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WHFA & NHFA Announce Retailer Resource Center Tradeshow Vendors

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The Western Home Furnishings Association (WHFA) and National Home Furnishings Association (NHFA) announced 40 business service providers will be showing in two Retailer Resource Center (RRC) locations during the September Las Vegas Market. The RRC is located in B-1630 and C-510. 

Buyers will be able to access a wide array of vendors displaying their products and services in both RRC locations. Company experts from the advertising and marketing, financial, consulting, design, technology, training and warehouse distribution sectors will be present for the week and will be able to help buyers solve any business services needs.

“Both locations of the Retailer Resource Center are showcasing excellent business services providers that can help retailers during this slow economy,” WHFA’s Executive Director Sharron Bradley said.  

Companies Available at the Retailer Resource Center

  • Argo Select
  • B&B/CMK - Banker & Brisebois Advertising
  • BA Merchant Services
  • Certegy
  • Citi Retail Services
  • Custom Design Software
  • Diakon Logistics
  • Escalate Retail
  • Furniture Training Company
  • Furniture Transportation Group
  • Furniture Wizard
  • FurnitureDealer.net
  • FurnServe
  • GE Money
  • Genesis Software Systems
  • Guardian Protection Products
  • Guardsman, a business Unit of Valspar
  • HomeFurnishings.com
  • Horizon Logistics
  • Impact Plus by MI Corp.
  • JRM Sales & Management
  • Knorr Marketing
  • LeatherTechs
  • Mail America
  • MicroD Inc
  • Myriad Software & Consulting
  • Napier Marketing Group
  • National Home Furnishings Association
  • NVC Logistics Group, Inc.
  • Phoenix AMD Intl.
  • Profitability Consulting Group
  • PROFITSystems, inc
  • Sale-in-a-Box
  • State Compensation Ins. Fund
  • Storis Management Systems
  • TruckSkin
  • ViewIT Technologies
  • Western Home Furnishings Association
  • Western Retail Services Corporation
  • Wright of Thomasville

Featured in the front of the B-1630 RRC showroom is the RRC Launch Pad — the place for innovative product launches during Las Vegas Market. This Market’s Launch Pad features FurnitureDealer.net, who is launching an innovative tool called TailorYourSite. Inspired by the Dell Computer purchasing process, this new tool allows retailers to easily add and subtract from a wide range of features and services to their websites while seeing the impact on pricing. Retailers can now tailor their websites to meet their needs with new options such as: an ecommerce shopping cart, online ad publishing and scheduling, integrated room planners, integrated custom fabric draping, improved search engine optimization and much more. To learn more about FurnitureDealer.net and TailorYourSite, visit the Retailer Resource Center in B-1630 or the company website at www.FurnitureDealer.net

The Retailer Resource Center will be open to buyers during the Fall Las Vegas Market, September 14 – 17, 2009. For a complete listing of business services providers that will be showing at the Retailer Resource Center, visit www.WHFA.org.  

About the WHFA and NHFA

The Western Home Furnishings Association (WHFA) is the largest affiliate of the NHFA, representing more than 1,000 independent home furnishings retailers in more than 2,400 stores in 12 western states. 

National Home Furnishings Association (NHFA) is the nation’s largest organization devoted specifically to the needs and interests of home furnishings retailers. NHFA’s membership comprises 2,800 corporate entities representing 10,000 stores in all 50 states and several foreign countries. 

About FurnitureDealer.net

With 40 clients including 15 of the 150 largest independent furniture retailers in North America, FurnitureDealer.net is the premiere Click-to-Store™ expert in the home furnishings industry, helping retailers and manufacturers implement successful multi-channel growth strategies that convert online furniture shoppers into local in-store buyers. FurnitureDealer.net helps furniture retailers succeed online with websites and online marketing solutions that promote their local bricks and mortar core competencies of physical showrooms, inventory, local reputations, expert sales consultants, and local delivery. FurnitureDealer.net provides world class product catalog websites, product content management, search engine optimization, email marketing, inventory data integration, sales training and channel integration consulting. For more information, visit www.furnituredealer.net.