Furniture
Would it surprise you to find out that more than 60 percent of shoppers use their smartphones when they’re in a store? 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
It’s 2022, and there’s no time like the present to start looking at creative ways to drive foot traffic to your store. Read More
Now that market is over and retailers and their sales teams are back on the selling floors, a question on everyone’s mind concerns ways to sell smarter, more effectively, and more successfully as we all wait for all the pandemic-related challenges to dissipate. Read More
The FAM outlines some important things you need to know about the e-commerce world. Read More
Robert George Culp Jr.’s nickname was “Bullet,” but he wasn’t a gun slinger. He earned his nickname after helping establish... Read More
When a person walks into your store, they’re almost always going through some sort of transition. Maybe they bought a new house, just moved to town, got a divorce, injured their neck in a horseback riding accident where a painted Palomino walked under a low hanging limb and clotheslined them right off its back. Read More
If there’s one thing almost everyone in the furniture industry is talking about these days, it’s container prices. While the average price for a 40-foot container in the home furnishings industry ranges between $4,000-$5,000, they’ve skyrocketed over the last year and a half to $20,000 or higher. Read More
The recent Covid pandemic, inflation as well as the aging of Millennials raises the question of whether more people will rent furniture. Read More
Ray Allegrezza talks about the likely hood of another recession and offers his opinion on what retailers can do to get a handle on things. Read More
Is it Covid that has changed the way the industry looks at trade shows—or was that already happening before the pandemic hit? Read More
Ray Allegrezza discusses the Great Resignation, and more importantly, why it's happening and what it might mean for the furniture industry Read More
