What’s in store for 2023?
Year of the Rabbit could be one of challenges and opportunity It should come as no surprise when I tell you how ready I am …
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Hickory Furniture Mart has an enduring legacy in and outside North Carolina
The nearly 1-million-square-foot facility features showrooms from many local and regional manufacturers, and attracts customers from around the world HICKORY, N.C. — If you are …
The high cost of compliance
AHFA says costs associated with furniture stability standard are much higher than CPSC estimates HIGH POINT — The cost of complying with the Consumer Product …
Winter Asia show circuit is just around the corner
Dates are set for typical show timelines between late February and late March, marking a return to normal schedules for many of these important events …
The importance of staying in the game
Let’s be honest, folks. 2022 was a tough year that left many of us between that proverbial rock and a hard place. But, to our …
YOY furniture store sales down 3.2% in November
November furniture sales also drop 2.6% from October WASHINGTON — Year-over-year furniture store sales fell 3.2% in November as consumers tightened their wallets on home …
Universal’s deep dive into domestic upholstery
Late 2019 purchase of Southern Furniture presented challenges and opportunity for company’s move into U.S. manufacturing CONOVER, N.C. — When Universal Furniture purchased Southern Furniture …
Thinking inside the (cardboard) box
I have a “go-to” joke whenever I meet or am otherwise forced to hang out with financial planners, investment bankers, crypto traders or the like. …
AHFA seeks delay in implementation of CPSC furniture stability rule
Petitioners also ask for an expedited review of a ‘staggeringly broad’ standard that ‘will outlaw the manufacturing of nearly every model of clothing storage furniture …
Year-end musings on the state of the industry
December is typically a month devoted to the holidays, gift buying, gift giving, holiday parties and saying goodbye (and often, good riddance) to the waning …
