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- STORE CLOSINGS TO FREE UP $734M IN HOME GOODS.(Kmart reorganization plan to create sales opportunities for home furnishing retailers by its closing stores)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- NEW YORK-Kmart's intention to shut 284 stores as part of its bankruptcy reorganization plan presents competing home furnishings retailers with a $734 million opportunity. NEW YORK-Kmart's intention to shut 284 stores as part of its bankruptcy reorganization plan presents competing home furnishings ...
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- Cashing in on box office success.(home furnishings licensed sales; includes article about Hallmark Cards' licensing program)
- Sales of licensed home furnishings reached $787 million in 1994, on overall record growth for licensed merchandise. The biggest growth occurred in housewares. Classic characters continue to drive the business, but predicting the next classic hit is unpredSales of licensed home furnishings reached $787 million in 1994, on overall record...
- Research articles 1995-06-19
- New units help Cost Plus sales.(Business Today)
- OAKLAND, CALIF. -- Building sales, and at the same time tweaking costs, Cost Plus Inc. pushed earnings in the opening quarter up 28.6 percent, to $3.3 million from $2.6 million. Sales at the specialty retailer of casual home furnishings and e...
- Research articles 2004-05-24
- Light styles: IKEA kicks off lighting program.(home furnishings retail company from Sweden) (includes related article on company product categories and sales statistics)
- PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. -- The lights are definitely on at IKEA. PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. -- The lights are definitely on at IKEA.
- Research articles 1997-11-24
- Creative Sales Techniques
- Creative Sales Techniques are the key to improving sales when markets are down and advertisers are cutting budgets. In most newspapers, consistently strong advertisers are real estate companies, auto dealerships, grocery stores, restaurants, building suppliers, department stores, and home furnishing stores. By studying the revenue history of these divisions and...
- White papers
- Pier 1, Cost Plus Battle on the Brink
- With poor results getting retail stocks hammered on Wall Street, even more pain is being inflicted on the already beat up home furnishings sector where two major players, Pier 1 and Cost Plus, started today with share prices under a dollar and questions about their survival looming. ...
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- An Expanding Home Furnishings Chain: Q&A With Room & Board
- While many retailers are either closing stores or pulling back their expansion plans, it's interesting to hear about chains that are doing the opposite. Room & Board, a Minneapolis-based home furnishings chain with 10 stores across the country, is actually looking for new locations during the recession. Right now it...
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Retail sales up but home furnishings flat.(Business Today)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- Easily beating Wall Street expectations of a 0.1 percent slide, retail sales edged up 0.1 percent in November, and climbed even faster, 0.5 percent, once volatile auto sales are pulled out of the equation, the U.S. Commerce Department WASHINGTON -- Easily beating...
- Research articles 2004-12-20
- Seizing Hoover's sales opportunities.(Brand Builders: Leveraging the Top Names in Home Furnishings)
- Hoover, the US' leading vacuum cleaner supplier, attempts to maximize its sales opportunities by providing the best possible service to its retail accounts. In summer 1995 the company reworked its sales force, naming five sales directors to handle nationaHoover, the US' leading vacuum cleaner supplier, attempts to maximize its sales...
- Research articles 1995-12-18
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- Closeout Sales Under Way at Waccamaw Home-Furnishing Stores.
- By John P. McDermott, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 15--Closeout sales are under way at the two local Waccamaw home-furnishing stores as the chain's owner failed to emerge from bankruptcy protection. Two groups jointly acquired...
- Research articles 2001-05-15
- Thai Home Developer Aims to Boost Sales by Holding Fair.
- By Darana Chudasri, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 8--Home developer Property Perfect hopes to make sales totalling between 300 million and 350 million baht in the last quarter of this year through its new "Perfect Fair", scheduled to begin this...
- Research articles 2001-11-08
- National Retail Federation says sales gains to slow in 2005
- Sales gains in 2005 at U.S. retailers will slow to about half of last year's rate as consumers curb spending amid higher interest rates and debt, according to the National Retail Federation. Total sales of clothing, books, sporting goods, home furnishing and other items will rise 3.5 percent this year,...
- Research articles 2005-01-18
- Federated's HomeWorks experiment flops - home furnishing stores
- Federated's HomeWorks Experiment Flops CINCINNATI--HomeWorks, Federated Department Stores' IKEA-styled home furnishings "department" is going out of business. Started only a year ago, prior to Federated's acquisition by Campeau Corp., the HomeWorks experiment failed to generate adequate traffic and sales as an adjunct to full-price department stores operated by...
- Research articles 1988-06-06
- HOME FURNISHINGS HELP SEARS FAR OUTPACE Q1 ESTIMATES.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.-Strong home furnishing sales helped Sears, Roebuck and Co., the second-largest U.S. retailer, report some good news. The retailer last week announced that it expects its first quarter sales to far outstrip Wall Street forecasts HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.-Strong home furnishing sales helped Sears,...
- Research articles 2000-04-10
- Top 50 brands: an exclusive HFN consumer study ranks the most recognized names in home furnishings, from General Electric to Rubbermaid, Cannon to La-Z-Boy.(Top 50 Brands)
- The top 50 brand name companies are listed for the home furnishings industry. The entries include such information as brand sales volume, home furnishing categories and a description of the companies and their operations. The top 50 brand name companies are listed for the home furnishings industry. The entries include...
- Research articles 1997-09-15
- DESPITE SALES DROP, FEDERATED'S BULLISH ON BLOOMIE'S HOME UNITS.
- CINCINNATI-Executives at Federated Department Stores delivered good news and bad news about its home furnishings business last week. First, the bad: In interviews following the company's annual meeting here May 18, the executives said weak sales of items for the home contributed to...
- Research articles 2001-05-28
- A Closer Look at the Retail-Sales Stumble
- Tim Iacono submits: The artificial support of government stimulus money and soaring gasoline prices have now been removed from the retail sales data revealing a sobering trend for an economy that counts on personal consumption for more than two-thirds of economic growth.Retail sales in August declined 0.3 percent and...
- External links 2008-09-12
- HOME RETAILERS SHOW HEFTY ANNUAL SALES GROWTH.(Home furnishing stores)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK-Retailers of home furnishings did a robust business last month, compared with June 2004. The U.S. Commerce Department reported that home goods stores increased their sales by 4.1 percent over the year, to nearly $9 billion. Likewise, electronics...
- Research articles 2005-07-18
- TK Maxx enjoys like-for-like sales growth
- 19 August, 2009 | By Eve Oxberry TK Maxx is continuing to benefit from its value position with growing like-for-like sales in its second quarter. The retailer's US parent company TJX reported that its European division, which includes TK Maxx and home furnishing chain HomeSense, reported a comparable store...
- News items 2009-08-19
- Retail sales fall 1.1%, adding to 'June swoon'
- WASHINGTON -- Retailers had the sharpest sales drop since early 2003 in June, as shoppers, buffeted by everything from high gasoline prices to lousy weather, stayed away from stores, the report said Wednesday. The Commerce Department said retail sales declined 1.1% last month, the biggest drop since February 2003....
- Research articles 2004-07-15
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