Furniture stores manage slight 12-month gain in 2025
However, larger macro economic factors such as tepid housing sales and high tariffs likely stalled consumer spending in the segment WASHINGTON — Recently released retail …
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Home News Now Editor-in-Chief Thomas Russell has covered the furniture industry for 25 years at various daily and weekly consumer and trade publications. He can be reached at tom@homenewsnow.com and at 336-508-4616.
Magnussen Home seeks to improve service, availability from Asia, US warehouses
Case goods resource is expanding its temperature-controlled Vietnam warehouse, relocating its longtime US facility to the East Coast HIGH POINT — In order to improve …
CPSC issues warning regarding defective tip restraints
Plastic units aimed at anchoring clothing storage units to the wall can break over time WASHINGTON — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued …
Wayfair reports increases in Q4, full-year 2025 revenues
Company also narrows net loss to $116 million for the quarter and $313 million for the year BOSTON — Home furnishings retailer Wayfair reported a …
La-Z-Boy reports 4% increase in Q3 sales
Increase is driven largely by newly acquired stores and gains in its wholesale business and offset by declines in same-store sales and its Joybird division …
Asia furniture show circuit starts in early March
Buyers from around the world will have many events to attend in Malaysia, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and China KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Starting in early …
Existing home sales fall 4.4% from January 2025
Sales also declined 8.4% from December, according to National Association of Realtors WASHINGTON — Existing home sales declined in all major regional markets in January …
Martin Furniture names Kurt Berlin to lead new mass merchandising division
SAN DIEGO — Martin Furniture has named industry veteran Kurt Berlin as vice president of its new mass merchandising division. The company said the move …
NAR report cites improvements in housing affordability
A key takeaway is that lower mortgage payments provide more room in the budget for durable goods purchases such as furniture WASHINGTON — A recent …
CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor shows furniture store sales rose 2.4% from January 2025
Report also shows a slight drop from December, suggesting consumers were closing their wallets after a period of holiday spending WASHINGTON — Furniture store sales …
