While many of our furniture retail members are busy with the first quarter “tax time bounce,” there are concerns in our industry about what the second quarter and the rest of 2020 will look like for the furniture supply chain as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in China.
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Bed-in-a-box pioneer Casper Sleep caused quite a stir last year when it announced its plans to go public.
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February is typically a big mattress month due to Presidents Day, but the more celebrated occasion is, of course, Valentine’s Day.
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According to the final shipment report of 2019 from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), U.S. wholesale sales of white goods were down 4.6 percent for the year, to 75.6 million units, with declines in every major category except laundry.
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As I was doing my Super Bowl KP duty, I thought back to the time when cleaning pots and pans meant scouring them with steel wool pads.
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In the one year since Melanie Huet joined Serta Simmons Bedding as Chief Marketing Officer, she has led the business through a complete brand strategy makeover.
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Unlike past years when appliance exhibitors were few and far between, last month’s Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) once again earned the mantle of preeminent showcase for America’s white-goods wares.
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Whirlpool reported a 9 percent increase in fourth quarter earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for its North American division.
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Super Bowl LIV is nearly upon us, and in the run-up to the Big Game consumers will spend a record $17.2 billion, the National Retail Federation (NRF) reports.
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Sears Hometown dealers say their inventory is being choked off and that they are unable to compete on price with sister retailer Sears on the few products they have in stock.
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