The latest edition of the Furniture Industry Research Association (FIRA) Statistics Digest for the UK Furniture Industry, published this autumn, is a…
Circular design and digital traceability are fast becoming important watchwords across the furniture sector, as consumer demand and new regulatory…
Welcome to our final issue of 2025. As we prepare to turn a new page and see what 2026 brings, we’re taking stock of where we are as an industry.
What do retailers need to know about compliance relating to unfair commercial practices following the enactment of the Digital Markets, Competition…
A new industry report has revealed a major shake-up in the UK bedroom furniture market, with IKEA overtaking Dreams as the most-cited bed brand in…
Are today’s bed and furniture retailers afraid to do something different? This month, business growth and development consultant Gordon Hecht,…
It’s natural for retail managers to focus on their best- and poorest-performing salespeople, writes Adam Hankinson, CEO at sales training specialist,…
After years of uncertainty, consumers are wise to the easy wins – so storytelling, fulfilment and strategic timing will define the winners of this…
The rise of influencer marketing has huge ramifications for the retail sector. In the first of an exclusive series of columns taken from her new…
How would you respond if a rival set up shop next door to yours? Here, Steve Pickering, the ‘unorthodox’ CEO of independent bed retail chain Sussex…
The NBF’s Bed Industry Awards celebrate the brightest and best in beds each year, and the class of 2025-26 continues to set a high bar. In our…
Casey Loo is the president of the International Alliance of Furnishings Publications (IAFP), and the publisher and editor-in-chief of its Singapore…
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