by HIGH POINT — Case goods and upholstery resource Legacy Classic | Modern is launching a new youth and teen bedroom mixing program from its Vietnam warehouse this month.
The company said it will offer nine of its bestselling bedrooms in the category from its humidity controlled, state of the art facility in Ho Chi Minh City with the ability to mix up to three groups per container.
“The youth and teen category has been challenged through the pandemic and up through today,” said Chris Pelcher, president, adding that “Many manufacturers chose to exit the category completely to focus on other things, and some retailers, unable to flow it, chose to reduce what they displayed on their showroom floors. Legacy has been committed to the category for years. This new mixing program proves that and allows the retailer to easily flow inventory without having to hold too much stateside.”
Pelcher also noted that program also aims to helps retailers show their own customers that they remain committed to a category that remains an important product segment in the mix of residential furniture, particularly for growing families.
“The customer is still out there for youth and teen,” Pelcher noted. “Our retail partners who are committed to the category continue to be happy with the performance. While it’s not going to be the top category on the showroom floor, it’s part of the overall assortment, part of what a furniture customer expects to find in a brick-and-mortar retail furniture store. To be without it is like having a missing piece to a jigsaw puzzle.”
The company also said it wants to continue providing a “One-Stop Shop” for the category, that offers “proven top-sellers, easy to flow inventory and low inventory impact.” It also noted it aims to offer incentives to help kick start the program.
“At the end of the day, we want to help those currently in the category grow their business and make it easy for those who may have exited to get back in,” Pelcher added.
