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Read Design & Designer: Circularity Q&A with Laurence Carr

Published: 7/10/2024
Design tools, approaches, frameworks, and techniques you can use to make your retail business more sustainable.

Read Miller Home: Secret to Building Traffic & Profits

Published: 7/10/2024
Here’s how Pam Miller generates traffic, cuts marketing and financing costs, builds loyalty and brings dollars to her bottom line.

Read What You Need To Know About EV Delivery Trucks

Published: 7/10/2024
Switching to EVs can be a smart solution. However, costs, incentives, timelines and other factors can complicate purchase decisions.

Read IKEA: Getting To Climate Positive by 2030

Published: 7/10/2024
IKEA commits to renewable or recycled materials and products that can be reused, refurbished, re-manufactured, and eventually recycled.

Read Facilities Management: How Smart Systems Cut HVAC Usage Costs For Retailers

Published: 7/10/2024
Smart building systems cut costs and help achieve sustainability goals.

Read Hiring Hack: Recruit And Hire Better People In 2024

Published: 7/10/2024
O’Malley suggests creative ways and new tools to fill your next open.

Read Design & Designer: Inside/Out Showrooms

Published: 6/9/2024
Catherine Trevigne of Inside/Out Showrooms, discusses outdoor furniture design trends, usage and best practices.

Read Retail Success: Viridien is Hyper-focused on Outdoor

Published: 6/9/2024
Viridien’s Grant Henegan grows his slice of the outdoor category by maintaining a very high level of service and expertise.

Read Retail Success: Chair King® Backyard Store

Published: 6/9/2024
With 53 Chair King® Backyard Store and Fortunoff® Backyard Store locations, the company’s next generation has plans to keep growing.

Read Focus on Design

Published: 3/18/2024
Editors’ picks of furniture and accessory designs.

Read Crate and Barrel Showcases New Brand Identity

Published: 12/28/2023
Crate and Barrel is playing to its strengths, establishing a fresh vision for the brand and putting distance between it and its competitors.

Read Design & Designer Forecast: Michael Cleghorn

Published: 11/30/2023
Here is a close look at the six shopper aspirations that MC&Co Trend says will define how consumers will make furniture purchase decisions in 2024.

Read Women’s Choice

Published: 11/30/2023
Is there a big difference in how women and men make furniture and bedding purchase decisions? WomenCertified’s Chief Mission Officer believes there is.

Read Outdoor Fabric Trends

Published: 6/1/2023
Sunbrella’s Greg Voorhis provides Furniture World readers with an update on the latest in outdoor fabric sustainability, colors and textures.

Read HFA Reports: Hiring

Published: 3/27/2023
HFA-Member retailers explain how to modernize strategies to hire faster, better and reduce turnover.

Read Retail Success: Great American Home Store

Published: 12/4/2022
The marketing team at fast-growing, technology-driven GAHS shares their solutions for retail data collection, software integration, analysis and more.

Read Design & Designer: Future Designers Summit

Published: 12/4/2022
The Future Designers Summit, a program of High Point’s Bienenstock Furniture Library, brings together some of the best and brightest young minds for the future benefit of the home furnishings industry.

Read Retail Success: American Factory Direct Furniture

Published: 9/30/2022
In five short years, the Comeaux family has grown AFD from an idea to five store locations serving customers in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Read Consumer Finance: What a Difference a Year Makes!

Published: 7/13/2022
Thoughts about what retailers can expect as we transition to a less favorable credit environment.

Read Gamifying Design Choice

Published: 7/13/2022
The language of furniture styles has become nuanced and complicated. This presents a challenge for furniture retailers.

Read Advertising Balance

Published: 5/15/2022
Research shows that more diversification in media buys can be beneficial for many furniture retailers.

Read Why Furniture Recommerce?

Published: 5/14/2022
Furniture recommerce may be the next big thing for furniture retailers who want to tell sustainable stories, acquire new customers and add income from returned items.

Read Advertising Can Only Take You So Far

Published: 3/20/2022
Conversations between retailers and ad agencies need to expand beyond questions of creative and media.

Read Design & Designer: Patti Carpenter

Published: 1/1/2022
Product developer and trend analyst Patti Carpenter provides insight into color, retail trends and ways to connect with the value systems of consumers.

Read What’s in Store For 2022?

Published: 12/27/2021
There will be winners and losers this year. Industry observer Tom Liddell provides insights into potential problems and what if anything retailers might do.

Read Clubhouse Social Media Platform Explained

Published: 7/30/2021
Leslie Carothers explains why Clubhouse is a valuable addition to the social media toolkits of home furnishings retailers and brands.

Read Design & Designer: Victoria at Home

Published: 7/28/2021
Interior designer, store owner and style spotter shares her thoughts on selling, supporting the interior design community, High Point Market and current trends.

Read Design & Designer: Gary Inman & Zach Hodgin

Published: 5/9/2021
Inman and Hodgin anticipate a post-pandemic flood of designs focusing on new materials and colors. Get ready for less beige and boring plus a number of hard-to-reconcile, diverse design trends.

Read Design & Designer: Fashion Snoops Update

Published: 3/20/2021
Fashion Snoops’ expert forecaster Jay Anna Mize looks at what’s now and what’s next in style and consumer buying behaviors.

Read Corporate Social Responsibility

Published: 3/20/2021
Andrew Koenig explains how home furnishings retailers can conceive and implement a CSR program that helps employees, customers and the communities.

