
More On Furniture Retailing
After ending a two-year decline in October, new retailer orders for furniture started climbing again in November, up 10 percent over November 2008,...
January 31, 2010
San-Diego-based Jerome’s Furniture plans to open a 40,000-square-foot store in a new California market by President's Day. The new store, the retailer's...
Sawyer Furniture in Prichard, Al., was destroyed by a fire Wednesday night, WALA-TV reported this week....
Houston-based Mattress Firm has brought back its founder and one of the original owners to spearhead the retailer's new franchise program....
The chief merchandising executive for Cost Plus/World Market (CPWM) has left the retailer, and the company has made several organizational changes....
Western Home Furnishings Association has partnered with Internet strategy and online solutions company FurnitureDealer.net to launch its 2010 Conference microsite....
January 28, 2010
Homeward Bound, a West Hartford, Conn.-based home furnishings retailer, has been recognized for its outstanding community service with two awards....
Danbury, Conn.-based Ethan Allen (NYSE:ETH) reported a net loss of $3.3 million for the second quarter ended Dec. 31, compared to a $5.5 million profit...
Fashion4Home Inc. launched a U.S. Web site Tuesday for the online retail of high-end contemporary furniture that it says it sells at 50...
Howard Lester, chairman and chief executive officer of San Francisco-based Williams-Sonoma, plans to retire from his post at the retailer's annual meeting in May. He...
Profitgroups, a division of Colorado Springs-based retail systems vendor Profitsystems, has released the agenda for its 2010 Colossal performance group meeting, themed "Thinking about Tomorrow...
The National Retail Federation is projecting this year's retail industry sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations and restaurants, will increase 2.5 percent from last year....
