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Outdoor becomes Johnny Janosik’s fastest-growing category

Think about it: It’s 2006. You’ve taken the job as chairman of a furniture retailer and when you go outside of your home, there’s a problem staring you in the face.

Letter: If you leave market uninspired, you’re not trying hard enough

I enjoyed Publisher Rick Harrison’s article, “Markets matter. Deal with it” in Home News Now. I especially liked the statement, “The final mile is on …

Shorter hours lead to better business for BiltRite Furniture

Sundays with families, no nights and no turning back for the Milwaukee retailer, even post-Covid GREENFIELD, Wis. — For years, furniture retailers have been hearing …

Are the best days for store expansions behind us?

Rising rental costs, higher competition for less available space could make it more difficult to expand stores for the time being ATLANTA — Have the …

March Furniture store sales rise but not as fast as soaring inflation

WASHINGTON — Sales for U.S. furniture and home furnishings stores in March rose 3.6% over the same month a year ago, posting the 22oth consecutive …

New Classic Furniture alerts customers to fraudulent email payment schemes

FONTANA, Calif. — Full line furniture resource New Classic Furniture has alerted dealers to a scam involving fraudulent emails asking customers to make a payment …

New retailer takes it ‘one day at a time’ with unique sales model

First-time furniture retailers give themselves one shot to get things right with once-a-month opening hours RALEIGH, N.C. — Industry newcomers Shelley Todd and Brian Bass …

Blog: ‘I don’t want to scare anyone’

Gary Friedman, CEO of luxury retailer RH, appears to do just that with earnings call comments that have Wall Street (and the furniture industry) talking …

Scenes from April High Point Market

HIGH POINT — As April Market heads to its conclusion, we’re sharing just a few scenes that helped separate the spring event from recent, pandemic-stifled …