Read Rebranding: Badcock Home Furniture &more

Published: 3/20/2021
Here’s how this 380+ store retailer created a new branding campaign just right for reaching out to customers, non-customers and lapsed customers.

Read Retail Success: Arizona Leather

Published: 9/24/2020
Here's how Arizona Leather outsells the competition with lower advertising expenditures and fewer major suppliers.

Read Design & Designer: Erika Ward Interiors

Published: 9/23/2020
Interior designer, blogger, brand ambassador and style spotter Erika Ward provides insight into what furniture consumers and families want and need right now.

Read Design & Designer: What Shoppers Want

Published: 8/4/2020
Fashion Snoops' Jaye Anna Mize explains how a shift in consumer values is likely to affect how and what they buy for the fall selling season and into 2021.

Read Point/Counterpoint: Evolution of Millennial Shopping Behavior

Published: 10/12/2019
Ed and Bill debate the ways millennials are likely to change as they reach their peak furniture buying years.

Read The State of Sustainability

Published: 10/12/2019
An update on what home furnishings retailers and manufacturing brands are doing to help save the planet.

Read Design & Designer: Jaye Anna Mize

Published: 9/29/2019
Fashion Snoops' Jaye Anna Mize shares what brands and retailers can do to connect the dots between culture, consumer behavior and new product development.

Read A Winning Retail Experience

Published: 7/15/2019
How your store can create a winning retail experience that turns your customers into promoters.

Read 100 Years Ago in Furniture World Magazine

Published: 6/2/2019
More troubles in the 1919 issues of Furniture World Magazine

Read 100 Years Ago In Furniture World

Published: 3/24/2019
One damn thing after another in 1919.

Read Design & Designer Series: Jeanne Chung

Published: 3/23/2019
Interior designer, retailer, style spotter & influencer shares her thoughts.

Read Point/Counterpoint: Higher Education

Published: 3/23/2019
Is the state of our educational system a big problem for our industry?

Read Employee Accountability in 2019

Published: 1/11/2019
Processes and checks must be put in place to ensure accountability in retail furniture workplaces.

Read Independent Retailers: Let's Do This

Published: 1/11/2019
It's not all doom and gloom for independent retailers.

Read The Changing Meaning of Sustainable

Published: 9/22/2018
A special section that looks at the evolution of demand for sustainable, healthy, and ethically produced furnishings.

Read Design & Designer Series: Chip Wade

Published: 9/22/2018
Interior and furniture designer, media personality and consultant, shares his thoughts about design, sales & marketing.

Read 100 Years Ago In Furniture World

Published: 7/4/2018
Interesting excerpts from summer 1925 issues of Furniture World Magazine

Read Design & Designer: Kerrie Kelly

Published: 3/23/2018
Author, retailer, interior/ product designer Kerrie Kelly talks about consumers, trends, customer engagement and retailing.

Read Don't Ignore Empty Nesters

Published: 3/23/2018
Engaging them online by using incentives and calls to action is crucial to increasing store traffic and sales.

Read 100 Years Ago In Furniture World

Published: 3/23/2018
Interesting excerpts from Spring 1918 issues including how to care for furniture delivery horses!

Read Discover Color Purple

Published: 1/14/2018
Pantone recently announced its color of the year. How did this color get chosen and how should we use it?

Read American Manufacturing Special Section

Published: 9/23/2017
Special advertorial section featuring manufacturers that have significant content from American sources.

Read Design & Designer Series: Libby Langdon

Published: 9/23/2017
Libby Langdon talks about what consumers want, and how retailers can do a better job of connecting with them.

Read EDITOR'S CORNER: Furniture Industry: Then and Now.

Published: 9/23/2017
The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same!

Read On Trend: Color & Style

Published: 7/7/2017
Use the process outlined in this article to translate your vision and ideas into great buying decisions.

Read Showroom Outdoor WOW!

Published: 7/7/2017
Create that WOW factor for your outdoor displays to generate above average sales.

Read Connect With The HENRYS

Published: 6/1/2017
How to connect with this large, highly niched target market, to increase traffic and boost sales.

Read Home Hungry HENRYs

Published: 12/28/2016
These are the prospects that have the demographic profile to buy furniture and home accessories right now.

Read Contractor Misclassification - Are You At Risk?

Published: 11/29/2016
As Macy’s learned the expensive way, contracting out the work to a third party does not insulate you from liability.

Read Managing Your Reputation in 2017

Published: 11/29/2016
More than 1,400 consumers were asked if and how they use business reviews to decide where they’ll shop for furniture.

Read Offline-Online

Published: 9/30/2016
Advances in technology make it possible for medium-sized retailers to level the playing field with larger competitors.

Read Customer Loyalty Programs

Published: 9/30/2016
A loyalty program is one of several ways to bring shoppers and buyers back into stores faster, but is it for you?

Read Trending Outdoor & Casual

Published: 7/7/2016
Tips and techniques for buying, merchandising, displaying, marketing and selling outdoor furniture & accessories.

Read Going Hyper Local

Published: 7/7/2016
What’s Hyper Local Social Marketing, and Why Does It Matter?

Read Taking the e-Commerce Plunge

Published: 7/7/2016
Survey suggests if you don’t dive into e-commerce soon, you won’t be able to give your customers what they demand.

Read 12 Quick Retail Tips

Published: 7/7/2016
Modern customers must be wooed - not sold, and not bought. So get wooing!

Read Before They Buy...

Published: 6/2/2016
Recent study looks at the costs and benefits of leaving product pricing off of retail furniture store websites.

