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Mar 24, 2025 Resources

Why it’s worth following up on quotes

Steve Pickering, the ‘unorthodox’ CEO of South East independent bed retail chain Sussex Beds, admits that 80% of the business’ quotes don’t convert…

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Mar 13, 2025 Resources

Lectra explores the future of sustainability in the furniture industry

The Lectra Observatory, an initiative from industrial technology solutions provider Lectra which studies innovation and change in the fashion,…

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Mar 10, 2025 Resources

How strategic plant integration can elevate furniture sales and showroom design

"Last summer, I learned something fascinating about interior design," writes Ivana Soldat. "It wasn't from a design magazine or a Pinterest board –…

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Mar 05, 2025 Resources

EPR – what furniture producers need to know

Are you still unsure about Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and its impact on your business? Here, Richard Hunter, sales director at Ribble…

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Mar 04, 2025 Resources

Buyers beware!

A cursory scroll through any social media feed is likely to reveal adverts promoting unscrupulous businesses, says Simon Williams,  head of marketing…

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Feb 28, 2025 Resources

Tariffs, distributors and agents

There is much talk of tariffs in the news, writes Stephen Sidkin, commercial law partner at Fox Williams LLP – but what if President Trump imposes…

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Feb 28, 2025 Resources

March's issue: Standing ovation

Given the challenges the industry faces, it seems an opportune moment to celebrate the businesses going the extra mile to satisfy their customers –…

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Feb 20, 2025 Resources

You’re a walking, talking billboard

In the competitive life of a furniture sales professional, you are your own biggest advertisement, writes Furniture Sales Solutions’ Adam Hankinson –…

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Feb 20, 2025 Resources

AI training and copyright protection

Are you worried about your copyright work being used to train AI unless you explicitly opt out? In this open letter to industry, Dids Macdonald, the…

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Feb 20, 2025 Resources

Conscience, claims and collaboration

Collaboration is essential to progressing sustainability, writes Simon Scholes, director at sustainability consultancy Oakdene Hollins, who urges…

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Feb 20, 2025 Resources

Of love songs and selling

There are not a lot of promotions for mattresses and home furnishings on Valentine’s Day, writes our US correspondent Gordon Hecht, but as you…

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Feb 14, 2025 Resources

New report identifies top online bed and mattress brands

The Cotswold Company is the most prominent brand within the online UK beds and mattresses sector, according to a new report from Salience Search…

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