News and resources covering independent retailers, big box stores, home accent specialty stores and furnishings stores including openings, closings, expansions, personnel changes, retailer profiles and best practices.
Price vs. value Randy Eller - 01/01/2010
As we enter the New Year, I'm thinking back on all the conversations I've had this year with manufacturers and retailers about the things that caused them the most lost sleep last year. Without question, the conversation almost always quickly turned to inventory issues. Whether you are a retailer or a manufacturer, virtually nothing can get you in trouble quicker than inventory.
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Cleveland Lighting By Susan Dickenson - 01/01/2010
In mid-November, Cleveland Lighting, a 15-year-old destination for lighting, art, furniture and accessories, invited friends and customers to the grand opening of its new showroom on Mayfield Road in Lyndhurst, Ohio. The celebratory event marked a new beginning for the retail establishment, which nine months earlier was destroyed in the early morning hours by a massive fire.
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Hemphill's Rugs & Carpets By Susan Dickenson - 01/01/2010
Hemphill's Rugs & Carpets has been providing rugs, carpeting and flooring to the waterfront homes, hilltop haciendas and gated communities of Orange County, Calif., since 1995. Owner and California native Brett Hemphill started the business following several years of rug retailing on the East Coast, preceded by his graduation from college and earlier years spent working in the family's reta...
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Christmas week sales on target 12/29/2009
Most retailers made plan Christmas week, and same-store sales rose 3.0%, the Johnson Redbook reported today.
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Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline, and accelerate product design, development, and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized...
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Red Gold, LLC is one of America's largest producers of tomato products. Offering premium quality ketchup, tomatoes and tomato juice at a more affordable price than other national brands, Red Gold is the right choice for today's foodservice economy...
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Shopatron is the world's leading provider of global eCommerce for consumer goods. With Shopatron, orders placed on branded websites are offered to a managed network of global partners for fulfillment, typically for assignment to local retailers...
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Global Views’ merchandising strategy.
Jenny Heinzen York and Global Views’ Rick Janecek take a look at some of the company’s hottest new products for the season. See the video.
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