Read Shop That POPS!

Published: 6/2/2016
A shop that POPs! is simply irresistible to customers. Tips from retailer Leon & Lulu on how to create one.

Read Our Leather Future?

Published: 6/2/2016
Is lab-grown leather something furniture retailers might be selling in the very near future?

Read Your Retail Exit Strategy

Published: 6/2/2016
First part in a two-part series of articles concerned with the value of having an exit strategy in place before you need one.

Read Retail Brand Survey

Published: 3/25/2016
If you think that most of your prospective customers know your business, think again! This survey tells a different story.

Read Re-Integrate Print

Published: 3/25/2016
How smart use of print media makes your digital marketing more effective.

Read Your Furniture Future: The HENRYs

Published: 3/25/2016
HENRYs account for roughly 40% of total consumer expenditures, as compared with10% for ultra-affluents.

Read A Store Design That Sells

Published: 3/25/2016
Sleep Simple store design boosts sales for Vermont retailer.

Read Furniture Product Liability

Published: 3/25/2016
Latest on the product liability landscape for furniture retailers and manufacturers.

Read Advancing Women in 2016

Published: 1/4/2016
Mattress Firm’s Abby Ludens outlines a program for hiring and advancing women in home furnishings organizations.

Read Employee Theft

Published: 1/4/2016
You may be thinking that fraud is not a problem at your operation, but the statistics are sadly not in your favor.

Read Real Bad Feelin’ About Brands

Published: 1/4/2016
Bill Napier, offers tips on how to win back brand loyalty in 2016.

Read Rewarding Customer Loyalty

Published: 11/27/2015
You need to engage and reward your consumers in 2016 or lose business to those retailers that do.

Read New Mover Marketing

Published: 11/27/2015
Home furnishings retailers have an opportunity to make lasting impressions on potential customers when they move into a new home.

Read The Other 98%

Published: 9/28/2015
Chase potential customers your competition neglects, and watch sales climb!

Read Retail Technology: Human2

Published: 9/27/2015
Use mobile marketing and post-click engagement so shoppers use phones for something other than showrooming.

Read Trending Accessories

Published: 7/17/2015
Best practices for buying, merchandising and profiting from the category - Part 2.

Read Trending Color

Published: 7/17/2015
The right colors make a huge difference in the selling power of retail displays.

Read EDITOR'S CORNER: Elevator speeches for rvery sales associate.

Published: 7/17/2015
An ES explains what your company does, why it’s unique and interesting. It needs to be short enough to deliver to a prospect during a brief ride from the first to the fourth floor.

Read Use Your Data To Sell More Furniture

Published: 6/9/2015
Case Study: How a regional furniture chain pulled its data together to sell more furniture.

Read Top Ten Bad Sales Habits & How To Break Them

Published: 6/9/2015
Bad habits are easy to form but hard to break. They equal lower sales and declining revenue.

Read Going Where The Money is!

Published: 3/24/2015
Study shows that the 20% of affluent households, that account for more than 40% of home furnishings sales, are increasingly shopping at specialty retailers.

Read NAHFA DataLink: What’s In It For You?

Published: 3/24/2015
New program seeks to unlock the online competitiveness of local brick & mortar furniture retailers.

Read Are You Marketing Like It’s 1987?

Published: 12/30/2014
It has never been easier to take market share from competitors as it is right now in 2015! And here’s why.

Read Is An ESOP A Good Idea For You?

Published: 12/30/2014
Employee Stock Ownership Plans Deserve a Close Look for Business Transition.

Read The Art & Science of Retail Scents

Published: 11/21/2014
Research and anecdotal evidence shows that ambient scenting in retail stores improves the customer experience. Precisely how to scent a store, however, requires a lot of thought and attention to detail.

Read EDITOR’S CORNER

Published: 11/21/2014
Remembering Larry Stein.

Read Open This Box If You Dare!

Published: 5/22/2014
Four out-of-the-box ideas for retailers who do the same things year after year.

Read Furniture Library Debuts Plaxico Gardens

Published: 3/16/2014
Bienenstock Furniture Library Gardens to debut during High Pont show.

Read Dropped Call

Published: 9/30/2013
Are you losing sales to competitors who offer a better mobile experience? Find out if your website measures up and what you need to do if it doesn’t.

Read Creative Retailing In Five Steps

Published: 9/30/2013
There are so many tactical things an independent can do that big boxes cannot. But before they can employ killer tactics with maximum effectiveness they must first have a creative, strategic game plan. Here’s how to get started developing that game plan.

Read Mentoring Furniture Mavericks

Published: 9/30/2013
Tips for jump starting the furniture careers of young employees and co-workers.

Read Design Tip: Short Tips Series

Published: 7/11/2013
Use Form and Line to your advantage when creating retail displays and customers' rooms.

Read Case Study: Retail Transformation - Davids Furniture & Interiors

Published: 7/10/2013
How 41 year old Davids Furniture was transformed into a 21st century destination where customers create stylish homes.

Read Transportation Cost Cutting: 7 Steps

Published: 5/30/2013
When shipping choices – including setting rates, choosing carriers and assigning classification codes – are left to your vendors, you have little control over the inflow and transportation charges related to your goods. By using the seven steps outlined in this article, even smaller retailers can achieve savings of tens of thousands of dollars per year.

Read Editor's Corner April 2013: Our Industry Is Coming of Age

Published: 4/1/2013
In 1980, the year I joined Furniture World, Jerry penned a six-part series our editor brilliantly titled, The Epperson Report...

