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Furniture World News

Young America Announces Winner #2 Of The Sales Associate Appreciation Event
Koren Kearse of Jalikan dba USA Baby in Overland Park, Kan. is the second of the three grand prize winners.

Easy Furniture Web Tip #64 - In Search of High Rankings
When someone calls to sell you SEO services to get your website high rankings, don’t be impressed just because the rep has you type in a term that results in a single high search engine ranking.

Furniture World - Employee Orientation Series- Different Strokes for Different Folks - Part 10
It is imperative that furniture store managers have some understanding of the basic differences in work values and characteristics of their employees, whether they be generational differences, cultural differences, individual characteristics, or competency-based discrepancies.

Customer Service-Oriented Salespeople: The Most Effective Way to Practice Side-by-Side Buying - Part 2
Part 2- Chapters 2-5: Peter Marino presents an updated sales skill manual for retail salespeople and managers in retail furniture stores.

Leggett & Platt Introduces New Innerspring Technology
VertiCoil Edge is designed to create a mattress with an equal distribution of firmness. Its unique shape creates a comfortable sleep surface that firms and responds to the body as weight is applied.

Simply Amish Announces Grand Opening Of Newest Licensed Store
Partnering to open the 14,000-square-foot Davenport store are John and Linda Reisenbigler, who also own the Simply Amish store in Rockford, and Arlyn and Shirley Tegeler.

New Juried Exhibit Area to Debut at High Point Market
Each company invited to participate in this area was carefully selected and screened by a jury of retailers, designers, and national style editors.

Buyer Registrations Strong For High Point Pre-Market
High Point Market Authority says that Pre-Market 2010 has already surpassed all prior events since Pre-Market was re-envisioned nearly three years ago.

Capel Rugs To Introduce Chic New Designs In High Point
Capel's new introductions draw inspiration from the beauty of the natural world, artfully rendering organic elements through clean modern lines.

Founding Families Reacquire Stylus, Made to Order Sofas
The repurchase comes 5 years after Terravest purchased an 80% equity position in Stylus.

AHFA Gives Voice To Furniture Industry Concerns In Washington
Crib safety, furniture tip-over, proposed flammability regulations for upholstered furniture and compliance challenges created by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) were topics of discussion.

British Furniture Maker Bevan Funnell To Make High Point Debut
The company says it already has a ‘toe-hold’ in the US through a few discerning outlets but this is its first move towards a nationwide profile.

Gunlocke Announces Key Organizational Changes
These include the appointment of Jim Foster to vice president, finance; the promotion of Jason Wolfanger to director, product management and development; the hiring of Arelis Caban as a web designer and Michael Lewis as a supply quality manager.

Retailer Relax The Back Joins Hatian Relief Effort
As part of the program, for every Anatomic Global mattress purchased at Relax The Back, the store will donate one WorldBed to someone in need in Haiti.

Weekly Furniture Message From Margo - Be Salty!
On every turn, and with every opportunity you have, be salt out there with your customers and prospects.

HW Home Named as 2010 Western Retailer of the Year
The Western Retailer of the Year award is bestowed upon a home furnishings retailer that exemplifies exceptional store design, innovative advertising and brand marketing, unwavering commitment to community and the environment, outstanding operations and a continuing dedication to the home furnishings industry.

Midwest Furniture Club Seminar March 10th
Speakers to include Leslie Carothers on social media and Peter Tourtellot on the the survival of the furniture industy.

Continents Apart, LLC Launches New B to B Website
The site serves as an online catalog for our thousands of drop ship products.

Berkline Announces Realignment of Sales Management Team
Realignment of its sales management team includes the creation of two new regional vice president positions and a new director of sales education position.

Furniture Buying Index Rises To 67
Fourth consecutive monthly increase. An index of 70 or higher means retailer promotions will be much more successful

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