MILAN — Smaller furnishings, decor and lighting companies that persevered through the financial crisis of 2008 and the post-COVID-19 pandemic downturn may not be able to go it alone now that U.S. President Donald Trump‘s tariffs have set in. Adding even more heat to beleaguered firms, on Aug. 22 Trump threatened further tariffs on furniture coming from other countries into the U.S., announcing on Truth Social that he was launching an investigation and would make a decision within 50 days.

One of the first cracks in the furniture market had already emerged in the U.S., hitting two century-old homegrown American brands: In July, it was revealed that The Howard Miller Company and Hekman, both Michigan-born firms steeped in history, would close their doors for good. Since the dawn

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