Read Editor's Corner: September/October 2012 Issue

Published: 10/8/2012
How positive, empathetic and effective are your employees?

Read Better Bedding & Sales Series - Part 8: Bedding Anatomy 102

Published: 9/25/2012
This time, we continue our exploration of mattress anatomy by looking at springs and their role in mattress support, comfort and durability.

Read Editor's Corner: July/August Issue

Published: 7/13/2012
Selling mattresses is about to get more adversarial.

Read Bedding Anatomy 101

Published: 7/12/2012
The past seven installments in this series on selling better bedding presented tools and techniques the best retail furniture stores use to price, promote and present mattresses, pillows, mattress protectors and foundations. This time, we start an exploration of mattress components and construction with when, why and how to bring up components and construction.

Read Selling Better Bedding & Mattresses Series - Power Bases

Published: 4/6/2012
Part six of Furniture World’s selling better bedding series features expert sales tips and techniques that will help you to increase attachment rates on power bases.

Read Plug In To Domestic: Sell More Made In America Furniture

Published: 4/3/2012
If you’ve made a decision to take advantage of the uptrend in furniture production and sales of Made in USA and Made in Canada furniture, this article is a must-read.

Read Selling Sleep Essentials - Pillows & Mattress Protectors

Published: 3/20/2012
Part five of Furniture World’s selling better bedding series features expert sales tips and techniques for furniture and bedding retailers that want to sell more pillows and mattress protectors

Read ART Announces Las Vegas ART Card Participants and Market Events

Published: 1/24/2012
ART Card will offer more than a dozen vendor specials; Organization to host two Market events.

Read High Point Market Authority Adds New Board Members

Published: 1/24/2012
The High Point Market Authority announced that it has added new members to its board of directors, including a new seat to represent the design community.

Read PMP Completes Sale Promotion At Vermont Retailer Devastated by Hurricane Irene

Published: 1/23/2012
Profit Management Promotions announced that the company recently completed an eight-week promotion at Bare Bones Furniture in Rutland, VT.

Read Grand Opening Prizes Announced for Mega Motion and Cozzia Showroom In Las Vegas

Published: 1/23/2012
Retailers will be able to test drive over 50 specialty chairs from both companies at the Winter Las Vegas Market.

Read Easy Furniture Web Tip #141 - For Heaven’s Sake Start Collecting Email Addresses

Published: 1/23/2012
Don’t put it off. Start collecting email addresses on your website, in your store, and whenever you grab a business card.

Read Weekly Furniture World Media Note #20 from Lance Hanish-Mobile First: Integrate Mobile Now

Published: 1/23/2012
The plight of the home furnishings industry is not whether it can design and produce excellent product that will meet the needs and budgets of today’s consumer but, as it always has been in the past, it has a hard time understanding how to sell the product without giving it away.

Read Weekly Furniture Management Tip # 27 - A Good Leader...

Published: 1/23/2012
These weekly “Monday Morning Management Tips” are jointly provided by both Country View Woodworking and Furniture World.

Read Linon Home Décor Products Opens New Las Vegas Showroom

Published: 1/23/2012
The new Linon showroom will be a 10,000 square-foot showcase of trend right furniture with an emphasis on design, artistry, function, and price.

Read Gorman’s Home Furnishings & Interior Design Names Duane Petroskey General Manager Of Grand Rapids Showroom

Published: 1/23/2012
As general manager, Petroskey will oversee day-to-day operations of the store and its specialty shops, support Gorman’s on-staff design team and working directly with members of the interior design and consumer communities.

Read Fabrictech International Formally Launches PureCare Plush Antibacterial Silver Pillows at Vegas Market

Published: 1/23/2012
Three pillow categories include natural talalay latex pillows, temperature neutral memory foam pillows in different shapes and comfort levels, and down pillows bathed in Ultra-Fresh™ anti-bacterial cleansing treatment and made with sealed inner linings so that dust mites and allergens cannot gain access inside the pillow.

Read Naturepedic To Introduce Organic Encased Coil Luxury Mattress Line at Winter Las Vegas Market

Published: 1/23/2012
The introduction includes a three-bed line up of first-to-market luxury encased-coil organic mattresses certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS).

Read IHFRA, Web4Retail and IMC partner to provide an iPad Seminar for IHFRA Reps, Manufacturers in Las Vegas

Published: 1/23/2012
Seminar will be held at the World Market Center Las Vegas Jan. 29 at 6 p.m. in World View on the sixteenth floor of Building B.

Read Social E-commerce Home Furnishings Site 250Lloyds.com, Goes Live

Published: 1/21/2012
250Lloyds.com is a new designer-friendly, members-only home furnishings private sale site.

Read Nationwide Members to Save Time and Money with DispatchTrack

Published: 1/21/2012
DispatchTRack is designed to manage home delivery logistics and technician support operations.

Read New Made in U.S.A. Pavilion Opening at Winter 2012 Las Vegas Market

Published: 1/21/2012
The new 5,000-square-foot pavilion, located in on the second floor of Building B, will showcase distinctive American-made furniture and home décor products and collections, highlighting the growing trend toward American-made goods in the industry.

Read City of Hope Honors Two Home Furnishings Industry Leaders with The Spirit of Life Award

Published: 1/21/2012
Jeff Seaman and Bob Sherman, chief executive officers of Rooms To Go and Serta Mattress Company will receive The Spirit of Life® Award, City of Hope’s most prestigious philanthropic honor at the institution’s 2012 Spirit of Life Award dinner during the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, N.C., on Sunday, April 22, 2012.

