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July 24, 2008
Select Comfort, which has endured criticism from an investor group over its stock slide, announced Wednesday that it is positioned for profitability in the second half of the year.

The company, which...
 
July 24, 2008
The fate of Norwalk Furniture Corp., which just announced it was halting operations at its Norwalk, Ohio, plant, rests with the company’s main bank, Dallas-based Comerica, according to a report Wednesday...
 
July 24, 2008
Alex Reeves has been named vice president of sales and merchandising for Craftmaster Furniture.

Prior to joining Craftmaster, Reeves was vice president of sales for Hickory Hill Furniture, a division of...
 
July 24, 2008
Selamat Designs has named Randall Shepard executive vice president of product development and Anna Watkins Porter as lead designer.

Prior to joining Selamat, Shepard was vice president of product development...
 
July 24, 2008
Aaron Rents, which operates 1,570 stores and franchises, announced Tuesday that it is raising its earnings guidance for the year after second-quarter revenues increased 15 percent to $411.2 million and...
 
July 24, 2008
The Furniture Training Company (FTC), North Logan, Utah, announced recently that more than 2,000 furniture sales associates have successfully completed its online sales training course and have been certified...
 

 

Retail Snapshot

</aic:cclr>With 1.1 million square feet of space, FLS covers virtually every style category with the 1,450 lines it carries.
Located in Jamestown, N.C., (pop. 3,088), Furnitureland South is the world’s biggest furniture store with 1.1 million square feet of furniture for...
 
 

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Home Furnishings BusinessÊWebinars are live, interactive, educational conferencing sessions for industry professionals.

 

It's Showtime

Mario & Marielena<br/><br/>The Hotel Jackson Hole bedding collection from Mario & Marielena captures the welcoming lodge environment the hotel exudes. Suggested retail is $1,595.<br/><br/>World Market Center, C-696<br/><br/>mariomarielena.com
Check out these hot new products to be unveiled at the Las Vegas Market to be held July 28–Aug. 1 at the World Market Center in Las Vegas. Click...
 
 

What's Hot

Lifestyle Enterprise 7185<br/><br/>“It’s just a phenomenal value. It has a transitional style, and it really has a lot of perceived value for the customer.” <br/><br/>Doug Parr, case goods buyer, Walker Furniture, Las Vegas
The bedroom—where all the magic happens—is a mainstay for furniture retailers everywhere, but this month’s “What’s Hot”...
 
Super X Bar Cart By Eric Brand Furniture<br/><br/>“It’s about the sexiest thing ever. It has rolling, locking casters and a sliding removable tray.” Sells for $3,450.<br/><br/>Ron Werner, co-owner<br/><br/>HW Home<br/><br/>Boulder, Colo.
Remember the Pinot Noir craze of 2004 when the movie “Sideways” was a huge hit, and the focus of so many furniture showrooms was on bars, servers...
 

Video

The Future of Furniture Retail - Part Twelve

The panel concludes with moderator Kevin Kelly asking each panelist how they would change...
 
The Future of Furniture Retail - Part Eleven

The panel takes questions from the audience.
 
 

Blogs


Jo Fleischer : Thank You!
Thanks a million!

I mean that for any of the dozens of you retailers I’ve spoken to over the past few months—and those I’ll be calling soon.

Here’s some welcome news you haven’t seen much in recent years—an independent furniture retailer that closed its doors and then reopened. The San Luis Obispo Tribune, California, reported this week that...

If you’re a furniture retailer wanting to get in touch with “her”—your typical female consumer—go see “Sex and the City” this weekend.

While we often think of furniture shoppers in terms of moms like...

 

Hot Seat

</aic:cclr>“It’s pretty clear the industry doesn’t need just ‘another Market.’ We’re saying, ‘What kind of different platform would you build if you’re going to do it right?’”<br/><br/><b>Bob Maricich<br/><br/></b><b>World Market Center</b>
During a long, successful tenure at the helm of Century Furniture, Bob Maricich always told people at some point he’d do something different. Did...
 
 

High Society

High Society for August: Caperton Furniture Works, ADL Awards
Anti-Defamation League Awards Gala<br/><br/>Keith Koenig, left, City Furniture, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; and Michael Amini, AICO, a 2008 recipient of the American Heritage Award.
With no furniture Markets (and their accompanying parties), June wasn’t the busiest month on furniture land’s social calendar,...
 
WHFA Conference: Carmin Sheffler, left, of SandPoint Furniture, Ponderay, Idaho; with Sandy Olsen-Lundgren of Olsen Furniture, Shelton, Wash.; Dennis Lundgren of Olsen Furniture; and Clint Gunter of SandPoint.
During the three-day Western Home Furnishings Association (WHFA) conference in Tucson in mid-May, hundreds of attendees built bicycles for children in...
 
 

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