LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas Market is gearing up for its winter edition, and registration is open now for the Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2024, event.

Some 4,000 gift, home décor and furnishings lines are set to unveil new products in showrooms and temporary exhibits across four buildings at World Market Center Las Vegas this winter.

The market’s permanent showrooms in Buildings A, B and C include 29 floors of home furnishings and bedding showrooms. One of the highlights for the upcoming market is the debut of a new design-driven destination, bringing 11 better furniture brands to B2.

In Building C, six floors house permanent gift showrooms. This winter, Andmore will continue to develop C11 as a resource for leading lifestyle lines with the addition of One Hundred 80 Degrees/Glitterville in a new corporate showroom.

In temporary exhibits, The Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas offers more than 600 gift and home resources presented in six categories: Design, Gift, Handmade, Home, Immediate Delivery and Luxe. Additionally, as part of high-end home remerchandising in Building B, more than 100 furniture temporaries will relocate to B6 beginning in January.

A full list of Las Vegas Market exhibitors is available online.

Andmore is also lining up a full slate of in-person seminars, webinars, awards and events to supplement the showrooms.

The market will feature CEU-accredited seminars, on-trend product displays, photo wall activations and daily amenities across the campus, and Andmore’s Market Snapshot program returns with what’s to come in the home décor and gift categories in 2024.

Watch the Las Vegas Market website for at-market events and amenities.

To assist market attendees with sourcing, networking and market logistics, the @Market App will accelerate badge pickup, showroom sorting and a recap guide following market. Before the market, the app — available in Android and seller versions — allows guest access and an in-app user tutorial.

For all Las Vegas Market information, including exhibitor directory, travel information and on-campus dining options, visit the Las Vegas Market website. To register, visit this registration page.

See also:

• Submit product information for Las Vegas Market, winter 20204
• Las Vegas Market dedicates new floor to high-end furnishings

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The fall High Point Market is behind us, and the next market on the horizon is in Las Vegas, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2024. Any company exhibiting at the January market is welcome to participate in our coverage of your market introductions and highlighted product. The deadline for sending information and photos about your company’s new product is Friday, Dec. 15.

Having those introductions covered in Furniture Today is made easy with our online product submission form. Use the drop-down menu to select “Winter Las Vegas.” Photos are welcome (up to 10 per company), product information is a must, and we’d love to hear about new programs and other company updates.
Reminder: This link is new for 2024 markets.

Here’s what you do:

• PHOTOS: You may submit high-resolution photos for consideration. Be sure to include information for every image. Image size must be at least 4 inches wide at 300 dpi.
• TO UPLOAD DIGITALLY, go to this link at furnituretoday.com/products (new for the 2024 markets), and enter information into appropriate product categories along with product description for any photos you may be submitting. Drag image files into the space at the bottom of the form. You may use the description box on the form or include a text document along with the image files. Be sure to include information for every image.

In addition, Furniture Today welcomes press releases about product, programs and personnel.  Press releases may be emailed to Managing Editor Vicky Jarrett at vjarrett@furnituretoday.com. Please include your company name in the subject line.

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LAS VEGAS – Andmore is holding its Las Vegas Fall Sample Sale, giving retailers and designers an opportunity to source same-day products from more than 50 home furnishing and gift showrooms, Nov. 8-10 at the World Market Center.

“The Fall Sample Sale is the perfect Q4 opportunity for buyers to replenish inventory while brands make space for the newest products coming in January,” said Dorothy Belshaw, executive vice president, chief growth officer. “World Market Center Las Vegas is home to thousands of top-name brands, many of which will be selling products in November for same-day delivery.”

Participating showrooms include:

• Area West
• Capel Rugs
• Classic Home
• Collective Home
• Crestview Collection
• Currey & Co.
• Diverse Marketing
• Elegant Furniture & Lighting
• Elite Home Theater Seating
• European Bath, Kitchen, Tile & Stone
• F.E.M. Sales
• Fine Lines
• Garden Age Supply
• Gerson Company
• Giftcraft
• Gifts of Nature
• Global Views/Studio A
• Hammond’s Candies
• Hooker Furnishings
• Howard Elliot Collection
• Kalco Lighting
• Kim Samela for Norwalk
• Kurt S. Adle, Inc.
• Leftbank Art
• Lite Source
• Melrose International
• Messermeister
• Mood Dekor
• Mother Ruggers aka Orleena
• Nest
• The New Era Sales Team
• Next Step Reps
• Norwalk Furniture
• Nourison Home
• O.W. Lee
• Omnia Furniture
• Pacific Green
• Phillips Collection
• R-Biz Associates
• Rene Cazares
• Road Runners
• Rug Factory Plus
• Safavieh
• Sales Producers Inc.
• Stephen Young
• Theodore Alexander
• Top Land Trading
• Toyology
• Vanguard/Feizy
• Vertuu
• Zuo

