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.
How to Get Verified on Instagram
The process around who gets verified on Instagram and how to get that blue checkmark just got a lot less murky. Last week, Instagram unveiled a new function that allows users to apply for…
How Retailers Meet the Demand for Personalized Design
Consumers are starting to discover what those in the industry have long known: Furniture and fashion can make an equally powerful statement, and a look that exemplifies your unique aesthetic and…
4 Signs It’s Time to Find a New Web Host
With the rise of e-commerce and the need for businesses to have a strong online presence, it’s now more important than ever to have a website that functions smoothly. A key factor in your website’s…
Global Furniture USA Launches Collection With DJ Khaled
Global Furniture USA has partnered with music mogul DJ Khaled to announce his "We the Best Home" furniture collection for the company’s new Goldition brand.
Goldition is partnering with Khaled to…
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,…
2018 Showroom of the Year: Origins of Success
For the last nine years, Lighting & Decor and Dallas Market Center have honored the best and brightest lighting showrooms at the Showroom of the Year awards during June Lightovation. Each year,…
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…
ALA President Testifies on Tariffs
Earlier today, Eric Jacobson, President and CEO of the American Lighting Association, delivered testimony to the Section 301 Committee regarding tariffs on products imported from China. ALA has taken…
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…
Sunbrella and Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Partner for New Collection
Sunbrella and Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams announced they are partnering for a new co-branded collection set to debut this month.
“Designed with families in mind, the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams…