Congress really wants small businesses to keep borrowing through the Paycheck Protection Program. By unanimous consent Tuesday, the Senate agreed to a measure introduced by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) extending the popular lending program to Aug. 8. Late this afternoon, the House of Representatives took similar action. The PPP hit
Walk into most bars and restaurants and the maskless patrons and workers make it appear our pandemic worries are over. Three furniture retailer delivery experts advised an HFA live Covid-19 Webinar audience last week not to believe that. Carl Nyberg, COO of Home Furnishings Association member HOM Furniture in Minnesota,
Summertime and the living is getting easier for many Americans who don’t have to worry about a zoonotic virus on vacation because they’re staying home and investing those savings into outdoor furniture. Home furnishings Association members say they’re seeing an increase in outdoor furniture sales, as more customers choose staycations
Martin Roberts, an award-winning designer who helped physically redesign dozens of retail companies as big as Walmart and as small as independent furniture retailers, died May 29 due to complications from surgery. He was 78. Roberts’ clipped British accent and smile were a fixture at the Home Furnishings Association’s Resource
The Home Furnishings Association is pressing Congress for liability protection. Republicans agree, Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) told HFA’s Government Relations Action Team in recent Zoom meetings. [HFA asks for liability protection as stores reopen] But Senate leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has indicated he’s in no
After three months of forced closings, furniture stores are up and running again — and doing a brisk business, too. But there’s no guarantee how long that boost will last as health experts warn a second wave of novel coronavirus is inevitable in the coming months. If stores are forced
Ashley Furniture Industries President and CEO Todd Wanek will take his place next to his father, Ron, in the American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame. Todd Wanek is one of five current or former industry leaders who make up the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020. They will be inducted
HFA members should use the recent rioting and looting across the country to take a second look at their property insurance coverage, says a consultant for Solution Partner Arthur J Gallagher. Nik Levin says retailers sometimes underestimate the value on their property — either unknowingly or to save money on
It’s no secret the novel coronavirus pandemic has changed how we shop, but at first there was only anecdotal evidence of that. In the Home Furnishings Association’s live COVID-19 Webinar June 4, Shoptelligence CEO Laura Khoury offered real data to to show just how dramatic that change is in the
Furniture retailers historically use the Memorial Day weekend as a barometer for sales not just through the summer but for the rest of the year, too. Strong sales over the three-day weekend usually translate into a busy summer and fall, retailers say. So retailers are breathing a sigh of relief
HFA executive vice president Mark Schumacher spoke with HR experts Erick Becker of Cummins & White, LLP, and Eric Martin
More bedroom chests sold by online retailers and in IKEA stores have been recalled because of “serious tip-over and entrapment
When Katie White saw a few other businesses join Count On Me NC, “I wondered if that was something we
At Willits Furniture Center, everything is for sale. Really. Everything. The 51-year-old business and the building it occupies on Central
Andrew Koenig’s emails carry this directive below his signature: “For My City & Ashley Furniture Family – Please do not
Everyone is trying to figure out what the “new normal” will look like when your stores reopen. What will recovery look like to you and
In the evolution of the customer journey how are you currently touching your customers? In this episode, Ken Widger, Marketing Program Manager at MicroD will