For more information about participating showrooms, visit the Las Vegas Market website.

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HIGH POINT – Yatas Bedding, the mattress division of Yatas Group, will be showing its growing range of mattresses at the upcoming High Point Market here with a new, dedicated showroom.

The 2,500-square-foot showroom will be adjacent to the Enza Home, the company’s upholstery division, showroom covering 8,600 square feet. The combined spaces top 11,000 square feet.

Jason Kennedy, Yatas Bedding brand manager, said the new space allows the company to showcase its growing mattress and sleep accessories lineup in a retail-like environment.

“We’re setting up the space to replicate a high-end retail mattress showroom,” Kennedy said. “We’ll have some high style and a creative environment. That’s what High Point Market is all about.”

Located at C-659 in the International Home Furnishings Center, the Yatas showroom is adjacent to Enza Home. While the showrooms are connected by an open walkthrough, each showroom features a dedicated entrance.

Kennedy said the mattress category is poised to grow in High Point, and Yatas is ready for that growth.

“Mattress buyers are undervalued in High Point,” he said. “It’s all about finding the right buyers, and to us, this is a strong market with retailers from Florida to New York coming to shop. To us, High Point is an important market worth investing in, and we’ve been able to engage in real business there.”

The company entered the U.S. mattress market in 2020 with a lineup of flat-packed mattresses. Today, the Yatas lineup is all roll-packed.

During the High Point Market, the company will showcase its selection of seven hybrids and three foam-core mattresses, as well as the new SmartBed by Sleep Nerdz. Yatas will also feature a selectin of new bedframes and platform beds.

At the summer Las Vegas Market, the company made the decision to show only mattresses and relocated its showroom to B-956, a key bedding floor to capture bedding buyers shopping the show.

“That was a reset and a relaunch for us,” Kennedy said. “Our new High Point spot is a beautiful showroom space in a great location.”

See also:

• Coming to America, Yatas Bedding brings mattresses and more
• Mattress makers offer 6 ways to keep the sales cycle moving

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HIGH POINT – Contemporary case goods and upholstery supplier Armen Living will launch more than 300 new collections at the coming High Point Market, with a focus on expanding its dining and outdoor lineup.

Thirty new dining sets will be launched, featuring stone and wood tops and metal and wood bases. New dining chairs feature high-performance fabrics with various color options, paired with a wide selection of metal finishes. New introductions also will include a wide selection of bar tables, barstools and bar chairs, which now covers more than 500 total SKUs to choose from in their bar category. Outdoor intros will include dining, bar, living, occasional and lounge furniture.

“We are excited to welcome guests to the fall market and to show clients the expansion of our dining and bar divisions,” said Reb Nicholson, national sales manager. “These are two of our best-selling categories and offer a wide variety of modern, contemporary to traditional design styles. It is paramount for our design and trade customers to be able to see, touch and feel each of our newest collections and to experience firsthand the larger assortment of our affordable luxury products we showcase at markets.”

The company is also expanding outside of High Point. It’s opening a permanent showroom at AmericasMart for the coming January Atlanta Market, and it is tripling the size of its Las Vegas Market showroom for January. The Las Vegas space will become the company’s largest showroom on the West Coast.

“The success we have found creating our own designs has helped to add fuel and creativity to our design team and to be more innovative in their product designs,” Kevin Kevonian, company president. “This has also helped to grow our container business, which has led to an increase in our annual sales and our company by being able to invest in larger showrooms. These showroom expansions have allowed us to feature even more introductions at market and provide us with more space to host our customers and to meet new buyers.”

See also:

• Armen Living announces its largest intro of new products in two years
• Armen Living promotes from within for new national sales manager

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ATLANTA – Andmore is reimagining its Best Booth Awards program for 2024, recognizing excellence across six categories of visual merchandising at its Atlanta, Las Vegas and High Point campuses.

