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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.

Enchant area rug with geometric pattern from Loloi Rugs
Good things come in black and white.

Black and White On Rugs All Over

Timeless, dramatic and about as effortlessly chic as it gets, black and white knows how to make an entrance … or a living room or a bedroom or a … well, you get the picture. Here at Lighting &…
Exterior of the World Market Center, home of Las Vegas Market
Take notes. There's lots to see at Las Vegas Market in the World Market Center. (Photo: Jennifer Morrow via Flickr)

The Complete Guide to the Best Retailer Seminars at Las Vegas Market

It's hard to be bored at Las Vegas Market, let alone in Las Vegas. With so many great showrooms to tour and so many cocktail parties to attend, your schedule probably looks completely booked. But if…
Outside of Luxe Lighting Company on Greenwood Avenue in Seattle, Washington.
Inside Luxe Lighting Company, the lights are always on.

Showroom Spotlight: Luxe Lighting Company

Good things come in small packages. Wedged between a Portuguese wine shop and yarn store on a busy stretch of Greenwood Avenue in Northwest Seattle, Luxe Lighting Company is case and point. It’s warm…
Seminars in the Lighting & Decor Lounge at AmericasMart Atlanta include From Brick-and-Mortar to Click-and-Order
Don't miss these seminars in the Lighting & Decor Lounge. (Photo: AmericasMart Atlanta)

As Seen in the Lighting & Decor Lounge: Winter Market 2018

Last year, Lighting & Decor partnered with AmericasMart Altanta to create the Lighting & Decor Lounge on the fifth floor of Building 1. We celebrated the launch of the new magazine with a…
Cup of coffee representative of coffee shops near AmericasMart Atlanta
Take the coffee, leave the line. These coffee shops near AmericasMart Atlanta will satisfy your caffeine craving. (Photo: torbakhopper via Flickr)

3 Coffee Spots Near AmericasMart that Won't Have a Line

Anyone who's ever spent time at AmericasMart Atlanta knows how vital a cup of coffee in the morning will be. In order to be your best and brightest as you stroll up and down the escalators and…
Bedroom with gray task light from Lucas + McKearn
Task lighting, like this table lamp from Lucas + McKearn, can play a big role in aging-in-place — if that's what we should call it. (Photo: Lucas + McKearn)

Should We Call it Aging-in-Place?

By 2036, one in five people in the U.S. will be over the age of 65, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.  As Baby Boomers begin to exit the workforce and retire, retailers and…
Social media Lighting & Decor social media fatigue
So many social media accounts, so little time. Don't let social media fatigue bog you down. Check out our helpful tips.

How to Fight Social Media Fatigue

When it comes to social media postings, you have the best intentions for your business. In the New Year, you promise you'll post every day. You swear you'll start taking more photos for Instagram.…
Røros Tweed Hygge
Bring Hygge into the new year with Røros Tweed and these other companies.

Hygge (Hue-guh) It Out

You know that moment when your home is clean and quiet and you’re wearing your cozy socks and there’s no place in the world you’d rather be? That, my friends, is Hygge, the state of being cozy and…

NY NOW Winter Edition

As the Market for home, lifestyle and handmade products, NY NOW® features over 2,300 exhibiting brands showcasing tens of thousands of products fit for every retail buyer’s budget and style. 85…
Lighting fixtures in Lights Unlimited, Garner, NC
Rules schmules. Go rogue by adding a few “wow” fixtures to your displays, says Lights Unlimited’s Carla Reck and Brian Howard. “Even if they're not the type of items that sell every day, unusual fixtures make your showroom a fun and interesting place to visit and shop.”

New Year, New Showroom: How to Get There in 10 Easy Steps

For better or worse, “New Year, new you” season is upon us. Everywhere you turn, people are making resolutions, buying up expensive gym memberships and going all Marie Kondo on their clutter-filled…
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