Ethan Allen CEO Describes Challenges of Running a Global Organization

PAUL SOLMAN, NewsHour Economics Correspondent:

Ethan Allen furniture, how much more American can you get? The green mountain boy himself was a hero of the American Revolution. For decades, the colonial facade and furniture named after him were, for Ethan Allen's customers, early Americana incarnate.

And the company is still the state of Vermont's biggest employer. And, yet, Ethan Allen is about as global a company as you're likely to find, though world headquarters are here in Danbury, Connecticut.

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