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United Furniture purchases Lane Furniture

United Furniture Industries Inc. and Heritage Home Group LLC have entered into an agreement for United Furniture to acquire Lane Furniture.

Posted: Nov 21, 2017 3:23 PM

Updated: Nov 21, 2017 7:16 PM

Posted By: Zac Carlisle

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) – United Furniture Industries Inc. and Heritage Home Group LLC have entered into an agreement for United Furniture to acquire Lane Furniture.

Lane has been a part of Heritage Home Group.

This acquisition includes the global rights to the Lane brand, the 750,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Belden, and Lane’s 202,000 square-foot Royal Development recliner mechanism facility in High Point, North Carolina.

Both companies say they expect the acquisition will be completed prior to the end of the year. United Furniture's Jay Quimby says no Lane Furniture jobs will be impacted by the acquisition.

United Furniture currently employs approximately 3,500 people across northeast Mississippi, North Carolina and California.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 501097

Reported Deaths: 9990

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DeSoto	32117	403
Hinds	31939	628
Jackson	24494	382
Rankin	21995	390
Lee	15543	235
Madison	14581	280
Jones	13851	242
Forrest	13453	251
Lauderdale	11991	317
Lowndes	11050	188
Lamar	10521	135
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Lafayette	8550	140
Hancock	7732	127
Washington	7438	158
Oktibbeha	7146	131
Monroe	6777	177
Warren	6694	176
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Panola	6531	131
Marshall	6467	134
Bolivar	6317	148
Union	6028	94
Pike	5820	152
Alcorn	5669	101
Lincoln	5436	135
George	4968	79
Scott	4728	98
Tippah	4692	81
Prentiss	4672	81
Leflore	4658	144
Itawamba	4636	105
Tate	4588	111
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Simpson	4446	116
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Wayne	4397	72
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Coahoma	4160	105
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Newton	3817	79
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Clay	3080	76
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Cases: 819597

Reported Deaths: 15406

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Lee	23526	246
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Morgan	20941	378
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Marshall	18361	304
Houston	17384	412
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Cullman	15443	293
Limestone	15343	199
Elmore	15241	286
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Walker	11202	370
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Jackson	9871	184
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Clay	2433	68
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Wilcox	1688	39
Bullock	1516	44
Perry	1388	40
Sumter	1330	38
Greene	1267	44
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