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Posted by Susan Dickenson on February 8, 2010
A vignette from Arts by Alexander, the second of our Feb.
Posted by Susan Dickenson on February 8, 2010
Posted by Susan Dickenson on February 2, 2010
Minnesota home decor, gift and candle manufacturer Midwest-CBK annou
Posted by Susan Dickenson on January 30, 2010
Last month , Onecoast unveiled Snap Retail’s Trafficbuilder, a marketing tool for retailers that, am Finding a way to drive business using social media is coming up quite often in conversation these days. During a retailer roundtable discussion last month, one shopowner announced she had just hired a virtua...Read More
Posted by Susan Dickenson on January 27, 2010
Next Tuesday morning in Las Vegas, I'll be assisting our editor in chief, Jenny Heinzen York, with an interactive panel discussion about what's happening at retail. We'll be joined by Jeff Selik, president of Hillside Furniture in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Chrysteen Braun, Aegean Designing Whims, Los Alamitos, Calif.; and A Suraphong Liengboonlertchai, simply (and better) known as "A," of Simplicity Decor in Kirkland, Wash. Following a presentation that includes a few highlights from exclusive Home Accents Today and Furniture/Today-HGTV research, we'll invite these retailers to join us in discussing the consumer mindset, holiday sales reports, buying plans, store operations, social networking and other timely tidbits. If you plan to be at the Las Vegas Market, I h...Read More
Posted by Susan Dickenson on January 26, 2010
Mooresville, N.C. -- A 100-year-old former textile mill is being converted into a retail/wholesale center for furniture and accessories. New York-based Concord Global Trading acquired the 38-acre site for $500,000 with plans to open its third Wow Home Furnishings center in May. Concord operates Wow stores in Fort Lawn, S.C., and Jefferson, Ga., also former mill sites. Home to the Mooresville Cotton Mill in 1898, the mill, which contains 755,000 square feet of indoor space, operated most recently as a Burlington Industries plant. Mobile, Ala. -- Pat LaGrange, Rebecca Rossler and Becky Nance opened Inside Up, a new downtown destination for fashion, art and home furnishings. The shop is on North Conception Street across from Bienville Square.
Posted by Susan Dickenson on January 21, 2010
The winner of HomeFurnishings.com’s $5,000 shopping s Sponsored by the National Home Furnishings Association, the consumer website provides decorating and furniture shopping advice and connects shoppers with local HomeFurnishings.com-certified furniture retailers. Karin Mayfield, NHFA’s senior director of industry promotion called the contest a “huge success.” “The sweepstakes drew so much attention to our new HomeFurnishings.com website that we have decided to start the new year off with not only another $5000 'Inspired Living Begins Here' home furnishing shopping spree but a Ser...Read More
Posted by Susan Dickenson on January 20, 2010
Julie Windsor of Beat Street, Winnetka, Ill., was named December Retailer of the Month by The Chicago Market: Living and Giving. The ROTM program is designed to acknowledge exceptional retailers who are making a difference in the gift industry, as well as to provide inspiration to other retailers who can benefit from the winners’ stories.
Posted by Susan Dickenson on January 19, 2010
An interesting thing happened when I solicited retailers' picks for January's annual In & Out list — I
Posted by Susan Dickenson on January 13, 2010
Art Van Furniture is teaming up with “Days of Our Lives” cast members and local (Michigan) NBC affiliate WDIV to help the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries- Genesis House III. Truckloads of furniture including 50 mattress sets, bed frames, night stands and dressers will arrive next week at the Genesis House III compliments of Art Van Furniture. To celebrate this campaign and draw attention to the cause, cast members Shawn Christian (“Dr. Daniel Jonas”) and Nadia Bjorlin (“Chloe Lane”) will make appearances at four Art Van Furniture stores for autographs and photos on Jan. 16 (noon to 1pm at the Warren store and 3-4 pm at the Taylor store) and Jan. 17 (noon to 1pm at the Lakeside store and 3-4 pm at the Novi store). Directions and details can be found at www.artvan.com. ...Read More
Posted by Susan Dickenson on January 12, 2010
HEMPHILL'S RUGS & CARPETS has been providing rugs, ca Owner and California native Brett Hemphill started the business following several years of rug retailing on the East Coast, preceded by his graduation from college and earlier years spent working in the family's retail shoe business. "I had just graduated from USC (1988) with a degree in business when I got a job offer from my brother's fraternity advisor, Joe Steele, to start and run a spin-of...Read More
Posted by Susan Dickenson on January 8, 2010
Retailers are basking in the (admittedly soft) afterglow of a December that resulted in better sales for most -- somewhere between 1.5% to 2.5% for the chains and closer to 5% for the independents -- in line with our findings among AmericasMart buyers this week.
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