Home Furnishings Association members are wrestling with difficult questions as the coronavirus crisis continues to threaten their livelihoods. Stay open or temporarily shut down? What happens if retailers simply stop paying their suppliers? To whom do we tell our stories to be heard? And what is our government doing to
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Bad news followed good, according to Ken Smith of High Point, N.C., accounting and consulting firm Smith Leonard. While reporting a 4 percent increase in residential home furnishings orders in December 2019 over December 2018, Smith noted the obvious, and ominous, new development: “The coronavirus situation is not helping us
The best way for a business to keep its workforce healthy is simple: “Actively encourage sick employees to stay home.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday published interim guidance for businesses to plan and respond to the 2019 novel coronavirus. The virus, which has spread rapidly through parts
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a strong and unusual warning last week to owners of Hodedah HI4DR four-drawer dressers. “CPSC tested the Hodedah HI4DR dresser and found that it is unstable and can tip over if not anchored to the wall, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that
IKEA recalled millions of chests and dressers in June 2016 because of tip-over hazards. It repeated the recall announcement in November 2017. In between, on May 24, 2017, an IKEA dresser toppled over on 2-year-old Jozef Dudek in his Buena Park, Calif., bedroom. The blow injured the child’s neck, causing
The American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame includes many past and present retail leaders. Among them: Ronald G. Wanek, Art Van Elslander, Wogan S. Badcock Jr. and Sr., Eliot Tatelman, Keith Koenig, Manuel Capó, Robert Ching Wo and George B. Cartledge Sr. Jake Jabs of American Furniture Warehouse and Jim
A furniture flammability bill strongly supported by the Home Furnishings Association passed the U.S. House of Representatives in a bipartisan vote Monday. It takes a big step toward fire safety without potentially harmful flame-retardant chemicals. The Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act (SOFFA) would set a national standard based on California
Repeat customers. Everyone tells retailers they need them, but it’s easier said than done. How do you get started? Improve your retail customer experience. When players like Amazon enable people to purchase products with the tap of a button, brick-and-mortar furniture retailers must step up their game and offer experiences
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