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Now that the dust has settled from this week’s furniture market, word on the street is that the market did exactly what it is supposed to do—allow buyers and sellers to meet, greet, buy and sell furniture, bedding and accessories. Read More
Here we are, only a few short weeks from the April furniture market and most of the buzz is still about ongoing supply chain issues, how well-trafficked the market might be, if the market will be ‘mask-on’ or ‘mask-off’, how clogged our ports still are, the ongoing high costs of transportation and the like. Read More
This week, I am paying homage to an idea from Sesame Street, which used to highlight ‘the letter of the day.’ My version is ‘the word of the week.’ Read More
For years, regardless of what actually took place during a market, the story that the trade press would report was remarkably predictable—“Traffic was mixed, but order writing was strong.” Read More
This week, I am paying homage to an idea from Sesame Street, which used to highlight ‘the letter of the day.’ My version is ‘the word of the week.’ Read More
If you’re in the furniture industry, it’s a given that you’ve heard scores of great furniture stories, including the one that sites High Point as the Furniture Capital Of The World. Read More
Alarmed by an increase in new cases of the Covid-19 virus late last month, China created a painful new kink in an already dysfunctional supply chain by implementing a seven-week mandatory quarantine for cargo vessels and their crews hoping to return to China. Read More
When the topic is the ongoing congestion at the L.A. and Los Angeles ports, Any port in a storm, Slow boat from China, or Ship of fools might each be an appropriate headline. Read More
I recently found an old passport that reminded me I had taken my first business trip to China early in 2002. In the almost 20 years that have transpired, I’m certain I would no longer recognize many of the industrial hubs I visited, including Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Zhejiang. Read More
The fact that the pandemic has kicked butt and taken names up and down the furniture industry is hardly breaking news. However, a just-tabulated survey of members of the International Home Furnishings Representatives Association sheds some new light on where and how the Covid-19 virus has hurt independent home furnishings reps the most. Read More
In the home furnishings industry, everyone should know who Wayfair is. And whether they love them or hate them, there’s... Read More
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