by HIGH POINT — Bread Financial and ChargeAfter have become official sponsors of Home News Now’s Ten Out of 10:00 podcast series, joining Fortiva Retail Credit and American First Finance in supporting the industry-focused program.
The sponsors reflect the broad range of consumer financing solutions available to today’s furniture and home furnishings retailers, spanning prime, near-prime, and non-prime lending, as well as embedded lending technology designed to streamline the customer financing experience.
Dedicated to executive-level thought leadership, the Ten Out of 10:00 podcast features in-depth conversations with leading retailers, manufacturers, suppliers, and innovators from across the home furnishings sector.
Financing Solutions Across the Credit Spectrum
Building a robust consumer financing system is key to ensuring consumers at every credit level have purchasing options. In a waterfall framework, a single application can be evaluated across multiple financing providers in real time, helping retailers secure sales that might otherwise be lost.
Bread Financial provides prime consumer financing solutions, including a card program for Private Label Credit Cards, Installment loans and SplitPay designed to help qualified shoppers maximize purchasing power.
Fortiva Retail Credit offers near-prime financing solutions that serve consumers who may fall outside traditional prime approval criteria.
American First Finance provides lease-to-own and alternative financing programs that help expand purchasing opportunities for consumers with a wider range of credit profiles.
ChargeAfter operates an embedded lending platform that enables retailers to connect multiple financing providers through a single integration, helping simplify the financing experience for both merchants and consumers.
Thought Leadership for the Home Furnishings Sector
The Ten Out of 10:00 podcast was developed in response to conversations with home furnishings executives who wanted a concise, high-value format that respects the demands of their schedules. Hosted by Mark Schumacher, each episode is structured to deliver 10 actionable business insights in approximately 10 minutes.
The series is designed to provide retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers with practical ideas they can apply immediately to strengthen their businesses. Upcoming episodes will explore topics ranging from retail strategy and leadership to customer experience, operational excellence, and showroom performance.
As a companion to the core program, Schumacher also hosts The 20—an extended-format interview series designed to give the host more time with top-tier executives. This broader programming allows for deep-dive discussions on major industry challenges, manufacturing strategies, and legacy brand building with the sector’s most prominent leaders.
New episodes of the Ten Out of 10:00 podcast series air weekly and can be streamed on YouTube, or accessed directly via Home News Now.