Read Penne Cairoli Named President of Laura Ashley Inc.

Published: 1/21/2012
Cairoli has been with Laura Ashley since 1987, most recently as a Vice President of Licensing.

Read Lovesac Premiers New Store Design By Pompei A.D.

Published: 1/21/2012
LoveSac announced that it recently opened a new store featuring a transformative store design created for LoveSac by the global creative consultancy Pompei A.D.

Read World Market Center Las Vegas Offers Stellar Lineup of Educational and Design-centric Seminars at Winter 2012 Las Vegas Market

Published: 1/21/2012
Winter 2012 Las Vegas Market will feature thought leaders in all corners of the furniture, design and business worlds.

Read Sleep Country Rings in New Year with Record Donations for Foster Kids in 2011

Published: 1/21/2012
Bedding specialist with more than 80 stores collected more than 101,000 important material items for foster children including clothing, pajamas, shoes, school supplies, coats and at the holidays – gifts and toys, for a substantial increase in year over year donations.

Read In the Furniture Game, Hire Fast, Fire Faster

Published: 1/21/2012
If you have ever made a bad hiring decision, don’t worry you are in good company. All leaders and managers select bad hires even if they don’t know it. The difference is, really great leaders recognize their mistake and fire faster.

Read Massood Logistics Expands Services/Adds Key Executives

Published: 1/20/2012
Devoted to helping customers take customized logistics to a new level of efficiency, Massood Logistics offers a variety of solution-based services, including warehousing, assembly, repair and refinishing, packaging and consolidation.

Read Retailer Resource Center To Offer Robust Business Services Marketplace & Hot Waffle Breakfast

Published: 1/20/2012
The showroom in C-496 will host almost 40 business services providers.

Read Furniture First Continues Regional Meetings in 2012

Published: 1/20/2012
Two day meetings emphasize the importance of networking and idea exchange.

Read La-Z-Boy Announces Appointments At Casegoods Unit

Published: 1/20/2012
La-Z-Boy Incorporated announced the appointments of Randy Huff, as Vice President of Merchandising, and Thomas Daley, as Vice President of Marketing, for its American Drew, Lea and Hammary unit.

Read Riverside Furniture Renews, Relocates to New Showroom at Las Vegas Market

Published: 1/20/2012
Company relocates to a new, nearly 6,400 square-foot showroom in Building B, Suite B-1080.

Read New at Las Vegas Market from de Courcy & Company

Published: 1/20/2012
Their new HG Linen™ line, they say, is will be the best looking latex mattress available at Market.

Read E-Z Decorator Returns To Las Vegas Market

Published: 1/20/2012
E-Z Decorator, the maker of drawing, sketching and layout tools for retail and design professionals, reported that it will be returning to the Las Vegas Market.

Read Selling Sleep Essentials - Pillows & Mattress Protectors

Published: 1/19/2012
Part five of Furniture World’s selling better bedding series features expert sales tips and techniques for furniture and bedding retailers that want to sell more pillows and mattress protectors

Read Weekly Furniture World Media Note #19 from Lance Hanish-Mobile First: How New Media Overtook Legacy Media

Published: 1/17/2012
A Pew Internet study found that approximately 75% of people get their news from social networking sites (as opposed to other means like newspapers and television), while around 52% of people regularly post news topics or articles to Social Media networks.

Read Therapedic International Teams With Antinori To Launch Florida License For Brand

Published: 1/17/2012
Former Spring Air President Steve Antinori has re-entered the mattress business by launching Sleep International, LLC, a new Therapedic International license for Florida along with partner Adam Weinman.

Read Contemporary Furniture Retailer LaDifférence To Liquidate One Location

Published: 1/16/2012
Contemporary furniture store will shutter West Broad Village location to focus on flagship store and Shockoe Design District.

Read WHFA & NHFA Announce 2012 Las Vegas Winter Market Seminar Series

Published: 1/16/2012
During Market, the RRC will host a powerful selection of industry speakers on a diverse range of specific retail issues.

Read Schumacher Announces The Appointment Of Maria E. Parasugo, Vice-President, Merchandising

Published: 1/16/2012
As Vice-President, Merchandising for Schumacher, she will be responsible for developing strategy for merchandise planning as well as for merchandising initiatives.

Read Robb & Stucky Launches Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Specialty Boutique Within Its Showroom

Published: 1/16/2012
The boutique is located inside the Robb & Stucky International 60,000-square-foot design studio and home furnishings retail showroom located at 13170 South Cleveland Ave. in Fort Myers, Fla.

Read Weekly Furniture Management Tip # 26- A Good Leader...

Published: 1/16/2012
These weekly “Monday Morning Management Tips” are jointly provided by both Country View Woodworking and Furniture World.

Read Las Vegas Market Diversifies Seminar Offerings

Published: 1/16/2012
World Market Center will present seminars geared to Canadian visitors as well the growing number of Spanish-speaking attendees.

Read International Market Centers Promotes, Hires Individuals To Leasing Teams

Published: 1/16/2012
Ryan Mahoney and Jared Worrall have been promoted to leasing managers for the permanent home furnishings leasing team in Las Vegas. Angie Nelson has joined the High Point leasing team as a leasing manager.

Read Leggett & Platt Consumer Products Group Gives Showroom Visitors Chance To Win Rolex Watch And More At Vegas Market

Published: 1/16/2012
The company will feature a number of new products, including the all-new Leggett & Platt® Prestige™ premium bed frame and the Leggett & Platt® Brisa™ Gel memory foam pillow.