The awards will highlight temporary exhibitors for exemplary displays, based on merchandising, story-telling, brand identity, color and interactivity, and will be awarded in

six categories:

• Best Product Merchandising: Recognizes a sales-oriented display that successfully showcases and cross-merchandises product lines to promote sales. All elements of visual merchandising — lighting, signage, product display – are employed for greatest impact.
• Best Branding Display: Represents distinct and memorable branding that successfully communicates the company’s brand through signage and special fixtures.
• Best Interactive Elements: Incorporating elements that captivate buyer attention and prompt engagement and encouraging immersive experiences with the product line.
• Best Use of Color: Employing color to elevate product presentations and integrating different tones and hues throughout the display.
• Best Storytelling: Using visual merchandising to narrate the story of the product(s) and company, attracting customers, inspiring engagement with products and representing unique brand stories.
• Best of Show: Representing the highest level of achievement through use of all categories of visual excellence into one cohesive and holistic visual presentation.

The Best Booth Awards will debut during the winter and spring 2024 market cycle: Atlanta Market, Jan. 16-22 (temporaries Jan. 17-21); Las Vegas Market, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, (temporaries Jan. 28-31); and at Andmore buildings at High Point Market, April 13-17.

See also:

• Andmore brings Shoppe Object to High Point this fall
• Andmore sets more than 40 webinars, events, presentations before and during fall market

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LAS VEGAS – The Las Vegas Market has launched a new floor dedicated to high-end home furnishings for the winter 2024 edition Jan. 28-Feb. 1. The floor, located on the second floor of building B, will include expansion by Four Hands and Hooker Furnishings, as well as debuts by Caracole, Varaluz and others.

In total, the floor will house 11 better-brand companies, bringing it to near full capacity.

“This infusion and concentration of high-end home furnishings extends the breadth and depth of product offerings and price points available at Las Vegas Market,” said Dorothy Belshaw, Andmore executive vice president and chief growth officer. “These brands make Las Vegas Market a more comprehensive sourcing destination for designers and retailers alike.”

New-to-Vegas B2 showrooms include A.R.T. Furniture (minimalist interior furnishings and upholstery); Caracole (higher-end Earth-toned home furniture); Jonathan Charles (high-end artisan interior furnishings); Rowe (eco-friendly custom upholstery); and Varaluz (transitional handmade lighting, mirrors and home décor).

Two brands – Four Hands (contemporary home furnishings and handmade art) and Sunpan (tailored indoor/outdoor home furnishings and luxe home décor) – will relocate and expand on B2. Additionally, Hooker Furnishings (upscale interior furnishings) will open a second location at Las Vegas Market, extending its family of brands – Hooker Furniture, Hooker Upholstery, HF Custom, Bradington Young, M, Prime Resource International, Pulaski Furniture, Samuel Lawrence Furniture and Sunset West – across World Market Center Las Vegas’ Buildings A and B.

As part of the B2 remerchandising, the market’s more than 100 temporary home furnishings exhibitors will relocate to B6 beginning in January 2024. Temporary exhibitors represent some 12 categories, including outdoor patio furniture, dining tables, sofas, rustic furniture, home décor and mattress/bedding.

Market organizers say the move gives home furnishings retailers a unique opportunity to source temporary exhibitors alongside permanent showrooms with compatible price points offerings.

See also:

• Fall Premarket is in full swing
• At Las Vegas Market: What’s on retailers’ shopping lists?

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LAS VEGAS — The furniture industry continues to suffer from pandemic hangover, with soft consumer demand and freight-impacted inventory issues serving to impede sales and constrict retailers’ open-to-buy, according to several vendors at the recent Las Vegas Market.

“This is the worst I’ve seen it in the past 35 years,” Aico CEO Michael Amini told Furniture Today. “In the past, we’ve had slow business cycles or a slower economy, but it was not combined with so many other factors.”

That sentiment was echoed widely throughout the market halls, with vendors pointing to the shift in consumer spending from home to travel and leisure over the past two years as a key factor undercutting sales. Coupled with that is rising inflation that’s taken discretionary dollars and forced consumers to reallocate them to basic necessities.

