Selling Better Bedding &
Mattresses Series - Power
Bases
Part six of Furniture
World's selling better
bedding series features
expert sales tips and
techniques that will help
you to increase attachment
rates on power bases.
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RUGS 101 - Rugs to Refresh
Any Space
Long-time retailer and rug
designer Jenny Jones shares
area rug tips that can
radically change a space or
breathe new life into a
stale product vignette.
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Furniture Retail Tip #41
From Grandpa Mike-e-e! at 90
- Did You Bring The "Kids"
To High Point?
When you bring design and
sales associates to Market,
they get involved in the
choosing and dreaming
process that is the backbone
of creativity and fresh
design in our industry.
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Hickory Springs Hires New
Director of Foam R&D
His direct responsibilities
are the internal growth of
new foam products and new
process development.
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Easy Furniture Web Tip #148
- Can Your Readers Share
Your Content?
Make sure that all the
important ways to share your
content are on all of your
web pages.
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Bedroom Furniture Discounts
Awarded Technology Training
Funds from NYC
BFD is a leading retailer of
home furniture and
accessories and offers a
large selection of items,
excellent prices and free
white glove delivery with
every order.
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Furniture Brands Names Vance
Johnston Chief Financial
Officer
Johnston joined Furniture
Brands in March 2010 and has
since served as Senior Vice
President, Growth and
Transformation.
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City of Hope Spirit of Life
Award Dinner Breaks Records
Spirit of LifeŽ dinner
honoring industry leaders,
Jeff Seaman of Rooms To Go
and Bob Sherman of Serta
Mattress Company, raised a
record-breaking $1.5
million.
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Connecticut State
Legislature Passes
Compromise Mattress
Recycling Legislation
The Association is
continuing to advocate for
federal legislation with the
goal to build a mattress
recycling solution that is
efficient for both consumers
and businesses.
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Trump Home and Serta Launch
New iSeries Mattress
Technology
These mattresses are the
newest addition to the
successful Trump Home
collection, which in
addition to mattresses
includes lighting, bath
textiles and accessories,
and crystal stemware,
barware and giftware.
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Salem Academy and College
Celebrates Opening of Sutton
Initiative for Design
Education
The Suttons also donated
nearly 40 chairs, each
considered “icons” by
furniture historians, to
create a Chair Library.
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Robb & Stucky International
Begins Construction of
Naples Showroom
The company anticipates
completion of the project in
the fourth quarter of 2012,
with a grand opening planned
for early 2013.
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Furniture Brands
International Reports Higher
Income On Lower Sales
First quarter of 2012
same-store sales at the 44
Thomasville stores that the
company has owned for more
than 15 months were even
with the first quarter of
2011, following a 17%
increase in the prior year
period.
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Pure LatexBLISS Opens First
European Showroom In
Brussels
Opening its doors to
retailers on May 10, 2012,
the 884 square foot showroom
is located at the
high-traffic Trade Mart
Brussels center in space
D-334.
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RentDirect Nationwide
Introduces 2 Year Product
Warranty for RTO Dealers
Warranty extension gives
RentDirect Nationwide
members an additional year
of coverage after their 1
year manufacturer parts and
labor warranty expires.
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Banner Furniture Brief #10:
Does Your Store Need To Join
Google+?
You can Google+
Hangouts (essentially group
video chats) to create focus
groups if you want to test
drive a new idea.
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Weekly Furniture Management
Tip # 41 - A Good Leader...
This week's management tips
look at managing employees
for increased productivity.
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Weekly Furniture World Media
Note #33 from Lance Hanish -
MobileFirst: Now Brands Only
Have To Pay After The Sale
Is Made
By using Wrapp, brands can
have their target consumers'
Facebook friends distribute
offers for free, rather than
paying for Facebook ads or
online banners.
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Sleep Country USA Foster
Kids Pajama Bowl Draws over
1,000 Participants and
Raises $140,000
Donations from the event are
used to fund wishes from
local foster children,
enabling them to participate
in the activities that make
being a kid so much fun.
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Shifman Retailers Honored
For Their Achievements
Shifman's most prestigious
award, the Platinum
Achievement Award, was
presented to Millspaugh
Furniture.
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E.S. Kluft & Co. Receives
U.S. Trademark On
Distinctive Plaid Mattress
Border Design
The unique plaid design is
used on the side border of
select Kluft mattresses and
mattress foundations.
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Royal-Pedic Signs Licensing
Agreement To Open Stores In
South Africa & Middle East
All the shops will have a
similar look and feel to
Royal-Pedic's signature
location in Beverly Hills.
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Ethan Allen CEO Hosts
Interior Design Affiliate
(IDA) Event in Chicago
Farooq Kathwari joined
members of the Ethan Allen
Interior Design Affiliate
(IDA) program and other
Chicago-area interior
designers.
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Philips Introduces
Revolutionary New LED Bulb
Design
The design eliminates the
heavy heat sink and the
“space capsule” look of
early generation LEDs.
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