February 21,
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By Aggregated Content in Community/Charitable Support on February 22, 2012
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Ashley Furniture Homestores in Memphis, Tenn., are offering a discount Saturday to customers making a donation to charity.
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February 21,
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By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on February 22, 2012
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When Regan Smith was repeatedly told after last years Daytona 500 that he and his Denver, Colo.-based Furniture Row Racing team were no longer running under the radar, it was taken as a reassuring compliment.
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February 21,
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RedPrairie Corporation, a global supply chain and retail technology provider, has announced that Big Sandy Superstores has chosen RedPrairie Merchandise Management to help optimise core business operations including merchandising, inventory management, customer service, warehouse management, point of sale and more. As one of the top 100 furniture retailers in the USA with approximately 20 locations nationwide, Big Sandy Superstores was looking to replace its legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with an enterprise application capable of accommodating future growth. Big Sandy Superstores partnered with RedPrairie based on its track-record of providing robust and effective solutions to big-ticket retailers since
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February 20,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on February 21, 2012
Ashley Furniture Homestores of Jacksonville, Fla., has recieved Ashley Furniture's Chairman's Award for community support programs.
"The Ashley Furniture Homestore brand is based on four pillars: value, quality, style and selection," said Howard Fineman, managing member and CEO of the three-store Jacksonville Ashley licensee. "But here in Jacksonville our team has a fifth pillar, which is giving back locally and that pillar defines who we are here in the marketplace."
Since opening the first location in 2005, Jacksonville Ashley Furniture Homestores community support programs have continued to expand as they now work directly with a number of Jacksonville-based organizations and causes such as A Hope to Dream, the Salvation Army (Northeast Florida Area Command), the Greater Jacksonville Area USO, and The Donna Foundation.
The Jacksonville Ashley Furniture Homestores were the first licensee locations to launch the A Hope to Dream program in January 2011, giving away nearly 150 beds in the first year. In addition to the quarterly bed donations, the Jacksonville Ashley Furniture HomeStores, in association with A Hope to Dream, teamed up with the Salvation Army to distribute an additional 50 Beds for 50 Kids over the holiday season. The Ashley Furniture HomeStores also actively participated in the Angel Tree and Adopt-A-Family programs, in association with the Salvation Army and Action News, to bring unexpected home comforts to deserving local families during the holiday season.
Military families are another group the Jacksonville Ashley Furniture Homestores have been supporting for several years. Through their "We Proudly Support Our Military Families" program, they have been providing various forms of aid to military families since 2005. In 2011, they formally established their partnership program with the Greater Jacksonville Area USO (Help on the Home Front) and were able to assist an estimated 500 families.
"We are very proud of this partnership," Fineman said, "and look forward to even greater results this coming year."
Fineman will present the Jacksonville, FL USO with a special check for $5,000 later this month.
Furthermore, the Jacksonville Ashley Furniture Homestores have continued to support the fight against breast cancer through their involvement with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the American Cancer Society and The Donna Foundation over the past several years.
February 20,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Special Events on February 21, 2012
The 2012 Digital Signage Expo will feature a special interest seminar program including a track for retailers.
DSE, March 6-9 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, bills itself as the world's largest tradeshow and conference dedicated exclusively to digital signage, interactive technology and digital out-of-home networks. Other special-interest seminar tracks include restaurants, corporate communications and transportation.
The retail track, "Digital Signage in Retail: Designing Innovative User Experiences," features two parts:
* "Future-Proof Design: a 4-Point Approach to Defining the Role of Digital Signage in Multi-Touchpoint Retail Environments" will identify how to successfully integrate research, strategy & design to drive rewarding customer experiences.
* "Build-A-Bear Workshop: Lessons Learned in Deploying Retail Digital Signage" will demonstrate how interactive digital signage technologies can be used to engage customers and make the purchase experience memorable.
"We are pleased to offer an educational program that provides practical guidance from industry experts who are suggesting immediately actionable solutions to relevant and topical issues facing each of the hottest, fastest growing categories in the digital signage industry today," said Richard Lebovitz, Educational Director for Exponation LLC, which produces DSE.
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Registration for the special interest seminar program or any of the DSE 2012 educational conference seminars is now available online.