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Go behind the headlines with today’s furniture industry newsmakers. Join Furniture Today Editor-in-Chief Bill McLoughlin every Tuesday for an in-depth professional . . . and a little personal . . . discussion with the furniture industry’s most intriguing personalities. If you make, buy, sell or just want to know more about furniture and the people who drive the business, this is the podcast for you.
Episodes
Jan 20, 2020
Jan 20, 2020
38 min
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.
Jan 13, 2020
Jan 13, 2020
44 min
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.
Jan 6, 2020
Jan 6, 2020
49 min
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.
Dec 23, 2019
Dec 23, 2019
36 min
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.
Dec 16, 2019
Dec 16, 2019
42 min
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.
Dec 9, 2019
Dec 9, 2019
1hr 2 min
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 . . .
Dec 2, 2019
Dec 2, 2019
1hr 11 min
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.
Nov 25, 2019
Nov 25, 2019
46 min
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.
Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019
31 min
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.
Nov 11, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
44 min
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.