And the even better answers behind them Selling furniture used to be so predictable: Plop down a few hundred bucks for a full-page newspaper ad or 30 seconds on the radio and TV and wait for the parking lot to fill up. Employees made a career out of working at
Turns out you can go home again. It just takes a lot of hard work to rebuild your family furniture store. Just ask Trevor McAllister. Looking back there were clues. No sirens or flashing blue lights, just subtle cues that maybe the retail furniture business wasn’t going to be so
The key is knowing what your customers want and need from you When you run a business like a furniture store, your job is to produce and sell value. It’s both as simple and as complicated as that. When I see businesses getting value wrong, I have a physical reaction
Your warehouse employees are only as mindful of safety as you are. Show them you’re serious. We all know that working in a furniture store’s warehouse can be dangerous. With rising demands from customers to have that sofa yesterday and the introduction of automation to warehousing operations, more pressure is
General knowledge of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) probably comes from high-profile product recalls. Once you’ve read the story and breathed a sigh of relief that you don’t sell or make the recalled product, you’ll go about your business and never give the agency a second thought. As a
Why Data-Driven Sourcing Is Becoming Non-Negotiable On April 2, 2025, President Trump announced sweeping new import tariffs that immediately reshaped
The trade environment for home furnishings retailers has rarely been more complex or more consequential. For many businesses, tariffs are
In today’s digital-first shopping environment, your product images are doing far more than just “showing” a sofa or dining table;
Global trade policy continues to shift rapidly, and for home furnishings retailers, those changes can have immediate consequences for costs,
Recent developments regarding tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) have raised important questions for home furnishings
AI & Retail Transformation: Your Roadmap to Smart Adoption The technology landscape for home furnishings retailers is evolving fast. For furniture retailers, simply adopting
AI is no longer just powering search bars and chatbots. New agentic AI experiences are changing how shoppers discover, evaluate, and buy products online. For
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