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Home Furnishings Association
9.30.25 Tariff Alert: Upholstery Imports Hit with New Tariffs

HFA Monitoring Impact and Gathering Intel Details are beginning to be released of the recent White House announcements of planned new tariffs on imported upholstered seating. Effective October 14, 2025, these tariffs will begin at 25% and increase to 30% on January 1, 2026. HFA is working closely with our

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Supply Chain: Key Features to Look for in Shipping Visibility Software

Supply chain visibility has never been more critical for furniture retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. The home furnishings industry highly depends on global imports—often from Asia, Eastern Europe, and South America production centers. Furniture shipments frequently move in full container loads (FCL) via ocean freight, making timely and accurate visibility necessary

Home Furnishings Association
Todd Wanek Tackles Tariffs, Supply Chains, and U.S. Manufacturing

Few leaders are as pivotal or outspoken in a transformative era for home furnishings as Todd Wanek, President and CEO of Ashley Furniture Industries. As the 2025 Trailblazer Award recipient from the Home Furnishings Association (HFA), Wanek recently joined HFA to share his perspective on the furniture industry’s current state

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Home Furnishings Association
GOP Lawmakers & Economists Agree, Tariffs Are a Tax Increase

This tax season, lawmakers and economic leaders are reminding the American public that tariffs are taxes. From constitutional concerns about executive overreach to warnings about rising consumer prices, an increasing number of Republican lawmakers worry that tariffs will weigh American families down with burdensome costs despite the recent 90-day pause

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Blue Cargo
Don’t Let OSRA Penalize You: HFA and BlueCargo Can Help

The Ever-Changing Landscape of Furniture Importing Home furniture businesses involved in container imports and related activities are complex and dynamic. Disruptions can significantly impede the flow of containerized goods arriving in the US, throwing your meticulously crafted plans into disarray. Adding to the complexity, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA)

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Seth Weisblatt
Optimizing the Flow of Goods in the Home Furnishings Industry with EDI

The home furnishings industry is known for its diverse product range, intricate supply chains, and fluctuating consumer demands. Due to these unique challenges, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions have emerged as useful technological tools and strategic enablers that can optimize the flow of goods,

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Mark Schumacher
One in the Win Column: Ocean Shipping Reform Act

Often when we talk about our government relations action team (GRAT) and our advocacy efforts, it is always about works in progress. We focus on those issues that are at hand, and that need a resolution of some sort. Finally, we have the chance to discuss something we worked on

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Profit Chain
Managing Supply Chain Risk in Times of Uncertainty

In a speech many years ago, Robert Kennedy proclaimed, “There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May he live in interesting times.’ ” As current events continue to unfold, it seems we are living in increasingly interesting times. Recent announcements by many auto manufacturers that production lines have been halted

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Chris Andresen
New Year, Continuing Legislative Issues

Build Back Better Congressional Democrats and the White House spent the last several months of 2021 working to enact President Biden’s signature legislative priority, the Build Back Better Act. This proposed legislative piece is key to advancing the Administration’s economic recovery agenda. The House passed its version before Thanksgiving in

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