January 2018

Dennis and Jim
Robert Bell
An Unbreakable Bond

Jim Fee learned a lot about running a furniture store in college, but even more working alongside Dennis Novosel. Maybe that’s why the two are so close 40 years later. There are bonds you are born with, like your parents or siblings, and bonds you choose, like friends and lovers.

Building your sales ticket
Jonathan Schulman
Building Your Sales Ticket

Are you doing everything you can to add to that sale — or are you pushing them out the door? There’s one thing I know to be true from all my years on the retail floor—we are without a doubt in control of our own fate. We are the lords

businessman on hands and knees looking for something
Dan Schneider
Hidden Figures

It’s time to take a second look at your store’s fixed costs Industry knowledge is what makes you good at what you do. It’s likely, if you’re reading this magazine, that you’ve learned from hard-won years of experience how to navigate the challenges and rewards of the home furnishings industry.

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