And despite expectations that inventory bought during the supply chain crisis would have moved through the system by now, reports continue that some remain reluctant to clear those goods at a loss to make room for newer inventory.

At the same time vendors noted that the pandemic and its aftermath put myriad factories out of business, further complicating the supply situation.

Despite these challenges, vendors at the Las Vegas Market were bullish, not necessarily on the economy but on the strategies they’re putting in place to meet the challenge and on their ability to hold or gain share at a time of heightened competition.

“The business is there, and people want to write orders,” said Jamie Collins, executive vice president at Homelegance. “The cycle is short right now. People are looking for product on short notice. People aren’t committing to containers, but they are buying; for those of us in the ‘warehouse business’ that’s good news.”

Discussions around business are usually defined by comparisons to past performance, which has become more complicated by the pandemic and its aftermath. Vendors noted that the first half of 2022 was particularly strong, making this year’s first half seem that much weaker by comparison. However, there is a clear sense that things are moving in a more positive direction.

“The second quarter ended significantly better than the first quarter,” said Jim Ziozis, CEO of Powell/Linon. “You have to remember you still had stimulus dollars at play in 2022. There was none of that this year. I’m very optimistic for the rest of this year.”

Bob Bruns, president of massage chair supplier Cozzia, said incoming orders for the first half of the ear were up 4% over the prior-year period, with brick-and-mortar placements and programs driving the lion’s share of the business.

He noted that even better news for the company is its ability to consistently move top-end price points up with the company’s number one selling chair — by dollar volume — now retailing at $8,500, more than double the company’s top selling unit just a few years ago.

Like many, however, Cozzia has had to make adjustments to its mix in response to the economy. This includes beefing up the promotional end of its business and focusing on a more aggressive promotional strategy.

That same focus on the promotional side of the business was the focus of Coaster America’s market, according to Marlene Vidal, corporate sales and marketing manager. “We’re trying to get back to our roots, which is great value and more promotional product.”

She stressed that did not mean compromising on style, hitting key fashion looks or even offering more function, such as with the company’s new performance fabric in its upholstery introductions.  But it does mean less time and effort chasing step up product crossing over into mid-tier positioning.

This time around, “promotional” also could be used to describe strategies for moving product, even at upper price points. Classic Home Senior Vice President of Sales Matt Sorensen noted that a key driver for the company this summer has been using B2B “Flash Sales,” a tactic that drove “triple-digit” increases over the same period of 2022.

That same optimism could be found in the A-America showroom, where President Christian Rohrbach said the company was having, “a strong market and a good year,” a result he attributed to having “the right price-value relationship.”

As an example he pointed to four new bedrooms being shown for the first time at this market, all of which he said were going to be cut.

And that type of activity may well prove to be the best sign coming out of this market. Product development activity appears to be returning to pre-pandemic levels. Like A-America, Classic Home showed several new bedroom groups here.

Powell also showcased a wide range of merchandise it had picked up from Lane’s shutdown, which for a period will continue to carry the Lane brand at retail.

Aico’s Amini said while the environment may be challenging, the company is positioning to hit the gas hard as things turn with its largest and broadest slate of new product introductions planned for October in High Point. That rollout will include six full case goods collections, five new upholstery collections, six new upholstered beds, seven new bedroom collections and eight new lighting lines.

“It’s all about positioning,” said Amini. “So when things get better we’re ready to really hit the gas.”

See also:

• Bedding suppliers offer help for door swings, consumer traffic
• Upholstery vendors, with stories to sell, win in Vegas

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LAS VEGAS — Looking to arm retailers with products that resonate and meet consumers’ wants and needs, bedding manufacturers at the summer Las Vegas Market last month offered a range of options from climate-control collections to a resounding focus on health, wellness and restorative sleep along with new ways to showcase products to spark business for the fall selling season.

Retailers shopping the show were seeking products and programs to entice inflation-weary consumers back to stores this fall once schools start and the jet setting slows. Manufacturers acknowledge the need to pull consumers back to stores, and that pulling needs to include advertising and promotions.

As the outside temperatures continue to climb, sleep products crafted with cooling materials help create a cooler sleep experience. From pillows to mattress protectors to mattresses, producers were outfitted with a variety of options touting climate control designs.

