August 2014 Issue
What Does Your Store Sell? Furniture, or Solutions That Meet Your Shoppers' Aspirations? Merchandising is an art. It’s also a vital function of a retail store’s profitability.
Clive and Daniel Lubner didn’t sit on their hands after failing to acquire rights to the Robb & Stucky name after the retailer liquidated in 2011
What are the elements for blending eye appeal and a profitable product mix on your floor? “Non-traditional” competitors for consumers’ disposable income for home furnishings such as Arhaus, Crate and Barrel and Pottery Barn...
Before Jim Muffi put the motion into sofas, consumers were forced to argue over the one or two bubba recliners in their family rooms when watching television.
Summertime is here, and that can only mean one thing—movies! Well, really more than that, but in our house we make a lot of runs to the cinema for movie watching this time of the year.
In the furniture industry, we have a title that doesn’t appear on any organizational chart, but that title is understood in the daily course of business. That title is merchant. Everyone understands and respects that title. Often the success or failure of an....