Podium hosted a webinar that shed light on five retail marketing strategies that retailers can use to win locally. Read More
Illinois-based full-line furniture retailer Darvin Furniture recently hosted its first Sweet Dreams Slumber Party event, which aimed to connect customers with the store’s sleep specialists so they could educate shoppers on the importance of a good night’s sleep. Read More
In the second part of this four-part series, we’ll focus on how challenges to being a sales rep may impact the future of the role. Read More
These are some crazy times we are living in wouldn’t you say? Read More
In my first column for The FAM, I made you a simple promise. Simply put, I would never sugar-coat any of my columns. Read More
Mattress University, an educational presentation at Nationwide Marketing Group’s Primetime event in Nashville this week, dove into the current retail landscape with a panel that included Tim Deets of TC Home Furnishings, Chris Schunk of Lake Effect Furniture & Mattress, Karl Tobler of Mattress Warehouse, Salt Lake City, and Lee Burns of Mattress Direct, Baton Rouge, La. Read More
Therapedic CEO Gerry Borreggine talks about recent executive changes at Bed Bath & Beyond and what they might mean for the future. Read More
Ray Kinsley puttered around town in a pearl Buick with a blue top. He drove my grandma to the senior center for lunch each day and to church on Sundays. Read More
This week, Interwoven—the fabric market put on by the International Textiles Association (ITA) that was previously known as Showtime—debuted its new brand look, including a new logo and magazine that ITA says “represent the merging of ideas through collaboration, connection and innovation.” Read More
Shoppers don’t just want a smooth and seamless retail experience, they expect one. And if you can’t deliver, that could mean the business goes to another store. That’s why Nationwide Marketing Group teamed up with website partners Site on Time (SOT) and Retailer Web Services (RWS) to provide free access to Centerpoint, a tool that connects retailers’ point-of-sale (POS) data with their websites to give shoppers real timeline of sight into product inventory and pricing information. Read More
Steve Baxter, co-founder and COO of tech company GTRsuite, is new to the furniture industry. And oftentimes, these newcomers—who don’t... Read More
Bread lovers, your prayers have been answered. Loafa is a new hyperrealistic bread sofa inspired by Mario Bellini’s 1970s Camaleonda sofa. Read More