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
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
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
The Home Furnishings Association has just released a groundbreaking tool to help simplify HR Management. The HFA Human Resource Portal is your indispensable resource for managing and growing your business. This tool provides members with important content in all areas of HR, from compliance & risk management advice and benefits
When I started at HFA, the first picture I saw of David Gunn he was wearing a western shirt and a cowboy hat. This bigger-than-life Texan had an intimidating appearance. When I met him, however, I realized his heart was bigger than life—the heart he has for the home furnishings
Of all the advocacy discussions and debates we weighed in on in 2022 that impacted our industry, legislation surrounding furniture tip-over and clothing storage units for children topped the list. Our industry has consistently pushed for a mandatory standard for clothing storage units for over a decade, with child safety
This past summer, Synchrony piloted a new Summer Application Incentive for the month of August. The goal was for HFA Members that were on the HFA Synchrony program from August 2021 to August 2022 and had beaten their store’s August YOY credit application volume by 25% would win a store
On my 30th wedding anniversary eight years ago, my wife gave me a bracelet engraved with one of my favorite motivation phrases: finish strong. I apply that to my life as a whole and my work. I bring this up because we all need to finish 2022 strong. It has
Often when we talk about our government relations action team (GRAT) and our advocacy efforts, it is always about works in progress. We focus on those issues that are at hand, and that need a resolution of some sort. Finally, we have the chance to discuss something we worked on
Robert Kennedy proclaimed in a speech many years ago, “There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May he live in interesting times.’ ” As current events continue to unfold, it would seem as though we are living in increasingly interesting times. Recent announcements by many auto manufacturers that production lines
If your website is like your digital showroom, your Careers Page is like the digital version of your lobby and
The profession of Human Resources is ever-evolving. It’s our job to keep up with and stay ahead of the emerging
Let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment. The pandemic changed us. Our thought processes about everything from when someone
Companies are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of their culture and how it informs each decision made. An emphasis
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly 3% of the US workforce quits monthly. Voluntary turnover, especially among our
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
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