Read Leggett & Platt Consumer Products Group Expands Leggett & Platt Fashion Bed Portfolio

Published: 1/16/2012
The 2012 additions include a selection of contemporary platform beds as well as headboard and footboards, in metal, wood and upholstery.

Read Paramount Sleep To Debut Three Collections During Las Vegas Show

Published: 1/16/2012
A completely re-engineered Nature’s Spa mattress, new high-end Heavy Duty mattress models, and the new Performance Gel series for the Back Performance line all will be featured.

Read NHFA & WHFA To Give Away Free Membership For Life During Vegas Show

Published: 1/16/2012
Sponsored by Emerald Home Furnishings, every retailer that joins during Market week will be entered to win a membership for life.

Read ASFD Student Design Challenge 2011 Winners Announced

Published: 1/16/2012
ASFD and partner Stanley Furniture successfully formatted a competition which benefits design students, adds excitement to design program curriculums and continues to foster student mentoring.

Read Art Van Furniture To Host Ladies Night Out Event

Published: 1/16/2012
The event benefiting the Henry Ford Health System will include complimentary hair styling, makeup tips, massages and more.

Read Holiday Season Saw More Retail Sales, But Fewer In-store Shoppers

Published: 1/16/2012
Shoppers bought more, but they browsed less. ShopperTrak reported that in-store foot-traffic decreased 3.1 percent for the 2011 holiday season over the same period last year.

Read Ethan Allen Participates in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Joplin, Missouri

Published: 1/16/2012
Ethan Allen donated furniture and accessories for two homes that were built for single mothers.

Read Protect-A-Bed Announces Canadian Expansion

Published: 1/16/2012
Industry veteran Marc de Grave has been named vice president of business development for Protect-A-Bed in Canada.

Read Houston Based Retailer Matress Firm Raises Sales Guidance for 2011

Published: 1/16/2012
Comparable-store sales for fiscal 2011 are expected to reflect an increase of 18% to 19%.

Read Sleepy's Ads Stress Bedroom "Sanctuaries"

Published: 1/16/2012
Sleepy's new ad Campaign features vignettes of all stages of life including: newlyweds, pregnancy, babies and kids enjoying their beds.

Read Weekly Furniture World Media Note #18 from Lance Hanish-Mobile First: Importance of QR Codes

Published: 1/10/2012
When companies begin to consider the use of QR codes for advertising, promotion, or general business purposes, the majority seem to ask the same simple question: Do we want to use QR codes or not in our next campaign?

Read American West Takes Over Worldwide Logstics’ Services, Equipment And Facilities In State Of California

Published: 1/10/2012
Move makes family-owned concern largest furniture carrier in the state.

Read Decor-Rest Celebrates It's 40th Year In Business: A Company History

Published: 1/10/2012
Throughout 2012 Decor-Rest will celebrate it's 40th year business, starting with TCHFM, The Canadian Home Furnishings Market, January 14-17.

Read 22% Growth For Baer's Furniture In 2011

Published: 1/9/2012
Business in Southwest Florida is reported to be picking up.

Read Bravo's "Flipping Out" Star to Appear at Art Van Furniture

Published: 1/9/2012
Known for his real estate investments, interior design expertise, and personality, Lewis will offer tips and answer questions that will help Art Van Furniture guests create the homes of their dreams.

Read Ashley Furniture Donates 1,300 AshleySleep Mattresses To Military Families

Published: 1/9/2012
The mattresses, with a retail value of approximately $1 million, will also be used to upgrade bedding in the three Operation Homefront Villages in Gaithersburg, Md.; San Antonio, Texas; and Oceanside, Calif.

Read Crawford Furniture Closes Plant

Published: 1/9/2012
After filing for bankruptcy protection, company closes five stores and ceases operations in advance of possible restructuring.

Read Havertys Reports 4th Quarter Sales Increase of 3.8%

Published: 1/9/2012
Sales for the twelve months of 2011 totaled $620.9 million versus $620.3 million for 2010, representing an increase of 0.1%.

Read Durham Furniture Renews Licensing Agreement With George Washington's Mount Vernon

Published: 1/9/2012
Durham’s two new Mount Vernon additions will be available at the upcoming Toronto show and April High Point Market.

Read Easy Furniture Web Tip #140 - Just What Are Keywords Anyway?

Published: 1/9/2012
When you want to build a new page on your website, you should research which are the best keywords for a particular page. If you put those keywords on your page (just a two or three, please) and in your tags, you have a better chance of having that page do well in search results.

Read Safeware Announces Partnership with Mega Group USA

Published: 1/9/2012
Safeware will be the preferred provider for Mega Group's Product Protection Plan Program.

Read WithIt, World Market Center Las Vegas To Offer Leadership-Focused Events During Las Vegas Market

Published: 1/9/2012
Panel discussion featuring female executives and entrepreneurs, plus career mentoring session, available to all registered Las Vegas Market, Gift + Home attendees.

Read JAIPUR Announces Rug Giveaway Contest at 2012 Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market

Published: 1/9/2012
The winner will be announced at their daily “global inspirations” luncheon and cocktail event on Friday, January 13 from noon-2:00 p.m. in the JAIPUR showroom.

Read WithIt Announces 2012 Board of Directors

Published: 1/9/2012
Julia Rosien, chief idea officer, SocialNorth.com, takes the helm as president. Rosien is the first home furnishings executive based outside the United States to serve as WithIt president.

