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Retail Education

Home furnishings and lighting retailers face many challenges in this ever-changing economy. From new consumer expectations to online competition, today's retailers work hard to ensure their customers have access to on-trend products and great customer service. In this section, you'll find all things retailing — news, features, analysis and tools — needed to make your retail business a success.

Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay
Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay

Neighborhood Networking for Home Furnishings Retailers

You’re a brick-and-mortar home furnishings or lighting retailer. Your primary customer base is relatively local. Some of the most effective ways to market to your customers and potential customers…
12th annual showroom of the year awards, lightovation, dallas market
The deadline to enter the 12th Annual Showroom of the Year Awards is March 1, 2021

Lighting Retailers: Enter the 12th Annual Showroom of the Year Awards

Join the ranks of lighting retailers who have been honored by the Showroom of the Year Awards for more than a decade! The deadline is fast approaching to enter the 12th Annual awards that exclusively…
Image by Kaufdex from Pixabay
Image by Kaufdex from Pixabay

Expanding Social Commerce

With so much shifting in 2020 as to how consumers make buying decisions, it has become essential for retailers to ensure an experience for their customers in more than just the brick-and-mortar store…
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Image by antonbe from Pixabay

4 Tips For Using TikTok in Your Design or Retail Business

TikTok is a platform that celebrates creators. From amateur dancers recreating 15-second dances to amateur chefs folding a tortilla into quadrants, the video platform gives anyone and everyone an…
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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Pay Attention to What's Next

This last year has been for assessing… and pivoting… and assessing again… and pivoting again. Coronavirus and all that came with it pretty much dominated our lives and our business decisions. While…
Image by Joseph Mucira from Pixabay
Image by Joseph Mucira from Pixabay

IMC Webinar Series Addresses Diversity in Retail

International Market Centers (IMC) announced that it will present a series of four hour-long webinars highlighting diversity and inclusion issues impacting retail. The series, which debuts on Feb. 1…
Augmented reality
Digitizing your product inventory is the first step in launching augmented reality on your website.

How Augmented Reality Can Enhance Your E-Commerce User Experience

The coronavirus pandemic has made consumers more judicious about leaving their homes, which means e-commerce is more important now than ever before. Consumers are shopping with purpose, often doing…
Photo by Igor Miske on Unsplash
Photo by Igor Miske on Unsplash

7 Tips for Considering E-commerce at Retail

With more than a year of consumers adapting to purchasing online and delivery or curbside pickup as a result of COVID-19, if you haven’t yet added e-commerce, now is the time to be considering this…
Henck Design
Christina Henck, Henck Design, opened a physical showroom in Philadelphia this summer to support her design business, and it has exceeded her expectations.

Christina Henck Banks on Design With New Retail Space

Necessity is the mother of invention — and growth — as in the case of Christina Henck, founder of Henck Design, which now incorporates a new home furnishings retail showroom in Philadelphia. “I would…
Jamie Merida Bountiful Home
Understanding the coastal community where Bountiful Home and Jamie Merida Interiors is located has helped Merida offer a style that resonates with his customers.

Jamie Merida Brings Bountiful Home

If you’re a regular reader of Furniture, Lighting & Decor, you’ve seen Jamie Merida’s name. He’s been a panelist on our virtual seminars, and we’ve talked with him about how he’s built his brand…
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