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Mark Schumacher, HFA CEO, and Matt Pridemore, Owner, Badcock Home Furniture & More with 2023 HFA Emerging Star Award
Mark Schumacher
Lessons From the Road-Matt Pridemore

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

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Home Furnishings Association
Human Resources Portal for Home Furnishings Retailers

The Home Furnishings Association 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 information to

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Mark Schumacher
HFA Thanks Departing Board Members

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

Baby standing in front of dresser with one drawer opened.
Home Furnishings Association
Significant Tip-Over Changes in 2023

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

Home Furnishings Association
HFA member got fired up with Synchrony

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

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Mark Schumacher
Finish Strong

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

GRAT BLOG One in the Win Column-Ocean Shipping Reform Act_HFA
Mark Schumacher
One in the Win Column: Ocean Shipping Reform Act

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

Q1 2022 HFA-Piper Sandler Furniture Retailer Survey_5-2022
Home Furnishings Association
Q1 2022 HFA/Piper Sandler Furniture Retailer Survey

The Q1 Furniture Retailer survey completed by Piper Sandler in partnership with the Home Furnishings Association (HFA) shows sales were flat to down for Q1. Sales were +1%/-5% on a mean/median basis. Transactions during Q1 declined -12% to -15%, while ASP was up mid-teens %. Online sales for retailers lagged

CPSC tip-over proposal_HFA GRAT Blog 1_4-2022
Chris Andresen
CPSC tip-over proposal: Your input is needed

Recently, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) denied an industry request, co-signed by HFA, to extend the comment period for their clothing storage unit tip-over safety standard. Public comments are due to the CPSC by April 19, 2022. It is critical that the furniture retail voice is represented as they

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