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Wayfair Names Kelly Clarkson as Brand Ambassador
Wayfair Inc. announced that singer, songwriter, trusted voice coach and TV host Kelly Clarkson will serve as the retailer’s first official brand ambassador in the U.S. The all-new, integrated…
Wayfair Professional Launches Commercial Office Furniture Line
Wayfair Inc., one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home, announced today that its business program, Wayfair Professional, has launched its first commercial-use collection of office…
2019 AHFA Regulatory Summit to Spotlight Product Safety Issues
Lawsuits, Congressional hearings, media firestorms and fast-tracked changes to safety standards have created a new landscape of product safety issues in the home furnishings industry this year. To…
Wayfair Employees Walk Out to Protest Sales to Immigrant Detention Centers
UPDATE 6.27.19: On Wednesday afternoon, hundreds of Wayfair employees and supporters took to Boston’s Copley Square in protest of the company’s reported $200,000 sale of bedroom furniture to a…
4 New Wayfair Pop-Up Shops Set to Open Next Month
Wayfair, the online home furnishings retailer, will open four pop-up brick-and-mortar retail locations across the U.S. on Aug. 1, 2019. The stores will be open for three months.
The Wayfair Decor…
5 Ways for Retailers to Protect Against Industry Disruption
This week, Retail Dive asked, "Is home goods the next industry ripe for disruption?"
The answer? Yes, almost definitely. Just a few notes on some happenings in the past year:
- Global Views…
How to Stop Showrooming and Price-Comparing With Unique Product Pages
It’s no secret that everyone is price-comparing when they’re shopping, especially when it comes to bigger investments like home furnishings. You may be resigned to the inevitability of your customers…
Lighting Consumer Research: Illuminating Changes
Your grandpa did business without the internet, but can you? A recent study by The NPD Group’s Checkout E-commerce Tracking service says the lighting industry’s days of poo-pooing the power of e-…
Furniture Consumer Research: Mind the Gap
To get a better read on the buying public’s mindset heading into the new year, the Furniture, Lighting & Decor research team surveyed consumers across the country about what matters to them in…
Commercial Break
While the lines between the contract, hospitality and residential design businesses were long well-defined — some might say stark — Amanda Schneider, President of Contract Consulting Group — a…