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By Aggregated Content in Case Goods on April 19, 2011
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Upholstered and wooden furniture products maker Flexsteel Inds. posted third-quarter net income of $2.5 million or $0.35 per share, compared with $2.3 million or $0.34 per share in the same quarter last year.
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April 18,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Business Strategy on April 19, 2011
The Home Furnishings Industry Conference has sold out its Expo exhibitor spacing.
The event, taking place April 30May 2 in San Antonio, Texas, features an Expo for manufacturers and vendors to showcase their products for retailers in attendance. Forty Expo participants have signed up to be a part of the inaugural Home Furnishings Industry Conference. This HFIC Expo gives everyone a chance outside of Markets to sell, learn and connect with others in the industry.
The excitement we have seen surrounding this event is amazing. Manufacturers, vendors and retailers really needed an outlet to all come together and work towards a future goal, which is the main purpose of the HFIC, said Sharron Bradley, WHFA Executive Director. By selling out the Expo, it truly shows that the industry supports this event and finds it valuable for their business.
All attendees participating in the three-day conference have the opportunity to win multiple prizes, including a $1,000 or $500 gift card, just by visiting the Expo and networking with the participating vendors.
There is still time to sign up and attend this event! Along with the great manufacturers and vendors that will be on hand, many Top 100 retailers and well respected home furnishings retailers will be in attendance. To view a full list of attendees, visit the conference Web site.
Retail members of WHFA, NHFA, all of the affiliates and designated partners can take advantage of a buy one, get one free deal. One registration of $495 must be purchased and the second person can attend for free. Additional registrations for other team members are $199 each.
Register for the Home Furnishings Industry Conference online.
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April 18,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Store Openings on April 19, 2011
Home furnishings retailer Jordan's Furniture will open a 100,000-square-foot furniture store in Warwick, R.I., this fall.
The store, which will join Macy's, Target and JC Penney as an anchor tenant at Warwick Mall, is Taunton, Mass.-based Jordan's fifth location in Rhode Island.
"The Warwick Mall specifically and the overall state of Rhode Island is the perfect area for a Jordan's Furniture location," said Jordan's Furniture President and CEO Eliot Tatelman. "After considerable research and site reviews, the space in the Warwick Mall is perfectly suited for us. We are very excited about the prospects of providing Rhode Islanders with a vast assortment of high quality furniture and mattresses, all with our famous Under Price Guarantee."
The new Jordan's Furniture location will include 2 levels of showrooms, along with customer "attractions," an element of the store experience that is so well known in the Greater Boston area. The company estimates hiring 100 employees for the new location.
Jordan's Furniture incorporates beautiful showrooms, exemplary customer service and unique entertainment, together creating an entire customer experience. Combining entertainment with retail, the locations include items such as a 500 seat IMAX 3D theatre, a city made of jellybeans, an indoor trapeze school, a Las Vegas-style water show, a 48 seat motion-simulation theatre, a one-of-a-kind laser light show, a Mardi Gras show, ice cream and more.
April 18,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Acquisition on April 19, 2011
Internet marketing services provider FurnitureDealer.net has acquired the Web site assets of Home Line Furniture's Web partner program.
"We are very excited to add these partnerships to our network of 800-plus Web sites," said Any Bernstein, president and founder of Minneapolis-based FurnitureDealer.net. "All of these Web Partners can rest assured that their Web sites will be maintained with the same level of professionalism, passion and commitment we have become known for that past 16 years. We have some very exciting improvements that we plan to offer in the next 60 days which will help our partners do a lot more business from their Web site."
In 2009, Home Line Furniture contracted with FurnitureDealer.net to design and manage a Web site program that Home Line could offer its retailers, showcasing Home Line product content, as well as other brands. The program launched in April 2010 and generated tens of thousands of furniture content page views, with consumer's spending an average of more than minutes of content
browsing per Web-partner site, according to FurnitureDealer.net.
"We will be contacting each and every Home Line Web Partner to introduce ourselves and our company's mission and vision," said Amy Voelker, vice president of merchandising relations. "We want all of Home Line's customers to rest assured that we are their 'partner,' and their Web sites will all be maintained free of charge through the end of 2011. By extending all of these contracts, we want our partners to become familiar and comfortable with our management of their Web presence."
April 18,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on April 19, 2011
Mattress and bedding retailer Sleep Country USA celebrated 20 years in business on Tuesday.
Founded in 1991 by Sunny Kobe Cook and Bob Cook, Sleep Country USA opened with approximately eight stores and 25 employees. Now, the Seattle-based retailer has 75 stores and 350 employees in the Pacific Northwest.
In addition to a large selection of brand name mattresses, and well-trained, friendly staff, Sleep Country USA one of the Pacific Northwest's top philanthropic programs.
"We are very proud of our history of fulfilling a need for quality sleep products in a growing market and successfully engaging the community," said Sleep Country USA CEO Dale Carlsen. "We've created a brand that has become a household name with a jingle that nearly everyone can recite."
The company implemented an Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the fall of 2010, making Sleep Country USA one of very few employee-owned companies in the region. As a show of thanks for longtime customers' support, Sleep Country USA is holding a concert ticket giveaway on its Facebook page throughout the summer for shows at the newly named Sleep Country Amphitheater just outside Portland, Ore.
Sleep Country USA's anniversary also marks 20 years of giving back to their community; starting with donations of gently used mattresses to St. Vincent DePaul in the early years to the creation of its award-winning Sleep Country Foster Kids program in 2005. To date, the company's Foster Kids program has donated more than 350,000 important material items like shoes, coats, clothing, pajamas, school supplies, and gifts during the holidays, and over $500,000 in cash to its foster care organization partners throughout the Pacific Northwest.
"Sleep Country USA has become incredibly important to the cause, creating a long-term marketing commitment to raise awareness about the needs of foster children and urge action," said Janis Avery, executive director of Treehouse for Kids, a non-profit dedicated to foster children advocacy. "The company's approach and emphasis on positive, action-oriented messages is inviting and attainable for everyone, making the general public feel they can really make a difference. For us, the Sleep County Foster Kids program has translated into growth for our organization and a powerful impact on the lives of these children and their families."
During its anniversary celebration, Sleep Country USA is hosting its annual Pajama Drive for Foster Kids April 4-May 22 to obtain donations of new pajamas in all sizes.
"We're excited for the future of Sleep Country USA as we plan to expand throughout the Pacific Northwest and other regions," Carlsen said. "As an employee-owned company, we are focused on our employees, enhancing product selection, remarkable customer service, and increasing our impact on the community through our Foster Kids program."