City Furniture acquires minority stake in PeakActivity
TAMARAC, Fla. — City Furniture has taken a minority ownership stake in digital technology services company PeakActivity. PeakActivity said that it will use the investment to …
Category: Retail
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How things changed for Home Consignment Center after the CSC Generation deal
And a look at how they didn’t change may offer a glimpse into what CSC was aiming for with its failed bid to buy Flexsteel …
August furniture store sales slip 1.6% YOY, down 1.3% from July
WASHINGTON — Furniture and home furnishings store sales finally hit the wall last month, down 1.6% from August a year ago, according to the U.S. …
The inevitability of the metaverse
Competing in the ‘attention economy’ Earlier this month, HNN Executive Editor Clint Engel warned us against getting sucked into the vortex of hype surrounding what …
Retailer takeaways from the summer buying group expos
HIGH POINT — Two of the industry’s largest buying groups just concluded their big summer shows — Nationwide Marketing Group’s PrimeTime in Orlando, Fla., and …
Retailers get aggressive with Labor Day promotions
Many in the industry have been talking about Labor Day for weeks, even months on end, hoping for a holiday weekend extravaganza that will clear …
Broad River’s outdoor category grows double digits
What a difference a year can make in outdoor retail. A 19 percentage point difference, as it turns out. A year ago, Broad River Retail, …
Getting real in the metaverse
Psst … over here … I’ve got a chair in the metaverse with your name on it I’ve been reading and hearing a lot about …
Exclusive research shows brick-and-mortar stores still key in shopping journey
As much as we talk about consumers moving to online shopping, brick-and-mortar stores remain an important stop on their home furnishings buying journey, according to …
BrandSource evolving into Furniture Technology Source for the industry
DALLAS — At the AVB BrandSource convention here this week, furniture dealers are seeing the evolution of a buying group that’s investing specifically in the …