Kingsdown rolled out the eight-model K2 priced to retail from $1,799 to $2,799 in all-foam beds. The mattresses feature heat-wicking centi(GR)ade technology with graphene strips to dissipate heat from the body and the core and upper foam layers are ventilated for cooling performance. Covers are also ventilated to allow heat to escape.

“While coolness and heat removal are vital for sleeping well, and we address that at every level in these beds, comfort is paramount, and the feel has to be right,” said Mike James, chairman of Kingsdown.

Spring Air International previewed its Four Seasons collection for select retailers. The five, two-sided mattress collection price to retail from 1,599 to $2,599 offers a cooling side and a warm side allowing consumers to flip the mattress as seasons change.

“These beds are designed for four seasons and year-round temperature regulation,” said Nick Bates, president of Spring Air. “While there is great emphasis on products designed to sleep cool in our industry today, we believe that the true temperature solution for a good night’s sleep is not just to make everything freezing cold.”

In the pillow category, Bedgear showcased its Night Ice Performance pillow, which, as the name indicates, offers a cooling experience. The pillow incorporates the company’s React Crown with a cooling gel, React blend fill and a Ver-Tex cover for additional cooling features.

The drumbeat of health, wellness and sustainability got louder at this summer’s event. From point-of-purchase materials to help retailers tell the story to mattresses designed to offer restorative sleep for better performance, showrooms offered a variety of options.

Mlily USA continues to invest in its ChiroPro collection and its partnership with the International Chiropractors Assn., adding a firmer option for people who need extra spinal alignment. Glenn Kobylarcyzk, executive vice president, said the addition “allows consumers to be more active through a good night’s sleep.”

Restonic’s HealthRest incorporates cooling technology along with a number of foams to provide support for joints and spine. Priced to retail from $1,099 to $1,299 in queen, the mattress’ cooling cover combines with the various foams.

The new, six-model Agility hybrid lineup from Therapedic features a combination of specialty materials, multiple comfort options wrapped in a navy, white and yellow cover design.

Designed to retail from $999 to $2,499, the mattresses are designed to help restore sleepers and help set the stage for “whatever the day brings,” said Treasure Tannery, product design and outside sales with Therapedic’s licensee Old West Mattress in Colorado.

“Sleep is so important to rejuvenation. We understand how important sleep is. Without good sleep, your day is just going to suck,” Tannery said.

King Koil took a turn to combine three of its top-selling collections — Re-Spun, Natural by King Koil and PureBliss — into a retail merchandising program that presents a total health, wellness and sustainability story under the Wellness+ moniker. The company developed several different programs that meet a variety of footprints to meet the needs.

“We’ve created a way for retailers to sell,” said David Binke, CEO of King Koil. “Health and wellness is not a trend; it’s a way of life.”

See also:

• Las Vegas Market boasts bedding bonanza
• Exclusive invitation only: Spring Air sets sneak peek of 5 new Four Seasons beds
• Can affordable luxury mattresses boost retail margins? Mlily says yes

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LAS VEGAS — The temperature was a popular topic of conversation at the recent Las Vegas Market, but at the end of each 105-plus-degree day, it was all about business.

So far, 2023 has been a year of industry challenges, and Las Vegas upholstery manufacturers responded by creating compelling showroom visuals to complement company strategies. From showroom windows designed to attract new buyers to others targeting retailers with pricing stories, upholstery suppliers pulled out all the stops for the summer market, and many say the strategy paid off.

“The market was what we expected,” said Gabriele Natale, CEO for Manwah USA. “We were pleased with the reaction to our introduction and the time that retailers spent in our showroom. Most of our retailers were looking for market opportunities and new offerings. We were very prepared with special offers and new products that were received very well.”

The Manwah showroom highlighted 12 new groups, six new covers and a new floor layout that grouped similar products in good/better/best proximity. In one area, sectionals at varying price points were featured. In another, an assortment of recliners offered retailers the opportunity of filling floor slots with different styles, materials and styles.

“Our biggest hits were the commitment to our full line of recliners,” Natale said. “We increased our offering and gave our retailers values in quality products as well as a variety of styles, which is very difficult to get from one vendor.”

In the Jackson Catnapper showroom, one story was about scale and “bigger/deeper/softer.” Brandunn Rush, senior vice president of sales, said that the company is continuing to expand its health and wellness category in motion with additional items that offer zero gravity seating and Shiatsu massage.

