July 20,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Mattresses on July 21, 2011
Boyd Specialty Sleep has signed a new, long-term lease with World Market Center Las Vegas and Las Vegas Furniture Market.
As part of the deal, Boyd Specialty Sleep, which makes high-end latex and memory foam mattresses, will move to a new 6,500-square-foot showroom, WMC-B901.
"Boyd Specialty Sleep is an incredibly progressive company, dominating in both the supplier and retailer space, and serves a diverse group of customers from the mass market to department stores as well as over 1,000 independent mattress and furniture stores in the U.S.," said Tom Mitchell, home furnishings president of International Market Centers, parent company of World Market Center Las Vegas. "Their renewed commitment to World Market Center enhances the market's offerings for bedding retailers and solidifies Las Vegas as the hub for the mattress industry."
July 20,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Las Vegas on July 21, 2011
The
Western Home Furnishings Association/
National Home Furnishings Association Retailer Resource Center at
Las Vegas Furniture Market has sold out of vendor spaces.
The new showroom RCC in
World Market Center, space C496, will host almost 40 home furnishings business services providers. Company experts from the advertising and marketing, financial, consulting, design, technology, training and warehouse distribution sectors will be present for the August 1-5 market.
The RCC also features Launch Pad, an innovative spot for companies to launch new products. This Market's Launch Pad features Forearm Forklift Lifting Straps. Designed in 1997 by a home delivery guy who also doubled as a professional mover, the Forearm Forklift helps home furnishings delivery teams eliminate damage in customer homes while also encouraging proper lifting techniques.
Companies Available at the Retailer Resource Center include:
ACA - Advertising Concepts of America
Bank of America
Credit Source Insurance & Finance
CrossCheck
Custom Design Software
Diakon Logistics
DispatchTrack
DSI Delivery
Dukky
Forearm Forklift Inc.
Furniture Training Company
Furniture Wizard
FurnitureDealer.net
FurnServe
GE Money
Genesis Software Systems
Guardian Protection Products
iFurniture.net
Impact Consulting Services
Innovations International
JRM Sales & Management
Mail America
MicroD
Myriad Software
National Home Furnishings Month
NuGuard Surface Protection
On The Web Marketing
Profitability Consulting Group
PROFITsystems Inc.
RedPrairie
Reputation Accelerator
Speedy Delivery
STORIS
Truckskin LLC
ViewIT Technologies
Western Home Furnishings Association/National Home Furnishings Association
WHFA Store
July 20,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Upholstery on July 21, 2011
Norwegian upholstery manufacturer Ekornes will open a U.S. assembly plant in Morganton, N.C.
Production is expected to start early next year.
The move is designed to enhance service to Ekornes' network of North American dealers by providing quicker delivery times on Stressless sofas.
"We are very excited to establish a production presence in the United States," said Oyvind Torlen, CEO of Ekornes ASA. "North America represents a primary global market for Ekornes. We are committed to delivering the highest level of quality products and service to our consumer and dealers there."
Research conducted by Ekornes, Inc. showed that more than eight weeks of waiting on furniture delivery is unacceptable to a consumer.
"Once a consumer decides on the furniture they want, we need to be able to deliver it quicker than their expectation," said Peter Bjerregaard, president of Ekornes Inc. "We want our network of retailers and their sales people to benefit from the sale sooner rather than later. Quicker delivery times on sofa sales will be a key element to our retailer support.
Sofa components will be made in Norway and shipped to the new U.S. plant for assembly.
"Ekornes ASA has invested a substantial level of marketing resources to grow the Stressless brand in North America," said Torlen. "The next phase of our commitment is manufacturing there."
July 20,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on July 21, 2011
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z4981550862&z=1250249032
The scandal-hit Da Vinci Furniture Ltd has finally fronted up to customers regarding settlement of claims, Cnr.cn reported Thursday. A salesperson from Da Vinci's Beijing outlet told the reporter that the company is willing to be responsible to customers, but unconditional return of goods is not accepted. According to the salesperson, customers can return goods and receive a refund or an exchange if they can show a report from an authority which proves the furniture they bought has quality problems, the website said. The reporter noted that sending the furniture for sampling tests was a complicated process during which
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July 19,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Acquisition on July 20, 2011
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z4979031409&z=1250249029
Aaron's Inc., which leases and sells home furnishings and appliances, said Wednesday that it purchased 30 stores from Crusader Rent to Own and will convert 29 of them into HomeSmart stores. HomeSmart stores offer weekly payment lease agreements for products similar to those in Aaron's sales and lease ownership stores. The 30th store will have some of its assets assumed by a current Aaron's franchisee and will be merged into an existing Aaron's store.
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