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 Useful Feedback and Reviews From Customers
No matter how successful your business is, seeking customer feedback should be a fundamental part of your operations. Without consistent input, you’ll lack honest perspective on everything from how…
4 Ways to Make the Best of a Slow Business Day
Anyone who works in retail knows that business can vary drastically, going from dead to bustling in a matter of minutes. But some days are just plain slow. On those days, it can be easy to lose track…
How to Know When Your Website Needs a Refresh
In the home design industry, trends come and go over the course of a few market seasons. Website design follows a similar pattern. As Google updates its algorithms every year or so and web users…
Clear or Frosted Light Bulb?
How do you know when to use a clear bulb or frosted bulb?
There are no hard and fast rules, but luckily you’ve asked somebody who has strong opinions.
First off, just to be confusing, light bulbs…
Fine Furniture Design Partners With Esquire For Licensed Collection
Fine Furniture Design announced today it has partnered with Esquire to launch the Esquire Home Collection.
The 50-piece furniture collection debuting at the spring High Point Market in April…
How Shipping Can Make — Or Break — An Online Sale
You can thank Amazon for setting consumer shipping expectations. For those enrolled in Amazon Prime, free shipping — free two-day shipping to be more specific — is the norm, and while that's not true…
4 Tools For Creating Social Media Visuals
Whether you’re posting a promotion, announcing event details or wishing your customers a happy holiday, images are a great way to share messages across your social media channels. Visuals are much…
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case on Sales Tax
Independent showrooms face a ton of competition online, and though many showrooms can compete well online with their own e-commerce stores, there's one major benefit that online-only retailer enjoy…
Howard Elliott Launches Photo Contest
Howard Elliott this week announced the launch of its Show Us Your Howard Elliott contest, where contestants can submit photos featuring Howard Elliott product for the chance to win $500.…
4 Online Project Management Tools That Actually Manage
Are these scenarios familiar: An annoyed customer calls for the second time to ask why an associate didn't follow up on her question. The second part of an order was never placed, and now the…