David PerryExecutive EditorHere, just before you retailers pack your bags for an exciting trip to High Point, are 12 ways you can improve you… (more)

Office Operandi Top 10 Tips For The Ultimate Office Layout
Office Operandi is my attempt to plot out the top 10 pitfalls or bad habits people make when selecting, buying, and organizing their office furniture from prior experience. I will also explain why it s a pitfall, which in turn will present a clear and simple solution for a Top 10 List, so listen up.

Tupelo builds a better show
I’ve come to know Bill Cleveland well and, in case you haven’t noticed, the man is driven. The president and CEO of the Tupelo Furniture Market walks fast, talks fast, thinks fast, smiles fast and quickly finds ways to make good things better.Take the Tupelo market, which just wrapped up its latest edition. Over the years, the market has gotten high marks for down-home hospitality with free buyer breakf… (more)

Vaughan going direct to consumers
Speaking of rich media, Vaughan Furniture just launched a Web site dedicated to its Guest Quarters bedroom line. Designed by New York City firm GRID2 and hosted by FurnitureFan.com, the site takes one of the industry’s best trade brands and attempts to begin creating a consumer brand.

Ties pop back up at Vegas market
A funny thing happened to my hopes for a more casual (attire-wise) furniture market.While we business types often doffed our ties at the inaugural Las Vegas Market last July, when, if memory serves, it was kinda hot, I’m seeing more ties at the January show.Our editorial team at Furniture|Today decided to go back to our more traditional market garb of jackets and ties. Thus, I have been knotting up my… (more)

Ikea cleverly sells rooms of many sizes
Why, I wonder, did it take us so long to popularize something so basic as the concept of buying a room full of furniture?Rooms To Go brilliantly leverages that concept with its name and its merchandising formula. That retailer’s success has been nothing short of amazing.A recent trip to Ikea’s Atlanta store provided fresh affirmation that it is a g… (more)

Study documents High Point’s clout
We all know the old saying about home being where the heart is.However, after reading the results of an economic impact study of the home furnishings industry on the Triad region of North Carolina, High Point University President Nido Qubein and others have concluded that the heart of the furniture market is firmly home in High Point.In sharin… (more)

What does ‘it’ mean?
For any of you that saw ebay’s brilliant fall advertising campaign, you now know. They caught your attention-you have to admit it. We were all curious what “it” was. For any of you now reading my latest blog, the “it” I’m referring to is a subject dear to my heart- sales training. Yes, I own a sales training company-let me be clear about that from the start. However, I want to s… (more)

Racor Ceiling Mounted Bike Lift #PBH-1R Customer Review: THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
The hoist works fine, once it’s installed, but it’s a pain to do without a good drill and drill bit. These are ideas to consider:

1. The wood screws are not good. I mounted to a high (11-ft), dense beam, and the screw heads easily strip. I had to use a larger drill bit than the 1/8-inch they recommend because I couldn’t torque the screwdriver and not strip the heads.

2. In California, we have to worry about earthquakes. I found the perfect solution. At Home Depot, they sell, for $5, these devices that include a carabiner on one end that you can attach through a hole in the hook and a 3-ft bungee cord, which is then attached to another carabiner, which I fastened to the bike. I used them on both sides. Thus, if an earthquake occurs, I know the mountain bike won’t bounce off the hooks and on to our washer and dryer.

3. It’s really important to make sure the hoists are mounted directly above the seat and handlebars to get the smoothest action.

I find that even I had no problems lifting the bike with the hoist, and I’m small and light weight.

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