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.
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…