New virtual showroom platform aims to ‘reduce need for physical space’
Jack Kashani, the co-founder of World Market Center in Las Vegas, is having a second go at virtual showrooms with the recent launch of 1 …
Author: Clint Engel
Engel has covered furniture retail news — with an emphasis on Top 100 companies — for more than 28 years. He spent nearly all of that time as retail editor and then senior retail editor at Furniture Today before founding Home News Now with Publisher Rick Harrison and has become a go-to resource for information and insight on the retail trends and events that shape this business.
Getting real in the metaverse
Psst … over here … I’ve got a chair in the metaverse with your name on it I’ve been reading and hearing a lot about …
Furniture stores sales edge up 2.1% in July
Furniture retailers appear to have made just a little progress unloading heavy inventories last month. Sales at U.S furniture and home furnishings stores increased 2.1% in July from the same month a year ago.
Can a furniture industry recovery really be just around the corner?
Industry analyst Jerry Epperson thinks so. In his latest quarterly newsletter, Epperson says the bottom is almost here, and the furniture industry could start seeing a “slow but visible recovery” beginning in September. Sound too good to be true? We ask Jerry to elaborate on the bold forecast.
Miskelly amps up relationship selling in response to the slowdown
There’s no doubt 2022 is turning into a correction year for furniture retailers. They recognize business was at an artificial high, and now they’ve adjusted …
DOC: Furniture stores sales climb 1.9% in May
U.S. furniture and home furnishings store sales increased 1.9% in May from the same month a year ago, one of the smallest gains of any retail sector and well below the 8.1% increase for the combined retail and food services sectors.
January furniture store sales up 2.7% YOY
January sales for U.S. furniture and home furnishings stores were up 2.7% as consumers’ appetite for the industry’s products appears to be slowing, at least in relation to other retail sectors.
Furniture store sales jump 16% in November
U.S. furniture and home furnishings stores posted a 16.3% increase in November sales over the same month a year ago as demand and, most likely, inflation continued to propel sales numbers.
Wondersign’s endless aisle detour
For years, a Wondersign endless aisle solution made all the sense in the world for furniture stores looking to play in the e-commerce space or just better compete digitally with Wayfair, Amazon, and the rest. With just a couple of clicks, a retailer could “select all” from a manufacturer’s digital catalog and load it into the in-store kiosk or website and instantly offer a much deeper selection than anything it could contain within its showroom walls.
City Furniture’s to-the-trade evolution
To-the-trade business isn’t a brand new concept for City Furniture. In fact, the Florida retailer has had a commercial sales team for years, offering specialized services and attention to home builders and other home-related professionals for years.
