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 …
Category: Retail
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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, …
May furniture store sales jump 67% YOY
WASHINGTON — Furniture and home furnishings store sales returned a little closer to earth in May, posting a 66.6% gain over the same month a …
Rotmans sets June 16 reopening of scaled-down store
WORCESTER, Mass. — Rotmans said it has completed the first and key phase of a major store renovation and will reopen the down-sized showroom next …
Memorial Day sales roundup
Booming business, especially in the mattress category, quells concerns over softening demand as the economy reopens HIGH POINT — Going into Memorial Day weekend there …
Retailers talk customer service challenges amid supply chain disruption
Out of all of the positions in a retail store—sales, warehouse, delivery, etc.—the one having the hardest time right now has to be customer service.
Rooms To Go donates $250,000 to new Home Furnishings Hall of Fame home
HIGH POINT — Seffner, Fla.-based Rooms To Go has donated 250,000 to the American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame building fund. The Wall of Fame in …
Memorial Day weekend in pictures
HIGH POINT — We took a spin around the internet this weekend to see how some top furniture retailers were approaching the important holiday sales …
