Bill McLoughlin

Editor-in-Chief

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Dr. Andrew Weil at @FurnitureToday Bedding Conference teaching a 4-7-8 breathing technique: "Sleep is essential to good health."

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@scottmckain at @FurnitureToday Bedding Conference: "A recession is a distinction test. How will you pass this test?"

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BREAKING NEWS: Ashley Furniture Industries has announced "price rollbacks" on its imported furniture and accessories lines.
#globalsourcing #prices #marketshare
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The spin-offs continue at @XPOLogistics as the company works toward its goal of two publicly traded logistics operations.
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Ripples from invasion of Ukraine impacting the furniture industry. #Ukraine #furniture #RussianUkrainianWar
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Furniture industry icon Paul Broyhill has passed.
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#legends #broyhill #homefurnishingshalloffame

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Please join me and Dr. V., Miskelly Furniture's Alan Vonder Haar during Home Textiles Week Wednesday, March 24 at 9:05am. https://t.co/VvRCfWVjgt
We will be chatting about the selling power of sleep accessories. Nobody knows more about selling sleep than Dr. V.
@HomeTextilesTod

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Day 2 Keynote speaker @Kaihan speaking at Furniture Today’s Leadership conference: “Times of change separate ‘thinkers’ from ‘outthinkers.’ ‘Outthinkers adopt the new concepts that are made possible by those changes and that open up new possibilities.” #FTLeadership

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Ashley Furniture Industries' CEO Todd Wanek, speaking at Furniture Today's Leadership Conference, reveals how he employs "creative destruction" concepts to constantly reinvent the company and keep it ahead of the competition.

#FTLeadership # @AshleyHomeStore @InsideAFI

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Author/Speaker Kevin Brown asks attendees at @FurnitureToday's Leadership Conference a very important question: "What do you bring to every situation that can add value?"
#FTLeadership

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Thanks @AICO_Amini for helping get our first ever virtual Leadership Conference off to a great start! Can't think of a better way to kick things off.
#FTLeadership @FurnitureToday

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Furniture sales are flying but the key question in the second half is likely going to be, 'who's got the goods?"
#globalsourcing #furniture #retail #SupplyChain #supplyanddemand

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If you like Comedians in cars getting coffee you're going to love @DT_Perry in a car chatting bedding. #KnowledgeIsPower #bedding

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"Furniture Today’s upcoming Bedding Conference will be unlike anything you’ve seen before," says Executive Editor David Perry, who talks about the powerhouse lineup in his latest blog (https://t.co/6MZEiTwovv).
➡️ Register today! https://t.co/iAsvlVV8rA

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Only two days left to register . . .
#COVID19

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Join us ... virtually: During this April 30 webinar, Mike Magnuson, CEO of @goodbed, will discuss how #COVID19 is impacting the mattress retail landscape and what retailers can be doing right now. Register today! https://t.co/iOCerLXUSv

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Wayfair's Jon Blotner on the future of digital merchandising: "Traditional 2D modeling is expensive and does not scale."
#ftleadership
#leadership

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Furniture Fair's Bill Daniel's at Furniture Today Leadership Conference: "If you're not spending 20% of your advertising budget on digital you're falling behind."
#ftleadership
#leadership

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⁦@goodbed⁩ ‘s Mike Magnuson: “Ultra-cheap mattresses the single greatest threat to shrink the mattress business in the coming years.” ⁦@FurnitureToday⁩ #ftbedcon

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@goodbed ‘s Mike Magnussen addressing online mattress growth ⁦@FurnitureToday⁩ Bedding Conference: “it’s biting off 2-3 points of market share every year.” #ftbedcon

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Colder’s Tom Balisteri on measuring advertising strategy: “We try a lot of different things, do a lot of A/B testing, ultimately we look at door swings and sales.”
⁦@FurnitureToday⁩ #ftbedcon