Education
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES!
Learn from Industry Experts Anytime, Anywhere.
The Home Furnishings Association provides many opportunities for retailers to receive additional education and training to better their employees and their business. We provide seminars at both Las Vegas, and High Point Market as well as put on webinars, and podcasts, from industry experts. We also release white papers full of how-to's and great content from within our industry and beyond to improve your business. Check out some of our educational offerings below!
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A WINNING COMBINATION: Best Practices from HFA Retailers of the Year
2021 25 February 12:00 pm PT / 3:00 pm ETInteriors Home and PerLora Furniture Design are HFA’s 2020 Retailers of the Year! HFA CEO Mark Schumacher talks with Todd Lehman of Interiors Home, and Perry and Lora Sigesmund of PerLora about how they differentiate themselves from the competition in such areas as customer experience, marketing, innovation, and community involvement…
Watch Webinar Leadership & Advocacy
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Impact your sales using the right social media channels
If you’re not using social media as part of your marketing strategy, you’re letting customers slip through your fingers. Furniture stores are reaching more customers through social media, but determining how to maximize social media channels can be confusing. HFA’s CEO Mark Schumacher hosts Erica Hughes, Digital Media Administrator at…
Market Seminars
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800.422.3778Contact us
We're proud to offer education to retailers of all sizes
Meet experts and industry influencers face-to-face at our FREE Market seminar series during Las Vegas and High Point Furniture Markets, presented in the Association’s Resource Centers.
Sharpen your skills and learn new ideas and approaches to make you more effective and efficient. You do not need to be a member of the association to learn with us at these seminars!
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White Papers
More Member WhitepapersQ2 ’20 Furniture Retailer Survey
Completed in partnership by Piper Sandler & the Home Furnishings Association. Q2 sales trends (which were -8% y/y overall) showed strong improvement in May/June, and…
Read MoreThe 2020 Industry Trend Guide
We are constant consumers being sold everywhere from social media and streaming shows to personal recommendations from friends. In a market where digital is abundant,…
Read MoreThe Five Keys To Inventory Management
As retailers, our inventory is the biggest asset we have that needs constant management to maximize profitability. There are many factors that contribute to a…
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