Factory man how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town

Describes how the chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture fought for his more than seven hundred employees in a small Virginia town using legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and his wits and determination in the wake of sales losses to cheap Asian furniture imports.

Main Author: Macy, Beth (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Edition: First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • The dusty road to Dalian
  • The tipoff
  • The original outsourcer
  • The town the Daddy Rabbits built
  • Hilltop hierarchy
  • The cousin company
  • Company man
  • Lineage and love
  • Navigating the new landscape
  • Sweet Ole Bob (SOB)
  • The Mount airy ploy
  • The family elbow
  • Schooling the Chinese
  • Bird-doggin' the backwaters
  • Selling the masses
  • The storm before the tsunami
  • Trouble in the 'Ville
  • Stretching out the snake
  • The Dalian dance card
  • Gathering the troops
  • Mr. Bassett goes to Washington
  • Factory requiem
  • Million-dollar backlash
  • Copper wires and pink slips
  • Shakedown street
  • Mud turtle
  • The replacements
  • "Sheila, get me the Governor!"
  • The Smith River twitch
  • Appendix. A Virginia furniture dynasty.