trade type war forcing some fairness in the process. The book was written in 2014 and Vaughn-Bassett Furniture still has US factories so they have found a way to compete. An interesting read with lots of good info that I had no idea of before picking up this book.
There are 2 WL for the book and I will probably post soon & mail off.
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