March 19,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry 
In light of many retailers having to temporarily close doors, the Home Furnishings Association is urging its members to reach out to their U.S. senators and representatives to include furniture stores in the list of industries advocating for assistance.
March 19,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
In line with the forced closure of Nevada casinos and non-essential businesses, International Market Centers (IMC) will close the World Market Center Las Vegas and Las Vegas Design Center to the public as of Wednesday, March 18. The 30-day closure, ordered by Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, aims to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
March 19,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Furniture First Buying Group has cancelled its May Symposium, scheduled for May 11 – 13.
March 19,
2020 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry
Minneapolis-based HOM Furniture is temporarily closing all of its retail locations in all markets effective Thursday, March 19 at the close of business.
March 18,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, High Point, Industry, Market
The High Point Market Authority has announced its new dates for the postponed Spring 2020 High Point Market. Originally scheduled for April 25-29, the postponement was announced last week in light of NC Governor Cooper’s advisement to cancel all events that draw an attendance of 100 or more people due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
March 18,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
New York-based luxury brand Peruvian Connection is expanding its core product offering this fall to include original print bedding designed in-house featuring new and archival prints from the brand’s storied history. The Andean weavings and ethnographic textiles of Peru that first inspired Peruvian Connection founder Annie Hurlbut Zander and led her to launch the apparel brand in 1976, continue to tell the brand story in this 15-piece bedding collection.
March 18,
2020 by Jane Chero in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry
Ikea, the word’s biggest furniture brand, will temporarily close all 50 store locations across the U.S. as well as the Ikea Planning Studio in Manhattan. The decision was made by Ikea leadership as a pre-cautionary measure due to the rapidly evolving novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).