Gautier
Americannoun
noun
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For furniture company Gautier, U.S. tariffs were bad news, hitting sales of the sleek, European pieces that it exports from France to American customers.
Gautier got its start making kids’ beds that looked like cars and rocket ships but today sells sofas, bookcases and desks for around $2,500.
Gautier makes all its furniture in France and faces higher labor and energy costs, as well as stricter regulatory standards.
So Gautier is instead focusing on higher-value projects—like supplying furniture to offices and hotels.
Peter Gautier, in a July letter to the NTSB, wrote that it had been “dilgently working” on a notice of a proposed rule making with “all due haste” on safety management systems.
From Los Angeles Times
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