Blog: The staying power of midcentury modern
Explaining why midcentury modern is everywhere Like most fashion-influenced, design-centric industries, furniture is cyclical. Every 20 years or so, styles return, albeit to varying degrees …
Category: Retail
Retail category is about stores and their stories.
Blog: 3 ways the pandemic has permanently changed retail
Aside from Covid, what’s the single most important event in the U.S. of the last 30 years? I was talking to Doug Sanicola, president of …
Room & Board opening second Texas store in Austin
MINNEAPOLIS — Room & Board will open a second Texas store in Austin early next year as it continues its growth strategy of opening new …
Retailers start saying no to some containers
HIGH POINT — When it comes to containers, the price isn’t right, and some furniture stores are starting to say, “Thanks, but no thanks.” As …
Bob’s opens more stores in Michigan, Delaware
MANCHESTER, Conn. — Bob’s Discount Furniture has opened its eighth Michigan store in Ann Arbor and its second Delaware showroom in Dover, pushing the Top …
James By Jimmy DeLaurentis goes direct to consumer
Luxury upholstery and accessories brand launches e-commerce-enabled website PHILADELPHIA — Having seen an uptick in online shopping in the home furnishings industry over the past …
First Tuesday chairman reponds to Premarket changes
The following is a letter to First Tuesday Committee members from Kevin Castellani, director of corporate communications at Manwah USA and chairman of the First …
A Premarket reset
Sponsors shorten time, make other moves to rein in the event and bring dealers’ full attention back to official High Point Market HIGH POINT — …
The other American Furniture Warehouse
GM Jason Fletcher talks about “going deep” and other lessons learned in the “School of Pandemic” GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jason Fletcher was at the beach …
Casual retailers share challenges, frustrations of product delays
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve spoken to retailers and manufacturers in the casual industry about the state of business. And with few exceptions, …
