Are you ready for an ugly 12 months?
Might as well rip the Band-Aid off and just come out and say it: It’s going to be an ugly, rough ride for the furniture …
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
Corsicana to shutter Richmond, Va., plant
Company says second closing this year is necessary to return company to value-priced bedding leader position RICHMOND, Va. — Corsicana Mattress said Thursday it will …
Southern Motion, Fusion Furniture trim workforce to match lower demand
PONTOTOC, Miss. — The parent of Southern Motion and Fusion Furniture said it laid off about 280 workers this week now that furniture demand has …
Exclusive Furniture preps for Houston store No. 8
But future growth plans slow amidst economic uncertainty HOUSTON — With a little help from its utility company, Exclusive Furniture will open its eighth store …
DOC: Furniture stores sales climb 1.9% in May
The industry trails most sectors except those of other big tickets WASHINGTON — U.S. furniture and home furnishings store sales increased 1.9% in May from …
Slowing demand exacerbates retailers’ cash-flow problems
Now some furniture retailers are further imperiled by high-interest loans ENFIELD, Conn. — The cash-flow crisis that Planned Furniture Promotions Tom Liddell has been warning …
Final takeaways and scenes from Furniture First’s Symposium 2022
Independents stand to gain from the ‘great human reconnection’ ORLANDO, Fla. — It wasn’t the quick bump from an upcoming Memorial Day Weekend that was …
More great ideas from the Furniture First Symposium
ORLANDO, Fla. — While Jamie Winter and Furniture Mall of Kansas were the big winners of Furniture First’s Best Idea contest at Symposium 2022 here, …
Corsicana adds to BrandSource lineup
DALLAS — Corsicana Mattress Company has created a comprehensive program with BrandSource, a division of AVB — a leading North American buying group, to support …
1 great idea from the Furniture First Symposium
Most retailers are missing out on hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of CARES Act-related tax credits. Jamie Winter of Furniture Mall of Kansas uncomplicates …
