Home Furnishings Retailers
Home furnishings retailers have a lot to contend with these days — online competition, changing consumer expectations, rising retail rents. In this section, find news, products and trends for home furnishings retailers to see continued success.
Design Q&A: Relamp, The Printed Light Bulb
Over the last few years, the Edison bulb trend dominated at Lightovation and market centers across the country. So many companies from Hinkley to Stylecraft to Mitzi created fixtures designed to…
Millennial Men: An Emerging Market for Home Furnishings Retailers, Interior Designers
Spring is in full bloom, as is peak home-buying season. For the Millennial generation — defined as those born between 1981 and 1996 — the dark cloud of The Great Recession that hung over their heads…
Lighting & Decor's Obligatory Royal Wedding Article
At Lighting & Decor, we editors — Editor-in-Chief Nicole Davis and I — are happy to stay in our home design industry bubble. Sure, we don't get to go to South Korea to cover the Olympics, and we'…
White is the New Gray
All good things must come to an end. And like a tropical beach vacation, your ‘30s or HBO’s Game of Thrones, the color gray’s days may well be numbered. Winter looks as though it’s coming for the…
Dallas Market Center Announces Style Eyes Tastemaker Trend Scouts
Dallas Market Center today announced Style Eyes, the new program leveraging the knowledge and taste-making skills of many of the leading industry social media influencers for their insights and…
The Anatomy of an Optimized Pinterest Pin
Last year, Pinterest reported that 60 percent of pinners say the platform has influenced their home decor purchase decisions. To capture their attention and convert pins to sales, it’s important to…
Idea Board: Resourceful Home
Multifunctional, customizable and technologically advanced, these products make life a little easier.
ET2
Bring the outdoors inside with ET2’s line of Alumilux Architectural Essentials high-quality…
Baby Boomers and Gen Xers Are On Social Media Too. Here's How to Find Them.
For many retailers and interior designers, Baby Boomers and Generation Xers make up the majority of their clientele. So why focus on a social media strategy if only Millennials and Gen Zers use these…
3 Vital Insights Hiding in Your Business's Data
No matter the date or time of day, your business is collecting data on your consumers. In your store, your POS system records your transactions. Online, your website monitors visitors day and night,…
What to Expect at ICFF 2018
This year marks the 30th edition of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), North America's premier furniture fair for global and contemporary design. For four days, 36,000 interiors…