Tariff Refunds Lift Furniture Results as Port Talks ContinueBob's Discount Furniture and Havertys book IEEPA tariff refunds in third-quarter results. LA and Long Beach terminal security talks run through Friday, and…
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A national factory survey puts furniture first for rising raw-material prices. Plus the LA and Long Beach port security deadline moves to Wednesday night.
Home buying hit a record low going into the holidays. Plus tariff refunds stuck on missing bank details and a possible port strike in Southern California.
When traffic slows, leaders set the mood. The best ones take market share.
Higher rates have customers wary of big purchases, and mattress import duties are staying put. Plus port fees and tariff refunds.
Ocean rates from Asia are inching up too, just as fewer homes go under contract before the holidays. Plus Ethan Allen, Southern Motion and tariff refunds.
U.S. furniture output fell for a second straight month and sits 4.1% below a year ago. Builders report the weakest buyer traffic since 2012. West Coast ports just had a record September.
The manufacturers who chase every new account end up losing the retailers who made their products successful in the first place.
Furniture stores sold more in September, but fuel, freight and factory costs are climbing while shelf prices fall. Here's how to protect your margin.
Fewer signed home deals means fewer move-in furniture tickets into the holidays. Pending sales fell to their lowest level since 2014.
Less freight is moving than a year ago, but trucks cost about a third more. Here is why that won't fix itself.
Furniture stores sold 2.7% less than a year ago in September while every other retail category grew.
