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Home Furnishings Retailers

Home furnishings retailers have a lot to contend with these days — online competition, changing consumer expectations, rising retail rents. In this section, find news, products and trends for home furnishings retailers to see continued success.

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This could be you: ASID members enjoying Expo 2018, a leadership experience chock full workshops, project tours and social events “designed to provide the skills necessary to advance their personal and professional goals and to become strong leaders in the design industry.

5 Reasons to Join the American Society of Interior Designers

With everything you have to do to keep your business afloat, committing yourself to yet one more thing is probably not at the top of your list. We get it: You’re busy. But if you’re a designer,…
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How Hard Will Tariffs Hit the Home Furnishings Industry

Like many other industry groups, the National Retail Federation (NRF) fiercely opposes the Trump administration's proposed tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners. Now they have the numbers…
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3 Ways to Protect Your Customer Data from Hackers

It might as well have been a plot in a movie. Yesterday, CBS-affiliate WCAX reported that Vermont-based Wendell's Furniture had been the victim of a ransomware attack, an attack in which software…

Coco & Dash, CUR8 Partner for Design Event

Award-winning luxury home decor retailer Coco & Dash will collaborate with CUR8, Austin, TX-based innovator and design incubator, on a first-of-its kind design event and product collaboration.…
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The E-Commerce Numbers And What They Mean for Furniture/Lighting Retailers

Sell online? Great, online retail is up, especially in the home improvement industry. Don't sell online?  You still need to know the latest e-commerce numbers and what they mean for your business.…

30th Annual ARTS Awards Finalists Announced

Dallas Market Center and ART, the creative home furnishings network, have released the full list of finalists for the 30th Annual ARTS Awards taking place on Friday, January 18, 2019. The ARTS…

Idea Board: Contemporary Looks

Cool Contemporary introductions in nickels, grays and whites contrast the warmth that permeates home furnishings. In the Harper Collection from Feiss, light glows through Plated Smoke Glass…
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Baby Boomers and Small-Space Living

Millennials love small spaces. Baby Boomers love big spaces. Right? Maybe not. This spring, Lighting & Decor conducted a reader survey to see how retailers viewed small-space living. When asked…

Baker Interiors Group Partners with MicroD for Creation of Its 3D Product Catalog

MicroD LLC, the leading provider of 3D product visualization solutions for the home furnishings industry, today announced that Baker Interiors Group has selected MicroD's OmniVueXR Services to create…
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(Photo: Unsplash user Ian Dooley)

4 Mistakes to Avoid on Instagram

With more than 200 million monthly users, Instagram can be an invaluable tool for your business to reach current and future customers — that is, if you’re using it right. Unfortunately, an Instagram…
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