A gorgeous golf course. A sun-kissed Minnesota morning. Dozens of golfers eager to help a local cause. HOM Furniture. All four made for a perfect recipe for the 30th annual HOM Open Charity Golf Tournament last month. About 270 participants enjoyed a perfect day on the greens and fairways at
Home Furnishings Association retailers in Canada are lamenting the loss of the Canadian Furniture Show, their country’s only furniture market, but they’re not surprised. After 47 years, organizers of the Canadian Furniture Show canceled the 2020 event. The show, annually held in May in the International Centre just outside Toronto,
The face of the retail furniture consumer is changing. That’s because America is changing, too. There are 131 million multicultural Americans in the United States today, according to a Claritas report earlier this year. Those Americans make up 37.5 percent of the U.S. population with Hispanics accounting for the largest
When HFA member John Rose learned a competitor was spreading false information about his furniture store, J.R. Furniture, he decided to set the record straight through social media video. But Rose knows social media isn’t always what it seems. With so many filters and editing tools available, who can tell
Marathons are a lot like running a furniture store. It’s important to finish strong. In the HFA’s Fall Insights magazine, David McMahon offers furniture retailers advice on the final push. But that’s just the start, says McMahon. Here he offers some tips on forecasting for the next year. Retailers can
Two months after its opening, the Tepperman’s Furniture pop-up store in an Ancaster, Ontario, mall closed without selling a single appliance or piece of furniture. Andrew Tepperman is delighted with the pop-up’s success. That’s because the pop-up, filled with 35,000 square feet of product, was never created to sell furniture.
Marketing presents a constantly changing learning curve for many furniture retailers. What are the best ways to reach and convert customers? Direct mail? Email? Texts? Television, radio or newspaper ads? Social media? How much of which? Where can scarce dollars be applied most effectively? How should messages be crafted? How
The way HFA members Robert and Trish Weatherby see it, 98 years is a pretty good run. In June, the owners of Weatherby’s Furniture, a retail institution in Bakersfield, Calif., gathered employees in the store for an announcement: With no family members interested in continuing the business, the couple said
A former bedding industry veteran is leaving behind retirement to lead HFA member Art Van Furniture. Gary Fazio is the company’s new CEO effective immediately. Fazio replaces Ron Boire, who resigned in August after leading the Top 100 retailer for about a year. Fazio brings more than 40 years of
Uncertainty to tariffs. A possible recession on the horizon. These days, furniture retailers who want to expand can get frightened off by the headlines. HFA member Furniture Connection in Clarksville, Tenn., is not like a lot of furniture retailers. Owner David Berggren broke ground this month on a second Furniture Connection
Two years ago, Home Furnishings Association member Walker Furniture pledged to replace the mattresses at all 30 Clark County firehouses in the
Furniture retailers who import products from China will have to pass additional costs to customers, Jim Kittle said in an
California enacted more than 1,000 new laws in 2018, many impacting businesses like furniture retailers. That’s why so much of
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker refused to sign a bill restricting the use of 11 flame retardants in some consumer products.
Charlie Horn was 2 when a dresser fell over and killed him in 2007. In the wake of that terrible
The threat from online retailers like Wayfair is not a game to home furnishing businesses, but it is a “gaming” attitude they are turning to
Could you increase sales through psychology? The scientists at Neurofied think so. At their Brain and Behavior Academy in Amsterdam they are working to help