“This market we decided to not show anything brand new and really focus on where we are driving big numbers: bestsellers and creative designs that are bigger, deeper, and softer cover combinations that really stand out on retailers’ floors,” Rush said. “In terms of fabric application, our plans include expansion of our ‘faux fur’ category utilizing various fur designs and fabric combinations.

“We also see opportunities with more visually interesting product by merchandising stripes, plaids and patterned prints both as overall bodies as well as elements of inside/out or ‘collage’ applications.”

Rush said that while some buyers are seeing a “typical summertime slowdown,” most expressed enthusiasm for the upcoming months. He added that from Jackson Catnapper’s perspective, summer market 2023 was a success.

“Anytime we have the chance to be with our customers, take them to dinner, discuss products and figure out ways for us both to increase our business, it typically makes for a great market,” Rush said. “I will say attendance was down for standard brick-and-mortar, but designers were in full force, and all in attendance seemed very positive.

“Dealers were looking for bestsellers that they were not currently carrying in stationary and reclining, something that they can advertise to get the customers in the door and for their RSAs to be able to sell with confidence.”

Furniture of America debuted Opulenza, a 100% made-in-Italy upholstery collection with three stationary and two motion groups. In stock and ready to ship, Opulenza is part of FOA’s strategy to expand the brand to new buyers.

“Opulenza elevates our product selection for retailers, from Top 100 to mom-and-pop stores,” said Jodi Brookshire, corporate vice president of sales and marketing. “This collection takes FOA into the medium-to-high price point with quality materials, a competitive product and higher margins.”

Troels|Denmark, a manufacturer with more than 400 employees and two production facilities in Poland, focused on a design and customization story for retailers and designers sourcing higher price points. Jesper Skovby, president, said that the company’s fabrics adhere to European laws and are eco-certified as well as extensive.

“We have 376 fabrics and four leathers, as well as COM,” Skovby said. “We can customize and ship through California, and we also have a stocking program.”

Product in the Troels|Denmark showroom included the Cassie sofa in a high-performance fabric, the 106-inch Aramis sofa, and the Cilla and Pepi chairs showcasing a swivel mechanism made in Sweden that comes with a 10-year warranty.

“We’re not trying to be Toyota,” he said. “We’re trying to be Alfa Romeo.”

In the Four Hands showroom, Rick Lovegrove, president of upholstery, said that the energy was “enthusiastic, inviting, and very fun!”

“Buyers were very upbeat and in good spirts, motivated yet pensive, and overall very excited to select new products for floors and/or design projects,” Lovegrove said. “The excitement from both exhibitors and attendees made for great energy in our showroom and even better responses to our new introductions.”

Lovegrove said he and the Four Hands team are looking forward to the remainder of 2023 and early 2024.

“Based on the continued enthusiasm at both spring and summer markets, we are really excited for our fall launch in High Point where we expect to launch another 400+ introductions,” he said. “Additionally, we have some exciting developments underway in terms of business expansion that will allow for Four Hands’ product development to reach new heights.”

And in the Norwalk showroom, one of the industry’s longstanding creative duos — Caroline Hipple and Dixon Bartlett — talked about introductions along with their expectations for the remainder of 2023 and into 2024.

“You know, Caroline and I have been in the home furnishings industry for long enough to have successfully navigated a number of cyclical ups and downs, as well as customer transitions for one demographic cohort to another,” said Bartlett, chief creative officer. “With each change there have been winners and losers, and the best-run companies have prospered.”

The front window for the Norwalk showroom nodded to one of the summer season’s hottest microtrends: Barbiecore. Hipple, Norwalk president, noted that the pink upholstery hues were a Norwalk offering long before Barbie topped the summer movie charts, and Bartlett added that he and Hipple will continue to focus on the Norwalk brand story.

“My belief is that the long-term sales prospects are, and have always been, good,” he said. “The home furnishings industry and consumers continue to work through the post-pandemic effects. Those manufacturers and retailers that stick with their core strengths and make carefully considered adjustments, to respond to consumer preferences, should transition through this period quite successfully.”

See also:

• Summer markets play to the ‘power of pink’
• Stretch out on something softer with LVMkt introductions
• Furniture of America touts in-stock offerings for Vegas market

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