“Cloud-based software supplier RetailSystem has been voted Best Software Supplier for furniture and mattress dealers for the eleventh straight year!” Check out the article!

If you spend any time within marketing forums or groups; you are sure to hear someone talk about personalization. The act of making or tailoring marketing efforts to “speak” to or “connect” intimately with an intended audience. This can be…

During this recent Las Vegas market, I had the opportunity to participate in many discussions about the traditional dealer and their inherent advantages; in this case proximity to the end consumer. Which led to BOPIS (buy online pickup in store)….

Come stop by stand A22 – Central Hall Manchester Furniture Show Manchester Central Convention Centre Windmill Street Manchester M2 3GX    

To ecom or not to ecom. A modern retail version of Hamlet. To ecom – but at what cost? Ripped from the headlines: “Walmart’s e-commerce unit is projected to lose $1 billion this year on as much as $22 billion…

Las Vegas Market Seminars Sunday, July 28 1:00pm – 2:00pm Connecting with the Consumer and Leveraging the Right Retail Technologies Jesse Akre, President, Retailsystem Consumers have taken their shopper journey and made it exactly what they want it to be,…

Last week we received the question “I’m a small dealer – how do I compete with the big store down the street?” This question pertaining to the ability to stock and display products. Let’s face it, a Rooms to Go…

“Stay the course” – to pursue a goal regardless of any obstacles or criticism. If you were to ask most furniture retailers what their “plan is”, their strategy, their rally cry – most responses would feel like a muddy less…

How many retailers’ Facebook pages have you visited recently? How many did you find “worthy” of your visit? Worth your time? For some reason retailers equate “need for social marketing” to “current sale megaphone”. A complete disconnect. Visitor expectations. Ask…

Last week I was on a call with a furniture retailer. A couple locations, not large by any means – but not tiny either; “been in business for over 60 years”. What stated as a “got a minute” type call…