Read Robb & Stucky To Reopen Under New Ownership

Published: 1/8/2012
Company hires many of employees that made a significant contribution to the previous Robb & Stucky, and brings in several key executives from outside the former company.

Read SSA Las Vegas Sleep Products Seminar Shares Best Practices for Profitable ‘Green’ Marketing

Published: 1/8/2012
The seminar will explore best practices for promoting green sleep products in ways that eliminate consumer confusion and solidify a purchase decision with documented claims.

Read Dutailier Continues To Re-Imagine Its Style Direction At The Toronto Show

Published: 1/8/2012
In Toronto, Dutailier will introduce a new, innovative generation of Comfort recliners.

Read Jamie Drake Named as 2012 Design Icon at Winter Las Vegas Market

Published: 1/8/2012
Design visionary to be honored during Las Vegas Design Center’s highly anticipated Design Series.

Read Margaret Dunne Named Director of Marketing, Pacific Design Center

Published: 1/8/2012
Former Architectural Digest Executive Editor to oversee marketing and promotional functions of the Design Emporium.

Read Weekly Furniture Management Tip # 25- A Good Leader...

Published: 1/8/2012
These weekly “Monday Morning Management Tips” are jointly provided by both Country View Woodworking and Furniture World.

Read Surya To Introduce 200 Rugs At The Atlanta & Las Vegas Winter Markets

Published: 1/5/2012
In Atlanta and Las Vegas, Surya will display collection expansions and introduce 24 new collections comprised of 115 new designs.

Read Profit Management Promotions Moves Corporate Headquarters

Published: 1/3/2012
The company has restructured its internal operations and moved its Corporate Headquarters to Doylestown, PA.

Read The Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library Adds 10 New Board Members

Published: 1/2/2012
The Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library was founded in 1970 and encompasses a collection of over 5000 volumes on furniture and design history, interior design, architecture, art, textiles and construction.

Read Magniflex Creates New Sales Director Post For North America Company ; Promotes Marescotti To New Position

Published: 1/2/2012
Marescotti joined Magniflex in 2010 as development manager, facilitating training, customer service and support between the U.S. and Italy.

Read Magniflex Debuts First Showroom At Las Vegas Market

Published: 1/2/2012
The 2,000 square foot space will allow Magniflex a more open and spacious presentation of product as the company continues to grow their North American business.

Read Monthly Survey Of Furniture Business From Smith Leonard Accountants & Consultants

Published: 1/2/2012
Year-to-date, new orders are up 7 percent over the first ten months of the year, up from a 6 percent increase reported last month. Approximately 62 percent of the participants are now reporting increased orders year-to-date, up from 60 percent last month.

Read Therapedic International To Indroduce Line With Gel-Infussed Comfort Layer

Published: 1/2/2012
Set atop a base of wrapped coils, the new hybrid features a layer of the company’s EcoGel® swirl gel-memory foam. The open cell design offers multiple cooling and comfort benefits.

Read Nexgel Adds New Colors And Tickings To Orthogel Mattress Series

Published: 1/2/2012
With a sleek new look, the contemporary collection features soft, cotton ticking with a bold, mosaic design that forms a swirl-like confetti pattern on the cover.

Read Kingsdown Introduces Four New Beds To Myside Collection

Published: 1/2/2012
Putting emphasis on building its foam portfolio, Kingsdown is enhancing the MySide bedding lineup by infusing mattresses with different combinations of visco foam, latex and gel.

Read Weekly Furniture World Media Note #17 from Lance Hanish - Mobile First: It’s All About Screens

Published: 1/2/2012
No longer will television be measured by those sitting at home in the living room or at an out-of-home establishment. Now television will expand its borders anywhere and everywhere people want to watch. It’s all about screens.

Read Weekly Furniture Management Tip # 24 - A Good Leader...

Published: 1/2/2012
These weekly “Monday Morning Management Tips” are jointly provided by both Country View Woodworking and Furniture World.

Read The Keys to Building a Great Retail Team

Published: 1/2/2012
The next time you are looking to hire new staff members, consider these techniques to ensure you not only build a team, but also that you build a great team.

Read UFA Real Wood Furniture Showroom Returns To Las Vegas Market

Published: 1/2/2012
The 3,000 square ft. showroom will have 20 booths displaying real wood furniture from 7 exhibitors.

Read Design Tricks on Mixing Fabric Patterns

Published: 1/2/2012
Create more interesting rooms by using pattern confidently.

Read E.S. Kluft & Co. Makes Surprise Appearance On "Conan"

Published: 1/2/2012
During the four minute segment, which aired on Dec. 21st, O’Brien visited a Los Angeles Bloomingdales and tried out a "Beyond Luxury" mattress.

Read Study Finds 35% of Consumers Have Walked Away from a Small Business Because of its Poor Website

Published: 12/27/2011
45 percent of consumers believe that a bad website makes a worse impact than a business having no website at all.

Read Natura World Will Restructure With $7.8 Million Of New Capital

Published: 12/27/2011
Callidus Capital Funds will enable manufacturer to make strategic investments to grow brand.

Read Pure LatexBLISS Expands Into Second Showroom At Vegas Market

Published: 12/27/2011
The second showroom in space B930, will feature the “Fast” and “Slow Response” Natural Talalay Latex Hybrid 3.0 collections, which incorporate the company’s new ActiveFUSION technology.

Read Bermex Moves High Point Showroom

Published: 12/27/2011
Company gives up first floor showroom in the Radio Building.

