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Longaberger Company has gone out of business. The company sent a note to its consultants notifying them that 'Longaberger, at this time, has ceased operations' and asking them to 'please take action as soon as possible' in contacting credit-card companies and also advised against attempting to pl...
Read full storyOctober 14, 2015 -- CVSL Inc. and its subsidiary, The Longaberger Company, filed a motion to dismiss Tami Longaberger's lawsuit seeking repayment of $1 million in loans she made to the company. CVSL seeks to settle the issue in binding arbitration, alleging that Ms. Longaberger's claims fall with...
Read full storyTami Longaberger, who resigned as CEO of the Longaberger Co. in May, is suing the company over $1 million she loaned to the company in 2014. Longaberger alleges in the lawsuit that Longaberger Co.'s parent company, CVSL, asked her "to loan as much money as she could so that the companies could me...
Read full storyCOLUMBUS, Ohio, July 26, 2013 -- The Longaberger Company will expand to Australia next month, the first time that the 40-year-old American basketmaker has done business outside North America. The announcement was made today by Longaberger CEO Tami Longaberger at the company's annual sales convent...
Read full storyNEWARK, Ohio, June 14, 2013 -- The world's largest American flag was unfurled in Ohio as part of a unique and colorful all-American celebration. Honoring America, Flag Day and The Longaberger Company's 40th anniversary, the unfurling of world's largest American flag was the highlight of the Great...
Read full storyNEWARK, Ohio and BUFFALO, N.Y., May 13, 2013 -- For the first time in its 40-year history, The Longaberger Company will make its own pottery in the United States. As a major step in its "Project Eagle" effort to move to an all-U.S.-made line, Longaberger will make its pottery in a 300,000 square-...
Read full storyMove is Expected to Create at least 500 American Jobs COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 27, 2012 -- The Longaberger Company, maker of hand-crafted baskets and an icon of American craftsmanship for nearly 40 years, announced today that it has begun the process of transitioning its full line to U.S.-made produc...
Read full storyThe Longaberger Company has fired another president, the sixth change in leadership in the last seven years. President Robin Crossman, who was hired in October of 2009 was released from the company after Tami Longaberger, daughter of founder Dave Longaberger, made the decision to make a change. A...
Read full storyArson was ruled to be the cause of a fire at a 208-year-old house owned by Longaberger at 1406 Seven Hills Road, Hanover Township as investigators eliminated all other causes, Licking County fire investigator Phil Winland said. After being reported at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, the fire burned well into...
Read full storyThe Longaberger Co. announced Wednesday a temporary layoff of 12 employees in its Woodcrafts Division. The Newark-based basketmaker will place the employees on furlough beginning Friday, but plans to call them back July 12, company spokesman Tom Matthews said. The move was needed to realign inven...
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