For big-ticket items such as furniture, utilising finance plans to spread payments is commonplace – yet, points out Ben Mason, if a retailer or…
Changes to consumer law kept the retail world busy last year, says lawyer Stephen Sidkin – yet whilst there were significant modifications and…
Have you ever wondered how to get your products featured in magazines such as the Sunday Times, Ideal Home or Livingetc Magazine? It’s a lot…
Luke Stewart, a corporate dealer at Currencies Direct, tracks the trends in currency movement that are likely to impact on the activities of…
Understanding how loyal your customers are is important if you want to focus your sales and marketing effort in the right places. However,…
Whether they choose to shop online or in-store, most customers request home delivery when buying furniture, says DX’s Paul Doble – and, as a…
FIRA’s new statistical digest provides an invaluable summary of how the UK furniture industry is performing, pulling relevant data from…
Seasonality throws all kinds of unpredictable scenarios at the retail industry. From summer showers to a sunny September, retailers can see…
At the Bed Show last September, The Sleep Council – the consumer-facing arm of the National Bed Federation (NBF) tasked with raising consumer…
The benefits of using agents or distributors are well known – not least in respect of agents who the principal can avoid paying employment tax…
Savvy shoppers looking to bag a bargain bed in the January Sales should make sure the items on sale are a genuinely good bargain. That's the…
In the second of a regular interview series exploring the people, practices and philosophies behind class-leading e-tail businesses, Furniture…
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