Read Distributor 19East Partners with Ergomotion

Published: 12/27/2011
19East, a newly formed distribution company, announced that it has partnered with Ergomotion, the adjustable base manufacturer, to distribute Ergomotion's line to home furnishings retailers.

Read Paramount Sleep expands services in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas

Published: 12/27/2011
Jim Vaughn and Aimee Matlock have joined the company as Business Elevators.

Read Liora Manné & Trans-Ocean Join Las Vegas Design Center

Published: 12/27/2011
Las Vegas Design Center announced that high-end rug and home accessory designer Liora Manné will open a year-round showroom in conjunction with Trans-Ocean in January 2012.

Read Abby Eaton Launches Redhead Furniture Design

Published: 12/27/2011
Redhead Furniture Design will provide furniture designs for major case-good manufacturers.

Read 6th Annual Midwest Furniture Show Set for September 6-7, 2012

Published: 12/27/2011
Ashley Furniture, Simply Amish, Corsicana Bedding, John Thomas Furniture and Brady Furniture are among the manufacturers and distributors that have already signed up for the show.

Read Gevertz Joins Profit Management Promotions

Published: 12/26/2011
Barry will focus on expanding the firm's services in the Western United States - where PMP has recently seen some new retail interest in their promotional services.

Read Weekly Furniture World Media Note #16 from Lance Hanish-Mobile First: Formulate An Integrated Marketing Plan

Published: 12/26/2011
Once you budget advertising for the coming year, your plan will probably look like an old legacy media plan, including newspaper, television, magazine and a small portion for digital (probably email only). Few will add mobile for 2013.

Read Wesley Mancini, Ltd. and Due Process Stable Trading Co. officially launch The Wesley Mancini Rug Collection

Published: 12/26/2011
Due Process has developed a successful sample rug program which allows dealers, with minimal investment, to carry a large assortment of Due Process rugs and display them utilizing only a minimal area of their showrooms.

Read Weekly Furniture Management Tip # 23 - A Good Leader...

Published: 12/26/2011
These weekly “Monday Morning Management Tips” are jointly provided by both Country View Woodworking and Furniture World.

Read South Shore Adds Cribbs To Product Line-Up For Toronto Show

Published: 12/26/2011
South Shore Furniture, already a maker of bedroom, living room and office furniture, announced that it is adding cribs to its product line-up.

Read AmericasMart To Debut HOME & DESIGN Showrooms During January Show

Published: 12/26/2011
The show will include more than 25,000 square feet of new exhibitors and more than 100,000 square feet of expanded and relocated showrooms.

Read Sonax Inks Deal for New Permanent Showroom at Winter 2012 Las Vegas Market

Published: 12/26/2011
The Canada-based manufacturer of contemporary home furnishings will open a 4,400 square foot showroom in Building B, Suite B-646.

Read News: Las Vegas Design Center Successfully Executes First-Of-Its-Kind Partnership With

Published: 12/26/2011
LVDC held its special annual holiday gala celebration Dec. 19, successfully executing a first-of-its-kind Color of the Year display swathed in Tangerine Tango for the Southern Nevada and southwest regional design industry.

Read Herman Miller Reports Strong Sales and Earnings in the Second Quarter of 2012

Published: 12/26/2011
Net sales were up 4.7% sequentially, after adjusting for the extra week of operations included in the first quarter of this fiscal year.

Read 4rd Annual Ante 4 Autism Fundraiser Scheduled During Las Vegas Market

Published: 12/23/2011
There will be a Texas Hold’em Tournament to benefit Autism Speaks, as well as an opportunity to donate or sponsor the event and bid online.

Read Ergomotion HiresLeo Vera as Chief Operating Officer

Published: 12/22/2011
The adjustable base manufacturing company Ergomotion reported that it has added a new member to its management team in hiring Leo Vera as its new Chief Operating Officer.

Read Jordan’s Furniture Opens Rhode Island Store

Published: 12/22/2011
The new Jordan’s Furniture location includes 2 levels of showrooms, as well as The Furniture Factory Outlet, Jordan’s SleepLab and Splash.

Read Julius M. Feinblum Real Estate, Inc. To Manage The Real Estate Disposition Project For The RoomStore

Published: 12/22/2011
The sale offering is for 22 Leases located in TX, MD, VA, PA and FL with sizes ranging from 22,000 – 140,000 square feet.

Read AICO Honors Three At Annual Holiday Event

Published: 12/22/2011
Jacqueline Moss,Leo Martinez and Jane Seymour were presented with awards at the annual awards holiday party.

Read Weekly Furniture World Media Note #15 from Lance Hanish - With Mobile You Can Reach The Target Audience Now

Published: 12/21/2011
You have to plan your mobile strategies. You have to identify your target audience and figure out how you want to engage with them. You have to be dedicated to deliver not just one but several mobile tactics that work in unison with one another to provide a true mobile presence.

Read Furniture Training Company Announces Sales Training Contest

Published: 12/21/2011
Enrolled sales associates can win a best-selling Amazon® Kindle Fire, or one of 3 other prizes.

Read Standard Furniture Names New CEO & President

Published: 12/21/2011
Todd Evans is the President of Standard Furniture and William Hodgson has been named its CEO.

Read Gold Bond’s Ecosense “Cool Response Gel” Series To Carry CertiPUR-US Certification Seal

Published: 12/16/2011
The CertiPUR-US program is a voluntary testing, analysis and certification program that was developed by members of the global foam industry in response to an increase in substandard imported foams.

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