Queen City Homestore adds 3 former Badcock locations in South Carolina
New stores bring the retailer’s footprint to 16 locations in North and South Carolina AIKEN, S.C. — Queen City Home, which acquired six former Badcock …
Category: Up Close
Up-close features stories focused on a specific subject that offer insight from people close to it.
Shift happens: To increase traffic at retail we have to market to consumers’ needs
If you listen to or read any current books on retail, the concept of disruption is almost always central to the subject matter. While the …
Utah drops law label requirement
SALT LAKE CITY — Two years after adopting a requirement for law labels to be accessible to consumers purchasing bedding, upholstered furniture and quilted clothing …
Lowe’s reports net income of nearly $7B for fiscal year 2024
Home improvement retailer also reports increase in net income for Q4 exceeding $1B MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Home improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos. reported an increase in …
Home Depot reports increase in Q4, full fiscal year ’24 sales
Company said results exceeded expectations as consumers continued their spending on home improvement projects ATLANTA — Home improvement retailer Home Depot reported an increase in …
Designing for the future: ASID’s 2025 Trends Outlook
As the American Society of Interior Designers celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the industry finds itself at a pivotal moment — one defined by …
CPSC announces recall of 3,300 China-made chests sold on Amazon
Agency said units violate the performance, labeling requirements of the STURDY Act and pose a tip-over and entrapment hazard WASHINGTON — The United States Consumer …
Sejov recalls 900 clothing storage units that pose tip-over hazard
CPSC said units violate the performance and warning label requirements of the STURDY Act WASHINGTON — A Chinese manufacturer that does business in the U.S. …
Scott Russell Turner of Turner’s Furniture dies at age 84
THOMASVILLE, Ga. —Scott Russell Turner, a longtime furniture retailer whose business later branched out into what is known today as 1915 South, died here on …
Pending home sales reach all-time low in January
Monthly index shows declines in the Midwest, South and West, with a slight increase in the Northeast WASHINGTON — January pending home sales fell 4.6% …
