Strategy For The Furniture Retailer
Talking Points
By Powell Slaughter
About Powell
Powell Slaughter has been covering the furniture industry for going on 12 years now. While his longtime emphasis had been case goods product coverage, he also spent a fair amount of time examining retail technology and operations, which inspired him to come to work with Home Furnishings Business magazine.The Z Files
Sharing Knowledge
Feb 24, 2010Our company has recently begun publishing a “Tip of the Week” on our Web site. We began the process by...
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GuildMaster CEO Goes Retail Roadtripping
Feb 23, 2009Have you heard about Guildmaster CEO Steve Crowder's 15,000-mile road trip?
If you have, you know it's a pretty...
Corraling Consumer Attention
Nice to see the "Is It Home Yet?" campaign get some attention out where it counts--in the media consumers read.
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Dinner Conversation Far from Home
I don't get to Asia, Europe or South America as often as I did in my former life as a product writer, and I'd almost forgotten just how interesting, challenging and downright fun it can be to gather around a table and swap thoughts over dinner.
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Cebu Retains Its 'Wow' Factor
While the show's a third the size it was when I first visited here eight years ago, in terms of exhibitors, the Cebu International Furniture Foundation's annual Cebu X has lost none of its "Wow!" factor for someone used to seeing product in High Point and Las Vegas.
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Where in Cebu is Powell Slaughter?
On the final leg of my trip to Cebu, a flight Wednesday morning from Manila, I was fortunate to have Luis Sicat as my seatmate. Secat, president of accessories maker Global Plus Interdecor, which has a plant in Cebu, also is a council member of the Export Development Council of The Philippines' Department of Trade and Industry.
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Greenwashing Alert
It's been gratifying to watch the furniture industry make real progress the last couple of years in becoming a better friend to the environment. When I started writing about the business 14 years ago, the most likely response to mentioning "green" or "protecting forest resources" was a roll of the eyes.
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