Clint Engel
Hello! I'm Clint Engel senior retail editor at Furniture/Today, where I cover all things retail. I'll use this blog to offer my thoughts on both the furniture retail scene and general retail, but more importantly, as a vehicle to bring in and link to other ideas and sources of information that could prove useful to you. I hope you'll use this space to share your thoughts, too. Also feel free to contact me directly at cengel@furnituretoday.com or 336-605-1129.
Title: Senior Retail Editor
Clint's NotesLink This | Email This | Comments (3) A clean takeawayThe Home Furnishings Industry Conference this month in San Antonio was a treasure trove of information and ideas on everything from social media to how to identify and target diverse consumer bases.But I kept coming back to one great takeaway in particular: I can't wait to try this new laundry detergent I discovered there.Phoenix A.M.D., a home furnishings protection and service supplier and one o... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Consumers continue in frugal modeThere were two very interesting segments on Yahoo's "Tech Ticker" business show this week, both featuring Vera Gibbons, columnist for consumer finance site WalletPop. She was discussing the tough times for retailers and suggesting that nomajor changes are likely to be in store until consumer confidence comes back. That means don't expect much until we see some sustainable jobs growth.In... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (6) Retailers are back in expansion modeThis week’s issue of Furniture/Today has something I haven’t seen in a long time. I’m sure there are plenty of things to insert right here (like “my byline”) but what I’m really talking about is: lots of retail expansion news. On the first few pages, there are five stories talking about hundreds of stores planned. Granted, most of it comes courtesy of Ashley and its plans for hundreds of smaller d... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (2) Art pays for Louis ShanksFurniture/Today has launched a new monthly feature called “Outside the Retail Box,” aiming to highlight retail success stories in areas outside of what we may consider the key traditional furniture-store categories. The first installment in this week’s paper (Jan. 18) features Louis Shanks of Texas and the art gallery it created a few years ago in its largest Houston store. The 3,500-square-foot s... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (4) Gallery to keep customer/buyers focused on product and funLast week, we reported the exciting news about Houston-based Gallery Furniture’s plan to bring a group of consumer/buyers to High Point this week to seek out new product for its floors.One question we had: What if these consumers experience reverse sticker shock when they get here? Will they blog about it? Will they ever want to pay retail again? In an e-mail, Gallery’s Gil Velasquez offered a tho... More |
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