Flexsteel launches updated website
Flexsteel worked with MicroD to create a new website and digital brand experience that now offers more capabilities and content to connect Flexsteel’s retailers and consumers.
Author: Alex Milstein
Alex Milstein is a contributor and social media coordinator for Home News Now and editor in chief of Casual News Now. He previously served as senior editor of both Casual Living and Designers Today. Prior to that, Alex covered technology for Furniture Today, with a focus on augmented reality, e-commerce, and 3D visualization.
MLily USA expands its design and product development team
MLily USA is expanding its design and product development team with the addition of four designers who will focus on graphic design, product design, photography, videography, and web design.
Blog: How to keep those customer reviews coming (and positive)
Years ago when online business reviews became more prevalent, retailers were told how important it was to get customers to leave reviews and how reviews could affect their business. That’s still just as important today, but I recently came across two statistics that are going to complicate how online reviews work altogether: 86% of consumers only pay attention to reviews from the last 90 days, and 73% of consumers only pay attention to reviews written in the last month.
3 phases to preparing for the inevitable
There are many moving parts when it comes to running an independent business, and while most business owners tend to the urgent matters first, some may be forgetting an important and inevitable event coming up in the future: transition.
Blog: 3 ways the pandemic has permanently changed retail
Aside from Covid, what’s the single most important event in the U.S. of the last 30 years? I was talking to Doug Sanicola, president of …
Nationwide Marketing Group partners with Myriad Software
Nationwide Marketing Group has partnered with Myriad Software on a point-of-sale agreement that gives Nationwide dealers access to group-negotiated pricing and PriMetrix platform integration.
Atlanta Market preview
The Atlanta Market is right around the corner (July 13-19), and here’s a first look at some of the new products debuting at the show.
Vaughan-Bassett invokes “wartime” tactics to meet increased demand
Vaughan-Bassett made a series of changes that helped increase its production of bedroom furniture by nearly 70 percent. Now the company is on pace to sell $100 million in 2021.
Unique Loom to host CEU seminar at Dallas Market
Rug manufacturer Unique Loom will host a CEU-accredited presentation titled “Marketing Your Design Business & Creativity” at Dallas Market.
Hooker Furnishings launches new brands at High Point Market
The recently concluded High Point Market was a busy one Hooker Furnishings. Home Meridian International (HMI), a division of Hooker, introduced the Drew & Jonathan Home line—created in partnership with HGTV stars Drew and Jonathan Scott—and Hooker also launched two other new brands aimed at the higher-end consumer and younger generations.
