Archive for the ‘Furniture’ Category

Outdoor Rattan Furniture

Published by admin on November 3rd, 2011

Conservatory furniture has achieved a bad reputation over recent years for being old fashioned with people only thinking of the high back cane suites, the sort of thing you’d expect your grandmother to have. Many of the old furniture importers did not seem to go far enough with new designs, many copying each others designs and some just re-designing rattan furniture that the older generation would like. However a new wave of fashionable rattan furniture has been a breath of fresh air for the cane furniture specialists because it has been very frustrating not to have a collection that suits everybody.

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Outdoor Rattan Furniture

A questions asked “Rattan garden furniture is expensive why would you want to buy it for indoors?” with a reply from a recent customer “The look, the design, basically I want something modern.” (more…)


Local Furniture Store

Published by admin on October 15th, 2011

In most cities, there’s a mix of two types of furniture stores: the national chains and the local guys. The chain furniture stores rely on their big advertising budgets and high volume to attract customers. The locally owned stores rely on their customer service, personalized attention and link to the community to generate traffic and sales.

And in these cities, it’s not uncommon for customers to pile into the family car for the day to shop around at the national furniture chain stores, before visiting the locally owned stores.

The Neighborhood Difference

And what do people notice when they walk through the doors of a neighborhood furniture store? And what do they think when they are greeted by a warm handshake and a friendly smile? They see that the local guy’s prices, quality and sales staff are as good – or better – than what they find in the national chain stores. (more…)