Casual Furniture Retailers

Onetime flagship Robb & Stucky store to reopen this week

Clint Engel, January 4, 2012
The new owners of the Robb & Stucky brand name will reopen the chain's former flagship store here this week, promising a unique experience for consumers shopping high-end and luxury home furnishings. More
Set the scene to help store stand out

Marcia Blake, January 6, 2012
There is diversity between specialty retail stores across this country that offer a range of casual living products as well as high quality service to their customers. This difference is displayed in the store's product selection, color palette, merchandising mix and retail artistry. More
Booz & Company shares 2012 outlook for retail industry

Casual Living Staff, December 22, 2011
The U.S. economy wobbled in 2011. The year started on a high note after a strong holiday season in 2010. But then disturbing macroeconomic factors - stubbornly high unemployment, rising inflation, government debt crises in Europe and the U.S., and stock market volatility - raised fears of a double-dip recession and caused consumer confidence to sink again. More
Anaheim Patio & Fireside wins small business award

Jesse Burkhart, December 21, 2011
The Orange County Business Journal and California State University - Fullerton's Family Business Council presented Anaheim Patio & Fireside with the 2011 Outstanding Small Business Award at their 12th annual Family Owned Business Awards luncheon held last month at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, Calif. More
Poly-Wood promotes Chad Yordy to VP of sales and marketing, acquires the Image Group

Casual Living Staff, November 23, 2011
Poly-Wood, a developer and manufacturer of casual outdoor furniture, has announced the promotion of Chad Yordy to VP of sales and marketing. More
Bacon's off to good start at new Sarasota location, plans to open patio store

Clint Engel (Furniture/Today), November 22, 2011
The new Bacon's Furniture & Design, located in the former Robb & Stucky showroom in Sarasota, Fla., is off to a good start, and the retailer is now preparing to open a complementary patio store across the street. More
NRF: October retail sales boosted by discretionary spending

Casual Living Staff, November 16, 2011
Discretionary purchases pushed October's retail sales growth across the board, giving retailers hope for the holiday selling season, said the National Retail Federation. More
NRF: Retail container traffic to dip in November

Casual Living Staff, November 10, 2011
With most holiday season merchandise already en route to store shelves, import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports has started to decline, resulting in a softer year-over-year forecast for November by the National Retail Federation. More
Spruce Home & Garden, wholesaler-retailer, to open third store this week

Susan Dickenson (Home Accents Today), November 9, 2011
Spruce Home & Garden, retailer and wholesaler of home décor and garden accessories, is opening a third retail location, at 90 Post Rd. in downtown Westport this Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. A pre-opening party will take place Thursday evening, Nov. 10 from 5-9 p.m., with more events planned for the coming weeks. More
Seasonal Specialty Stores

Chris Gigley, November 3, 2011
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE JEANNE LARSSEN AND Dennis DiPaolo, owners of Seasonal Specialty Stores in Amherst, N.H., wondered whether they would make it in the pool and patio business. But in 1990, when they sold everything to buy the store from the wholesale pool distributor that owned a chain of 14 locations, their outlook didn't look so good. More
Design elements

Laurie Rudd, October 27, 2011
CASUAL RETAILERS everywhere are creating outdoor spaces in which the best of outdoor furnishings, accessories and features are showcased in the real world. Each is the culmination of planning, products and perspective, and the proof is in the reveal. More
Living the dream

Cinde W. Ingram, October 27, 2011
WHILE GROWING UP IN CHICAGO, JACK KOSIN enjoyed spending his summers and weekends on the lakes that span Michigan and Wisconsin. His wife Ashleigh recalls it was only their second date when he first told her it was his dream to own an outdoor living store. More
Especially Wicker

Chris Gigley, October 25, 2011
GWEN HUGHEY, A SALES ASSOCIATE AT Especially Wicker in Indianapolis, approached her bosses to announce that the stock market just dropped 500 points. Vicki Goode and Marilyn Krueger groaned. More
Seasonal Concepts expands, remodels flagship store

Casual Living Staff, October 14, 2011
Seasonal Concepts, an outdoor living and casual furniture retailer, has unveiled the much-anticipated remodel and expansion of its flagship store in Overland Park, Kan. More
Ikea adding floor space, parking garage to Austin-area store

Casual Living Staff, October 13, 2011
Ikea said it will expand its store in this Austin, Texas, suburb by 54,000 square feet, making more room for its self-service furniture area, and adding a three-level parking garage. More
NRF forecasts holiday retail sales increase of 2.8%

Casual Living Staff, October 11, 2011
The National Retail Federation expects holiday retail sales to increase 2.8% to $465.6 billion this year, lower than the 5.2% increase retailers experienced last year and slightly higher than the ten-year average of 2.6%. More
National Retail Federation launches year-long advocacy campaign

Casual Living Staff, September 23, 2011
The National Retail Federation has launched a year-long advocacy campaign to advance a "Jobs, Innovation and Consumer Value Agenda" on behalf of America's retail industry. More
NRF: Retail container traffic downturn halts as stores prepare for the holidays

Casual Living Staff, September 22, 2011
Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is beginning to see cautious increases over last year again, ending a summer-long downturn as retailers prepare for the holiday season, said the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates in their latest monthly Global Port Tracker report. More
ICFA presents Apollo Awards to Summer House, Fruehauf's

Cinde W. Ingram, September 16, 2011
The International Casual Furnishings Association celebrated its brightest stars in retailing and paid tribute to the year's Lifetime Achievement honoree Wednesday night at the 52nd annual Apollo Awards banquet and alfresco fashion show. For a second year, the event took place inside the historic Field Museum. More
Apollo Award nominees: Summer House, Tukwila, Wash.

Kristine Ellis, September 14, 2011
THIRTY YEARS AFTER THE PATTERSON FAMILY opened its first Summer House retail location in Tacoma, Wash., it found itself having to make the difficult decision this winter to leave the market, at least temporarily. More

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