The Home Furnishings Association (HFA) this week announced that registration for its Leadership Immersion Experience at Badcock Home Furniture & More in Mulberry, FL from March 5-8 is filling up fast.
This boot camp experience offers young retail professionals exclusive access to one of the furniture industry’s top 100 retailers. The two-and-a half-day program showcases the operations of this fifth-generation, family-owned retailer with visits to the distribution center, corporate campus and a local retail storefront. Attendees will meet with and learn from Badcock’s executives and key staff members.
Attendance is limited to a small group to encourage interaction with peers and allow for more in-depth discussions with the host.
“By limiting attendance, the groups get to know each other and the retailers they’re visiting on a more personal level,” says Kaprice Crawford, HFA’s Education Director. “We’re also thrilled once again to have STORIS as an exclusive sponsor of the program. They’re a big supporter of the HFA’s NGN group.”
“We are thrilled to be partnering with the HFA on this project and are excited to host some of the industry’s emerging leaders. This program serves as a spring board for these individuals and we are humbled to have a hand in their development,” says Mitchell Stiles, Vice President of dealer retail operations at Badcock. “At the end of the day we will be learning from them.”
The application deadline is four weeks prior to the event. Applications can be submitted via mail to Home Furnishings Association Attention: Kaprice Crawford, via email to kcrawford@myhfa.org or online at www.myhfa.org.
Scholarship opportunities are available through the Retail Home Furnishings Foundation (RHFF), an organization created by retailers with the goal of bettering the industry. Applicants must be a home furnishings retailer between the ages of 21-30. Scholarship funds can go up to $750 per person.
