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August 19,
2013 by in Industry, Store Openings 
North Carolina-based Boyles Furniture & Rugs will open a store in Avon, Conn., this week in a former space once occupied by another furniture retailer. Nassau's Furniture closed its store in Avon in January, leaving he building vacant.
Boyles officials said they will have a grand opening for the Avon store Wednesday and Thursday. The new store will be the company's first location in the Northeast.
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Source: Hartford Courant
August 19,
2013 by in Industry, Store Openings
Arhaus Furniture will be relocating its Ann Arbor, Mich., store to a higher-end location. The retailer expects the new store to open Sept. 20.
The retailer is moving the store about amile down the road and is looking for increased visibility in the new shopping center.
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Source: AnnArbor.com
August 19,
2013 by in Economic News, Industry
U.S. consumers, bracing for higher interest rates and slightly slower economic growth, were a bit less optimistic in August as sentiment retreated from last month's six-year high, a survey released on Friday showed.
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's preliminary reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment slipped to 80.0 from 85.1 in July, the highest since July 2007.
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Source: CNBC
August 16,
2013 by in Market, Tupelo
A 99-year-old Alabama furniture company won the 49th National Buyer Appreciation Award Thursday at the Tupelo Furniture Market.
Hainje Home Furnishers, with four stores, is a $5 million to $6 million retailer that has attended the Tupelo market since its start 26 years ago. Company president Mark Godwin said Tupelo "has been our market."
"We find the widest assortment of furniture here," he said.
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Source: Daily Journal
August 16,
2013 by in Business Strategy, Industry
When Larry Norris walks through a condominium at The Landings that needs to be redecorated, he recognizes the furniture that's been there 25 years or more.
Not just the style or era of the furniture - he recognizes the actual pieces. That's because Norris, 71, who with his wife Renee runs Norris Home Furnishings, opened his first store 30 years ago.
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Source: News-Press.com
August 16,
2013 by in Business Strategy, Industry
Retail merchandising group BrandSource is expanding its home furnishings assortment to appeal to younger, first-time home buyers.