An inside look into Week 2 of Consumer Insights Now — The Living Room
In this video interview, Home News Now Editor-in-Chief Tom Russell speaks with HNN research expert Dana French about the second CIN report published Monday Sept. …
Category: Markets
The latest from home furnishings markets
Ikea’s ideas: Drones, pop-ups, resellers, renewables
We’ve lamented in this space before about the absence of an after-market of meaningful scale for furniture, a marketplace offering a bit more than the …
CIN research offers deep dive into living room
Upholstery remains the No. 1 category that consumers plan to purchase in the 2nd half of this year HIGH POINT — Once again, upholstery reins …
River Valley Furniture opens Ashley store in Russellville, Arkansas
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Recently, River Valley Furniture Co. Inc. (River Valley Furniture) celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting of its new 25,000 sq. ft. showroom …
Are you getting to know Gen Z shoppers?
If I’ve learned nothing else during my tenure reporting on the home furnishings industry, it has been these two takeaways: 1. We are anything but …
Circana launches US furniture market tracking solution
CHICAGO — Circana, a leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior, today launched U.S. furniture market tracking based on its Checkout receipt-based information, marking …
August existing home sales fall 4.2% from August 2023
Despite a glut of unsold homes, prices continue to rise in all 4 regions of the US WASHINGTON — Existing home sales fell 4.2% in …
Magnussen Home adds new reps to its sales team
HIGH POINT — Magnussen Home has recently added additional sales representation to strengthen its sales group. Recent additions include: + Frank Stewart: Georgia and the …
August housing completions rise 30.2% over August 2023
Growth in completions and housing starts increase inventory levels as borrowing costs could drop further in light of this week’s 1st interest rate decrease in …
Breaking down the Big Lots bankruptcy
They say a single death is a tragedy; multiple deaths are a sanitation problem. Here in the furniture sector, we have what increasingly looks like …
