On the Record with Furniture Today

Therapedic’s Gerry Borreggine on boxed beds, Casper’s IPO and the where the bedding business is headed next

Find out why Gerry Borreggine, president and CEO of Therapedic thinks the bedding industry owes Casper a debt of gratitude and why boxed beds could soon be the predominant bedding format. This and more on this week’s On The Record podcast.

Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings 

Ashley’s Ron Wanek on family, furniture and the power of reinvention

Ron Wanek, chairman of Ashley Furniture Industries reveals the secrets that helped grow Ashley from a small cabinet and occasional table maker into the largest furniture manufacturer in the world.

Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings 

And the number 1 podcast of 2019 was . . ?

Find out where, how and why Millennials shop for furniture . . . or don’t. In the most widely downloaded Furniture Today podcast of 2019, a focus group of Millennial shoppers discusses their shopping preferences and pet peeves. The issues revealed in this discussion perfectly define the issues retailers today face. If you haven’t heard it yet, now’s the time. If you have, this is a great refresher heading into 2020.

Furniture Today editors roundtable on top issues

Editor in Chief Bill McLoughlin is joined by the editorial team to discuss what issues have moved to the forefront as 2019 draws to a close and what they expect to take center stage as we move in 2020.

Focused approach provides foundation for Leather Italia CEO

Leather Italia’s Michael Campbell reflects on his start in the furniture industry and how his career developed from working a furniture retail showroom to eventually launching and heading up Leather Italia. The key tenets over the years, he says, have been to lead by example, to guard against complacency and to stay focused.

Furniture retail leaders reveal their biggest pain points

Whether it’s finding and retaining good employees, wrestling with rapid shifts in technology or fending off the market share advances of today’s e-commerce giants retail furniture leaders have no shortage of challenges. Four leading retailers took the stage at Furniture Today’s Leadership Conference last week and revealed that their number one challenge is . . . 

Retail CEO’s reveal the biggest challenge they face

To kick off the opening of its 2019 Leadership Conference Furniture Today offers an inside look back at 2018’s Retail CEO Panel featuring insights from Haverty’s Clarence Smith, Nebraska Furniture Mart’s Irv Blumkin, Brian Woods from Jerome’s and City Furniture’s Keith Koenig. Find out their biggest challenge . . . and how they plan to deal with it.

Terry McNew finds similarities, synergies to build on at Klaussner

New Klaussner CEO Terry McNew discusses his leadership style from relationships to bottom line, with ideas from his tenure at boat manufacturer MasterCraft to his perspective as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

John Conrad celebrates industry’s designers and makers

Fellow podcast hosts Bill McLoughlin, of Furniture Today, and John Conrad, executive director of International Society of Furniture Designers and podcast host of Design Between the Lines, get together to talk about the value of industry designer and maker awards, the imperative to know your audience and a shared wonderment about the evolution of the industry.

The Inside’s Christiane Lemieux finds big demand for ‘Made on Demand’

Always at the forefront of change in home furnishings Christiane Lemieux, founder of Dwell Studio and new direct-to-consumer, custom-on-demand furniture site The Inside, has taken is taking the furniture industry into the future by building on its roots. Find out how in this don’t’ miss podcast.