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 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…
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…
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 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…
COVID-19 Holiday Retail Strategies
Business analysts anticipate several ways holiday retail will be different this year. Shoppers, for example, likely won’t wait until Black Friday as the start of the holiday buying season in an…
TXTUR Takes Sustainability to the Next Level
In an era where sustainability continues to resonate with environmentally conscious consumers, a furniture company has emerged to address this growing concern with a unique business model in the…
Furniture Retailers Expect Sales Surge to Continue, Survey Finds
Furniture retailers expect sales to accelerate through the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a survey by Piper Sandler in partnership with the Home Furnishings Association.
The bullish outlook…
American-Made Advantages in the Coronavirus Era
For retailers and designers, keeping their clients happy comes down to reliability: ticking off the boxes as the design process moves forward, and delivering a final finished space, furnishings and…
Tips for Last Mile Delivery
Much has been written about the importance of the final mile in successfully (and profitably) completing a furniture sale. Delivering big-ticket products of large size and unusual shapes and…
What's Your Plan? Your Plan B?
These are unusual times we’re living through. I don’t think I have to go into the specifics. Right now, the world can feel a little bit uncertain. In that uncertainty, however, there is always…