January 2017

City of Hope Building
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City of Hope gets a boost from Ashley Furniture

A cure for Type 1 diabetes in six years is the new goal of City of Hope’s Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute. Through the generosity of Ashley Furniture president and CEO Todd R. Wanek and others, the institution will be able to devote more than $50 million over the next

A photo of four new board members
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HFA Installs BOD Members, Recaps Year

The Home Furnishings Association announced Steve Kidder of Vermont Furniture Galleries, Williston, Vt. as its 2017 president Monday during its annual membership meeting in Las Vegas and it added four board members to its ranks. Jacob Shevin, Standard Furniture in Birmingham, Ala., Lisa Keyes, Naturwood Furniture in Rancho Cordova, Calif.,

Park Home Store Logo
Martin Roberts
What makes a good store logo? – Part 1

It’s more than just font, size and color. Martin Roberts offers a 60-second dissection of some of his favorite home furnishings logos. Good branding communicates what you stand for as a business. That branding can be communicated verbally or visually. We’re kicking off a five-part series featuring retail designer Martin

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Knight Furniture creates tip-over safety video

By now you’ve probably seen the viral video of a bedroom dresser falling on a two-year-old boy in Utah and his twin brother trying to push it off him. HFA member Joey Gunn, a father of three-year-old twin boys himself, remembers watching the video and thinking, “what if that were my

Photo of Gorman's CEO
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Moray passes Gorman’s CEO title on to Lias

Longtime HFA member Gorman’s Home Furnishings and Interior Design has promoted its president and Chief Operating Officer Tom Lias to the company’s CEO. Lias will remain Gorman’s president and oversee merchandising, marketing and sales for the company, which has showrooms in the metro Detroit area and Grand Rapids, Mich., as

Brad Fitterer
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Fitterers Furniture named Seattle area’s best small biz

When HFA member Brad Fitterer learned his family store, Fitterers Furniture in Ellensburg, Wash., would be honored by Seattle Business Magazine at the publication’s annual awards ceremony recently, he figured he would pick up a plaque—maybe a pat on the back—and head home. So when magazine officials named Fitterers the

Steve Kidder
Robert Bell
Fast and furious – HFA Member Profile: Steve Kidder

Steve Kidder is always on the move and has no intention of slowing down It is snowing in Vermont and Steve Kidder is sitting in his office, which looks a lot like a Ford F150 pickup truck, ready to start his day. It’s barely 9 a.m. and already Kidder has

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