Blog: Readers respond to independents’ “losing” battle
HIGH POINT— Forbes contributor Pam Danziger’s article on how independent home furnishings retailers are losing the battle to “the big and the virtual,” struck a …
Author: Clint Engel
Clint Engel is a veteran home furnishings industry journalist and executive editor of Home News Now. Please share your feedback with him at clint@homenewsnow.com
Stanley Furniture temporarily suspends U.S. operations
HIGH POINT — Stanley Furniture has suspended its domestic operations temporarily, citing a host of Covid-related industry disruptions for the move. In an email to …
Blog: The end of the road for independents?
A recent Forbes story suggests small furniture store players don’t have the digital chops to survive. We beg to differ. HIGH POINT — The headline …
Online mattress seller GhostBed introducing first wholesale line for brick-and-mortar stores at Las Vegas Market
PLANTATION, Fla. — GhostBed, an online mattress retailer and manufacturer of boxed beds, will introduce a five-model mattress program targeted for brick-and-mortar retailers at next …
The bull case for bedding (and maybe home furnishings in general)
During a presentation at FMG’s virtual Spring Training event, TSI’s Steve Rusing backed up his optimism with consumer research and other data HIGH POINT — …
A 90% jump in Q4 profits and more highlights from RH’s year-end results
CORTE MADERA, Calif. — RH posted a 22% increase in fiscal fourth-quarter net revenues and a 90% increase in profits as the luxury home furnishings …
Diamond Mattress enters luxury arena with Generations line
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif. — Diamond Mattress has entered the luxury bedding category with the introduction of a four-model Generations collection. The move, it said, is …
Another glitch in the industry’s foam supply
A malware attack on foam producer Carpenter temporarily sets back bedding suppliers HIGH POINT — Carpenter Co., a key foam supplier to Tempur Sealy International, …
Precision Textiles’ fiber lines gain new ground as industry seeks foam alternatives
TOTOWA, N.J. ― Precision Textiles, a supplier of coated fabrics, nonwovens and laminations for bedding and other industries, said it’s seeing increased demand for its …
Ashley to skip April Las Vegas Market
ARCADIA, Wis. — Ashley Furniture Inds. is taking a pass on the Las Vegas Market next month as a Covid-compressed market cycle for the first …
