Ambrose Furniture finds success, resilience at the North Carolina coast
Third-generation Outer Banks retailer’s three locations each serve different needs in the marketplace KITTY HAWK, N.C. – The temperature may have cooled in the furniture …
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June furniture store sales increase 4.6% YOY, government says
WASHINGTON — Sales at U.S. furniture and home furnishings stores increased 4.6% in June over the same month last year, according to the latest government …
Broad River Retail grows its footprint in tough times
The independently owned Ashley Furniture licensee expanded aggressively during the pandemic and succeeded despite many challenges. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chalk it up to good timing, …
HNN takes readers inside Broad River’s new Ashley store in Southern Pines
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – This week, Home News Now’s Tom Russell visited Broad River’s Ashley store in Southern Pines, North Carolina that opened in late …
Miskelly amps up relationship selling in response to the slowdown
JACKSON, Miss. — There’s no doubt 2022 is turning into a correction year for furniture retailers. They recognize business was at an artificial high, and …
What’s selling in Ireland
A dispatch from the furniture stores on the Emerald Isle I last visited Ireland in October 2019, well before Covid. Returning with a student group …
Are you ready for an ugly 12 months?
Might as well rip the Band-Aid off and just come out and say it: It’s going to be an ugly, rough ride for the furniture …
Exclusive Furniture preps for Houston store No. 8
But future growth plans slow amidst economic uncertainty HOUSTON — With a little help from its utility company, Exclusive Furniture will open its eighth store …
DOC: Furniture stores sales climb 1.9% in May
The industry trails most sectors except those of other big tickets WASHINGTON — U.S. furniture and home furnishings store sales increased 1.9% in May from …
Slowing demand exacerbates retailers’ cash-flow problems
Now some furniture retailers are further imperiled by high-interest loans ENFIELD, Conn. — The cash-flow crisis that Planned Furniture Promotions Tom Liddell has been warning …
