Home Furnishings

The downturn in today’s market is different than any other downturn we’ve experienced. In fact, it’s different than any other downturn any industry has experienced, whether it’s furniture, realty, CPG or anyone else. Historically, downturns for...

Drop shipping is a business model where a merchant, such as an eCommerce or brick-and-mortar retailer, sells products to consumers, but the product manufacturer or distributor is responsible for fulfillment. When a customer places an order on the...

In today’s world, understanding where product is, where it’s coming from, and when it’s going to get where it needs to go is absolutely essential. Right now, we’ve got retailers and manufacturers and everyone else doing more with fewer employees...

My first reaction to the last three months, going back to March is just wow, what happened? When stores were closed, the furniture industry got hit hard. By April, sales had dropped by 66%. It happened so quickly that it was—and still is—hard to...

Like many of you, I’m writing this from my home office, so let me start by saying that if you are home, I hope you’re safe and healthy. And if you can’t stay home, know that we are all grateful for whatever you’re doing to support your community. In...

Three things that thousands of retailers, warehouses, and distributors have in common? Congested docks, overworked employees, and too much paperwork. Between managing dock appointments, accounting for surges in deliveries, and making sure the right...

As you read this, I hope you, your family and others that you work with are safe and healthy during these uncertain times. That said, I feel confident that we will get through this, together, and that if we can prepare now, the home furnishings...

The Las Vegas Furniture Market, the largest in in the western US, is a world-class experience that just keeps getting better. Serving primarily retail buyers and interior designers, it offers its tens of thousands of attendees a vast, cross-category...

The biggest shopping window of 2019, from Black Friday through December 26, has come and gone. As a furniture retailer, were you able to meet customer needs with the product you had in stock? How successfully did your end-to-end shopping experience...

What furniture retailer wouldn’t want to cut receiving time and associated labor cost by 30%? The real question is, how to do it? With integration and automation from ecUtopia, this level of improvement in receiving efficiency can be straightforward...