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IFDA Recognizes Honorees from Night of Luminaries and Rising Stars Dinner
Earlier this month, the International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA) hosted its Night of Luminaries and Rising Stars Dinner in High Point. Below are the recipients of its Luminary Award…
3 Fundamental Lessons for Running an Interior Design Business
No matter the industry, everyone has some cringe-inducing memories they look back on from early in their careers where they learned something the hard way and added another thing to their mental “do…
Retail Road Trip: Phoenix
Lightform Lighting
Lightform Lighting stocks a unique mix of modern lighting fixtures from approximately 150 manufacturers. The Scottsdale showroom serves high-end residential and commercial…
How Home Furnishings Retailers Can Sell More Furniture
How to sell more furniture is actually pretty simple, but you may have been hiding your retail gold. I meet a lot of furniture retailers who have a valuable team of designers but they aren’t showing…
7 Tips to Streamline the Design Selection Process for Clients
For many remodelers (and these practices apply to interior designers), this process has become extremely protracted and complicated; so much so, that a group I work with in California found that the…
High Point Market Authority Teams Up with Design Influencers Conference to Co-Produce Brand Track
The High Point Market Authority has once again teamed up with the Design Influencers Conference to launch and co-produce a brand track for the 2020 conference, to be held in San Francisco on March 1-…
AHFA Announces 2020 Officers and Directors
John E. “Jeb” Bassett, Chief Operating Officer/Senior Vice President, Bassett Furniture Industries, Bassett, VA, was elected 2020 Chair of the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) Board of…
Consumers Expected to Spend More This Holiday Season
With the holidays around the corner, retailers are ramping up for the big holiday push. One question on retailers’ minds at this time of year centers around spending habits during the holidays. For…
Design Project Magic: Erinn Valencich Turns Heads With StyleRow
Erinn Valencich’s recently launched StyleRow project management and marketplace tool is turning heads in the design community.
As an interior designer, the act of designing a space is only half the…
Elevate Your Sales Game With These Tips From the Retail Doctor
Good morning.” “Good afternoon.” “Good evening.” According to The Retail Doctor Bob Phibbs, this simple customer greeting is far more effective than the standard, “Can I help you?” Why?
At September…