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As the furniture industry evolves and competition increases, we must ensure our sales associates and managers are consistently trained to meet customer needs and deliver great experiences every time. We often find that while most retail organizations may want a robust training program, they must figure out where to start. In this blog post, we’ll […]

Event Overview Come see what’s new and trending for 2023 at Southern California’s only Furniture & Accessory event! Don’t miss the Southern California Furniture & Accessory Market, in Long Beach, California, easily accessible from throughout the region.   About MAC Expos MAC Expos is a professional producer of business-to-business trade shows operating throughout the United […]

Early predictions for retail sales in the coming year will be slower, and customers will be more deliberate in their purchases. But there is good news. A majority of buyers who purchase furniture will be in-store. The first and most obvious reason is that customers want to feel and try out the piece they buy. […]

Are you looking for ways to train your sales team and fill their pipeline? We have brought together a group of experts to share their experience mastering sales follow-up. They will provide insight into which strategies work best in order for business owners and sales managers to proactively help train their teams to build relationships […]

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Renaissance is spearheading the furniture industry’s digital transformation via RenCommerce, our virtual business platform – a cloud-based ecosystem of digital tools and services designed to help you manage, market, and grow your business like never before. RenCommerce brings order to operational chaos by organizing the fundamental tools required for success within one convenient dashboard – […]

All too often when auditing brands, I see them wasting money on brand search. Yes, it’s important to protect your brand, how much you need to depend on your brand specifically, and how your competitors are advertising against your brand, so it’s really a case-by-case basis. However, there is a right way to do this. […]

Several companies grew during the pandemic, finding ways to expand amid stiff headwinds and once-in-a-generation challenges. Old Brick Furniture & Mattress Company, the HFA 2023 Retailer of the Year (stores with more than 50 employees), takes pandemic growth and expansion to another level. I have to give you the back story first. Michael Fiacco owned […]

You Can’t Do Business Like That In my travels as HFA’s CEO, I have been blessed to see many different ways to sell home furnishings. I have always said you could give separate store owners the same store footprint and the same product lines and you would end up with two entirely different stores. Ours […]

Matt Pridemore’s Life-Changing “Call” Last week I found myself traveling to Valdosta, GA to present one of the Home Furnishings Association’s Retailer of the Year awards. Matt Pridemore is HFA’s 2023 Emerging Star Award recipient. He owns many Badcock Home Furniture and More franchise stores (his first was the store his parents owned) in Georgia, […]