Smith Leonard: Furniture orders, shipments up from July 2025
Orders and shipments also rise from June, albeit at a slower pace than the increases from last year HIGH POINT — New orders and shipments for …
Category: Home News Now
News from the people who create the objects we love.
AHFA testing finds widespread clothing storage unit safety violations
HIGH POINT, N.C. — The American Home Furnishings Alliance conducted an analysis of clothing storage furniture available on top e-commerce sites earlier this year and …
Former Kuka President Matt Harrison becomes executive consultant for Southern Motion, Fusion
PONTOTOC, Miss. — Former Kuka Home President Matt Harrison has taken a role as executive consultant for SoMo Home, the rebranded Southern Motion upholstery specialist …
Lifestyle Enterprise names Adam Leifer national sales manager for case goods
HIGH POINT — Lifestyle Enterprise has named Adam Leifer national sales manager for case goods, a new position. Leifer joined the company in 2008 as …
Consumer Insights Now Week 4 – What to know about where and when Gen Z consumers shop for furniture
In our fourth installment of Consumer Insights Now, sponsored by Bread Financial, we learn that Amazon is the preferred online resource for those in the 18-29 age group. Nearly 38% of those surveyed purchased a sofa on the platform compared with 32% shopping for primary bedroom furniture and 26% for a mattress. Citing convenience, selection and affordability, they also said Amazon is a retailer they trust. We also learn what triggers their desire to trade up and where they shop when looking for higher quality and more expensive furniture. For this and more, scroll through the slides below.
The value of ‘stuff’ otherwise known as furniture
Fine furniture has become a passion and sometimes obsession for the author of this column HIGH POINT — I love it when folks get a …
Inside Barbara Leflein’s ‘The Chic Home’
Author used AI to help create a beautiful refuge for herself and her husband, longtime industry sales professional Tommy Leflein BOCA RATON, Fla. — When …
Some thoughts on business heading into the October High Point Market
HIGH POINT — For most of us in the furniture industry, the semiannual High Point Market is the “Super Bowl,” with the fall exhibition traditionally …
Coaster Fine Furniture to show 60+ handmade pieces from India at October High Point Market
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – Coaster Fine Furniture will introduce more than 60 new handcrafted accent pieces from India at the fall High Point Market, …
US Quality Furniture Service selects ServiceHub to power its furniture service, warranty operations
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — US Quality Furniture Service has selected ServiceHub, the SaaS platform built by Service Technologies Inc., to run its furniture service …
