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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.

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Mark your calendars for these seminars.

3 Winter Market Seminars You Can't Miss

Anyone who's ever been to a winter market knows that there's a whirlwind of activity going on. Showrooms have new products they're dying to show off, and they're putting out great spreads for lunches…
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This Century chandelier from Schonbek may be suitable for everyday glamour, but keeping it clean doesn’t have to feel like a chore. 

Shine On! 4 Tips for Cleaning a Crystal Chandelier

Above a rustic farmhouse dining table. Over a gorgeous marble kitchen countertop. Above a vintage claw foot tub. A crystal chandelier can lend unexpected glamour and whimsy to high-traffic spaces,…
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Might as well put your showroom's bar carts (like this one from Zuo Mod) to good use, right?

Showroom Bar: Would You Serve Alcohol?

What goes great with a velvet sofa? A glass of wine, obviously. That seems to be City Furniture's strategy. This October, the company began serving craft beer and wine at its Tarmarac, FL location,…
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Velvet turned out to be all the rage at the summer markets and High Point Market.

La Vie en Velvet

Like actress Emma Stone gripping onto her Oscar for La La Land, velvet is holding hard and fast to its reign as the “It” fabric of the year. In fashion, luxe velvet showed up everywhere from the…
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Sometimes automating your thinking can do wonders for your social media posts. Here's how. (Photo: magicatwork via Flickr)

How to Automate Social Media — Without Losing Your Voice

When social media automation first came out, the posts were somewhat laughable. They sounded robotic, and it was easy to spot when a real person was actually doing the posting in real time. Nowadays…
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The Grace Network accepts its donation from Hooker Furniture.

Hooker Furniture Raises More Than $40,000 For Local Charities

Hooker Furniture announced this week that it raised $41,386 to benefit Grace Network and the Salvation Army of Martinsville-Henry County through a recent warehouse sale. The sale was held at the…
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A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but these jewel-tone pieces are our best friends.

The Family Jewels

Sapphires, rubies and emeralds — oh my! It’s no wonder the precious (and semi-precious) palette has popped up everywhere from fashion runways to floral arrangements this year—and pretty much every…
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Have you checked out these photo editing apps? Read on to learn more about them.

3 Best Apps for Editing Photos

Nothing kills an image like poor lighting or a blurry background, and in an increasingly digital world where most consumers will judge you first by your social media profiles and website, you can't…
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Elements mails “LightStyle by Elements” to local residents and promotes the content on social media. But customers and designers can also pick up a copy in the showroom.

How to Publish Your Own Shelter Magazine

Elements Lighting and Home, an 18,000-square-foot showroom on Long Island in New York, is filled with pretty things — lighting from all the top brands, furniture and accessories too. Retail customers…
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Read on for a look at HD Buttercup's showroom in L.A.

Retail Road Trip: Los Angeles

HD Buttercup HD Buttercup’s flagship store includes two floors and a rug gallery. The showroom may feel like organized chaos, but sections like “Family Style” (top left) and “Luxury” (top right)…
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