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SPONSORED: Want to target Millennials? Cause marketing is the answer
When it comes to reaching the emerging generation of Millennial power purchasers it takes more than product and price. It takes a cause, literally. Millennials, more than their generational predecessors want to know not only the details and origin of the products they buy, but also about the company behind them. “Our research illustrates 84% […]
AFW’s Jake Jabs to receive Mentorship Award at NEXT Conference
Furniture Today will recognize Jake Jabs, American Furniture Warehouse founder, president and CEO, with a Mentorship Award at its upcoming NEXT Conference here Sept. 25–27.
A look beyond Millennials and reflections on what’s NEXT
Returning from our NEXT Conference in Austin, Texas, I reflected on how much the issues at the forefront of change in the furniture industry have evolved in the four short years since the event’s debut (then called Future Leadership) in 2014. At that time, there were near constant discussions about Millennials aimed at helping companies […]
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Follow video coverage from the NEXT Conference, which is an interactive, high-engagement forum with content emphasizing technology, marketing and the future of retail. By harnessing the power and expertise of industry experts, NEXT offers actionable ideas that will motivate and encourage retailers to embrace retailing of tomorrow.
Congratulations to 2018 Impact Innovator Award Recipient: J Banks Design
Joni Vanderslice started her South-Carolina-based interior design firm 30 years ago, which has grown to employ 50 associates and includes a retail business in Hilton Head and her own fabric lines. In 2015, she and her husband opened an orphanage in Tanzania, called the Valentine Children’s Home, that serves dozens of children, many of who have lost both parents.
Congratulations to 2018 Impact Innovator Award Recipient: Tepperman’s Furniture
Andrew Tepperman heads the largest retail home furnishing business in Ontario, Canada, a business started nearly 100 years ago by his grandfather. As president of Windsor-based Tepperman’s Furniture, he’s leading the company through a 10-year vision plan, based on guiding principles that include solid business performance, commitment to community and environmental sustainability.
Congratulations to 2018 Impact Innovator Award Recipient: Hill Country Holdings’ Ashley HomeStores
Since 2002, Gary Seals has been the Owner and CEO of Hill Country Holdings (HCH), one of the largest independent owners of Ashley HomeStores, operating 34 stores throughout Texas, Seattle, Oregon, and Idaho. Given their significant presence in the Houston area, it was important to Seals and HCH to get involved in both the short- […]