The Nation's Top 25 furniture and bedding retailers posted a double-digit sales gain last year, bolstered by strong bedding specialty and rental store sectors and a big comeback by Walmart. The combined companies on the list grew 2012 ...
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International Market Centers said the addition of 95 new furniture and bedding exhibitors since the winter 2012 market drove a 31% increase in Las Vegas Market buyer attendance this summer over summer 2012. IMC, which owns the Las Vegas ...
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Online furniture sales continue to tick up, increasing 11.1% in 2012 compared with the year prior according to comScore. Total retail online sales were $186.2 billion last year, up 15.3%. In 2011, online furniture sales comprised 8% of ...
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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Two furniture stores and a bedding specialist were honored as Retail Giants of Bedding at Furniture/Today's biggest-ever Bedding Conference here earlier this month. Click here to see photos of Bedding Conference social ...
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This exclusive eIntent report focuses on three key online areas: the consumer buying online, online customer service and furniture stores selling online. Last year, 13% of all home furnishings buyers, including those purchasing furniture, ...
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CARTHAGE, Mo. - Components producer Leggett & Platt said its first-quarter earnings rose 11.6% despite a sales decline of about 1%. The company attributed the earnings jump to cost improvements and a favorable product mix in certain ...
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When I addressed a few hundred retailers at the Nationwide Marketing Group's recent Furniture Summit in Las Vegas, I had a simple message: Carry more bedding. And I had the statistics to back that message up. Bedding is the only major ...
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Specialty retailer Conn's Inc. said profits more than doubled in the quarter ended Jan. 31 as it continued to focus on higher-margin goods such as furniture and bedding. The company, which also sells appliances, consumer electronics, and ...
Hickory Springs is introducing its Preserve Hi Flo foam, shown here, to the furniture and bedding industries. HICKORY, N.C. — Hickory Springs Mfg. is bringing its new bio-based reticulated foam product - Preserve Hi Flo foam - to ...
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A comprehensive new report, "Latin American Nonwoven Markets: Trends, Forecasts, and Analysis 2012-2017" is now available from INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry. Written by industry consultant, Rick Jezzi, A.D. Jezzi and ...
Industry veteran Rodney Tippit has joined furniture, electronics and appliances retailer Conn's here as upholstery merchandiser. He replaces Paula Bane, who has left the company. Tippit joins the publicly held Conn's with about 26 years ...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Driven by a 54% increase in furniture and bedding sales, specialty retailer Conn's Inc. said net sales rose 9.9% to $208.4 million in the quarter ended Jan. 31. In a preliminary financial report issued ...
U.S. furniture and bedding sales will grow a little more slowly this year as economic growth tapers off and unemployment remains stubbornly high, according to Furniture Today's new consensus forecast. Consumer spending on furniture and ...
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Furniture Today's 2013 Retail Planning Guide includes our economic analyses of the year that was 2012 and our outlook for 2013. The exclusive 49-page issue and report includes: Economic Outlook - A detailed look at 2012 furniture and ...
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MARKHAM, Ontario --- Caber Sure Fit, a provider of furniture and bedding protection products, has realigned its sales and marketing functions with the aim of increasing its profile and its portfolio of top-of-bed accessory products with ...
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