Connie Post’s pivot
When the pandemic caused business to fall off a cliff for the industry’s well-known store designer, she decided to really go retail JAMESTOWN, N.C. — …
Author: Clint Engel
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Bob’s opening smaller-format store
MANCHESTER, Conn — Bob’s Discount Furniture will open a new smaller format store in Staten Island, N.Y., March 4, in a move it said will offer …
Joe Bograd dies at 85
PATERSON, N.J. — Joe Bograd, longtime co-owner and operator of the former Bograd’s Fine Furniture, first in Paterson and later in Riverdale, N.J., died unexpectedly …
Gallery Furniture opens as a shelter after the storm for cold and hungry residents
HOUSTON — Jim McIngvale and his Gallery Furniture are having a hard time staying out of the national news lately. First, there was that multi-million-dollar …
Havertys Q4 sales jump 13%, profit more than quadruples despite continuing supply and cost pressures
New stores coming to Myrtle Beach and The Villages and more takeaways from the earnings call ATLANTA — Havertys’ fourth-quarter sales soared to $241.3 million, …
January furniture store sales rocket up 12%
WASHINGTON — U.S. furniture and home furnishings stores posted a massive 11.7% sales increase in January over the same month a year ago and a …
Van Elslanders buy back rights to Art Van name and other intellectual property for $6 million
DELAWARE — The Van Elslander family, through an investment company, is buying back the Art Van Furniture name, Art Van PureSleep and related intellectual property, …
Corsicana, RSS stack 43 mattresses to break Guinness World Records title
DALLAS — Forty-three mattresses, 24-feet, four-inches high. That’s what it took for Corsicana Mattress and franchising company Retail Service Systems to break the Guinness World …
Furniture stores are shrinking? Not so fast
Top retailers go big even in the face of e-commerce, digital advances HIGH POINT — In recent years, there have been plenty of reports on …
Bucs’ Super Bowl win means bucks back for Gallery customers
Refund party slated for Feb. 28 HOUSTON — More than 1,000 Gallery Furniture customers will each be getting $3,000 or more in refunds on their …
