“It’s, on some levels, a very big deal, alright? So, there’s the business aspect, there’s the community aspect.”
Dr. Paul Isely is Associate Dean of the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University. The economics professor says Steelcase being sold to Iowa-based workplace furnishings manufacturer HNI is not completely surprising. He expects more acquisitions and mergers through the second half of 2025.
“And between COVID and tariffs and other things like that, there’s been a lot of supply chain problems, and so being bigger helps with that.”…