Bob’s opening smaller-format store
MANCHESTER, Conn — Bob’s Discount Furniture will open a new smaller format store in Staten Island, N.Y., March 4, in a move it said will offer …
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Joe Bograd dies at 85
PATERSON, N.J. — Joe Bograd, longtime co-owner and operator of the former Bograd’s Fine Furniture, first in Paterson and later in Riverdale, N.J., died unexpectedly …
Gallery Furniture opens as a shelter after the storm for cold and hungry residents
HOUSTON — Jim McIngvale and his Gallery Furniture are having a hard time staying out of the national news lately. First, there was that multi-million-dollar …
Havertys Q4 sales jump 13%, profit more than quadruples despite continuing supply and cost pressures
New stores coming to Myrtle Beach and The Villages and more takeaways from the earnings call ATLANTA — Havertys’ fourth-quarter sales soared to $241.3 million, …
January furniture store sales rocket up 12%
WASHINGTON — U.S. furniture and home furnishings stores posted a massive 11.7% sales increase in January over the same month a year ago and a …
Van Elslanders buy back rights to Art Van name and other intellectual property for $6 million
DELAWARE — The Van Elslander family, through an investment company, is buying back the Art Van Furniture name, Art Van PureSleep and related intellectual property, …
BLOG: Are you focusing on the wrong type of retail growth?
When the cash flows in, it’s easy for retailers to think about growth in terms of opening more stores. But what if that’s the wrong type of growth to focus on?
Furniture stores are shrinking? Not so fast
Top retailers go big even in the face of e-commerce, digital advances HIGH POINT — In recent years, there have been plenty of reports on …
Bucs’ Super Bowl win means bucks back for Gallery customers
Refund party slated for Feb. 28 HOUSTON — More than 1,000 Gallery Furniture customers will each be getting $3,000 or more in refunds on their …
Gallery’s Jim McIngvale bets big on Brady and the Bucs
HOUSTON — Mattress Mack is back in betting form. The Houston retailer flew to Colorado Wednesday to place a $3.46 million bet on DraftKings’ mobile …
