Vicki Semke
Hi! I'm Vicki Semke. Mig and Tig is a Furniture store in Chicago that I started with my husband, Kirk Schlupp. We have been on the retail front lines since 1993.
Inspired by Mig and Tig Furniture, Yourfurniturelink.com was launched with Jerod Lazan of Mortise & Tenon, Los Angeles.
Yourfurniturelink.com is a furniture directory that features furniture manufacturers ranging from contemporary to antique and eco-friendly if you are going green. Consumers and Retail Buyers view furniture lines and manufacturers direct consumers to local furniture stores for product purchases.
Our perspective comes as a home furnishings retailer on the front lines.
We will explore how to meet the challenges we face in this new era.
Today's rapidly changing marketplace requires intuitiveness and flexibility. With this blog on Furniture Today, we hope to share insight, strategies and practical solutions for the long term sustainability of our businesses.
I invite you to share your comments, suggestions and ideas as we move forward into a very dynamic time in our industry.
I look forward to hearing from you at Vicki@yourfurniturelink.com
www.YourFurnitureLink.com
www.MigandTig.com
www.MortiseTenon.com
Email: Vicki@yourfurniturelink.com
Furniture Stores Frontline ReportsLink This | Email This | Comments (7) YourFurnitureLink.com, Harrington College of Design Chicago and TLS by Design!The arrival of the classic “show badges” every three months or so always brings about two very strong, visceral reactions.Reaction One: “Ug, is it time for that show again already? ” My senses go into auto response. The backache from that old mattress at the rental house, the lack of energy from eating fattening, rich food at overpriced restaurants, the constant grazing on showroom snacks, and o... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Fresh Design & the Pinnacle Awards!My partner Jerod Lazan of Mortise and Tenon and www.YourFurnitureLink.com and I have been asked to be presenters at the Pinnacle Award Ceremony. We are so excited we can’t tell you! As boutique furniture buyers we have always been on the search for great design, first and foremost. Pricing was important, but not at the top of our list. Good design in our industry separates the men from the boys.... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (5) Before and After the Economic MeltdownTwenty years in the furniture retail business and still ticking (my heart that is). I think it’s time to recap our story. In the beginning BEM (before economic meltdown) times were filled with only endless possibilities. My partner in Los Angeles as well as us only saw a graph line that went basically up. Mistakes were hard to make because the market absorbed everything we did. Experimentation, an... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Use your store as an experimental think tankUsing your store as an experimental think tank instead of a place where you sell furniture sheds a different light when you come into work. Over the years my partner and husband, Kirk, have always tried to listen to what the customer was asking for. Since we are small, it gave us the ability to design and work with small manufacturers, such as Jerod of Mortise and Tenon, where he also owns his o... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Harrington Design ChallengeI was very fortunate as I always knew I wanted to be in the furniture - design business. After graduating high school, I was eager to attend Harrington School of Design located in Downtown Chicago. There never was a second thought of where my career should be. Since attending school, our store has always made an effort to hire graduates from Harrington. It has always worked well for our busin... More |
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