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It is common knowledge that furniture sales spike immediately after the holidays as stores slash prices in preparation of new styles and inventory that typically arrive in January and February. When store owners put out the large “For Sale” signs, tie balloons to their front façade (not to mention placing the occasional inflatable sky dancer in the parking lot), they are hoping for a rush so they can clear out the sales floor ahead of new inventory arrivals.

The Home Furnishings Association (HFA) is a well-known name in the home furnishings industry. HFA membership allows home furnishings dealers access to networking events, customized packages designed to help save money, educational resources, and operations products created to simplify business. The HFA website is a great destination for members to acquire knowledge and stay in tune with buying opportunities and the latest news.

The Home Furnishing Association’s website is a comprehensive source for HFA members to obtain detailed information on industry news, membership programs, buying resources and more. The site opens to an organized landing page where the featured topics are presented in a slideshow underneath the main menu. Under the slideshow, there are icons that redirect to the Member Center, the HFA Store, RetailerNOW and Market Information. The landing page also includes the HFA Spotlight (upcoming events, specials and news) and the most recent blogposts.

Produced by the Home Furnishings Association, North America’s largest organization for home furnishings retailers, the 2017 HFA Networking Conference takes place June 4 – 6 in San Antonio, Texas. The event features an exhibitor showcase, educational sessions, a lineup of qualified speakers and numerous networking and social opportunities. This year’s conference offers four new programs: Consumer Panel, Hosted Think Tank, Build-a-Bike Charity Event and Industry Panel. Register here.

*Visit CrossCheck at Booth 28 in the Retail Resource Center and enter for a chance to win a Bose Bluetooth speaker*

Each morning in the Retail Resource Center at the Las Vegas Market the team at the North American Home Furnishings Association serves breakfast. This includes freshly squeezed orange juice from the juiciest oranges you've seen in your life. The juice is actually squeezed while you wait!

I'm back in the office with my check guarantee sales team after a very busy and exciting Las Vegas Market last week. This furniture market was very well attended by the home furnishings industry and the atmosphere was buzzing with positive, confident retailers. I don't think I've ever come back from a show so excited about the business. Here are some of the things I was excited to see at Market this year:

Now that the 2012 HFIC has come to a close, and I’ve had some time to reflect on the past six days, I have to consider myself and my company very fortunate to be partners with the NHFA and WHFA. As I stated in my previous blog post this was the first time CrossCheck attended this conference. Prior to the conference, Jason Lindell and I had no idea what to expect. What we experienced was better than we had ever imagined! Compared to the Las Vegas Market and High Point, there was substantially less traffic, but a much more intimate setting. This afforded us some valuable face time with association members, current clients, fellow vendors and the staff at the NHFA and WHFA.