On July 1, a news item that may not have appeared on your radar screen (or shown up in your Google news feed) was the most positive sign for the hospitality business we’ve seen in many months.On that day, the Transportation Security Administration screened 2,147,090 passengers at U.S. airports. That’s a significant number because, for the first time, it exceeded the number of passengers screened o...

The pandemic-induced home office boom continues to drive sales of desks, chairs, lamps, filing cabinets, and just about anything else needed to outfit the workspace, and as companies large and small re-think the wisdom of requiring employees work in corporate offices, demand for home office furniture probably won’t return to pre-pandemic levels anytime soon.One unlikely beneficiary of this s...

Every single piece of accessory matters when you are decorating your home. We bring you some findings on why details are important in interior design.If you think that nobody will notice the amount of energy you invested in decorating your home, you are wrong. Most of the time, the tiniest details are the ones that get spotted first. After that, decorative accessories of sorts are the ones th...

We were intrigued by a recent survey conducted by Furniture Today that showed a sizeable number of consumers – especially Millennials -- prefer to buy home furnishings in room packages.  Given the consumer’s well-known preference for eclectic pieces instead of suites and seating groups in recent years, this finding might seem surprising. But this item-by-item approach can work just as wel...

ZUO announces brand collaboration with BOLD by Design Magazine for their  Summer Launch Series at the upcoming High Point Market, June 05, 2021 from 3-5pm. The event will be held at ZUO’s flagship 26,000 sf showroom in IHFC’s Design Wing, Space D502 with a “BOLD Happy Hour” themed event - featuring ZUO’s famous frozen margaritas, specialty BOLD Cocktails, lite bites, and drawings for ZUO...

Now that roughly half the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and mask-wearing rules are being eased, an uptick in attendance at this summer’s furniture industry trade shows in High Point, Atlanta and Las Vegas seems likely.    While we don’t believe trade show attendance will return to pre-pandemic levels until 2022 – constraints on internation...