The Home Furnishings Association launched an ambitious campaign to speak personally with each HFA member to better understand and address their needs for growing their businesses. More than two dozen HFA board members gathered in San Diego March 5-6 for the association’s Spring Board of Directors meeting. The board members,
Member Stories
The fire jumped over the highway and went straight up the mountainside, Julian Jeppe said Wednesday, recalling the harrowing experience of living through another natural disaster in Southern California. HFA members Jeppe and his wife, Dru, own Reeds Furniture, which has stores in Agoura Hills and Oxnard. The Woolsey Fire
To outsiders, Tuscaloosa, Ala., is known for its barbecue joints and national football champions, but where local residents are concerned, there’s an even bigger landmark. For 70 years HFA member Spiller Furniture has been a fixture in this college town, furnishing homes and dorms and slowly growing its footprint in
Artis Furniture will celebrate turning 90 this month with cake, ribbons, balloons—oh, and a new store. It’s Monday at Artis Furniture, which means another day, another truck to unload. It’s Tuesday at Artis Furniture, which means another truck to unload and lighting issues to deal with. It’s Wednesday at Artis
You want to succeed. Guess what? The HFA can help! The Home Furnishings Association is an organization for business owners and companies who want more than what they can create or find on their own. From a membership perspective, because retailers want more, I’ve always thought association members were winners.
For years golf and business have gone hand in hand. There’s something about two people getting to know one another on a golf course. After all, you’re only hitting the ball for small amount of time for the four hours you’re on a course. You might as well talk about
Truck driver, salesman, floor sweeper. These days George Perry does a little bit of everything at Sherwood House Furniture. All of them with a smile. For every home furnishings worker who has fielded a call from a cranky customer demanding to know when the sofa they ordered three months ago
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