The Western Home Furnishings Association (WHFA) and National Home Furnishings Association (NHFA) will be showcasing HomeFurnishings.com on The Launch Pad in the Retailer Resource Center in B-1630 of World Market Center Las Vegas.
The Launch Pad is an innovative spot for companies to launch new products in the heart of the Retailer Resource Center. Changing each Market, attendees can visit the Launch Pad to see what is new and progressive in the industry.
Launching this Market is HomeFurnishings.com, NHFA’s new Web portal which will engage consumers with meaningful lifestyle content and will drive them to NHFA member retailer microsites for store information and additional motivators to turn their browsing interest into sales for participating NHFA member retailers. This new program will: increase consumer confidence and loyalty in purchasing furniture; grow retailer credibility with the consumer; lift participating retailers’ furniture sales; provide more efficient use of advertising dollars through a national media campaign; and create new leads and market differentiation.
Buyers will also have access to a wide array of vendors displaying their products and services in two RRC locations, B-1630 and C-512. 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.
Visitors of the RRC can also enjoy a host of complimentary services that include a daily buyers’ breakfast, Internet Café, coffee bar and the new WINEdown networking event.
“Both locations of the Retailer Resource Center showcase great business partners for the home furnishings retailer. Each location has new vendors showing the latest products for home furnishings businesses,” WHFA’s Executive Director Sharron Bradley said. “Market attendees will also be able relax and enjoy assortment of services in the RRC that have been created to make their time at Market a more pleasant experience.”
Companies Available at the Retailer Resource Center
- ACA/ Advertising Concepts of America
- Ace Furniture Soft
- Argo Select
- B&B - Banker & Brisebois Advertising
- BA Merchant Services
- Citi Retail Services
- Custom Design Software
- DeLisa Power
- DFP, Inc.
- Diakon Logistics
- Escalate Retail
- Furniture Training Company
- Furniture Transportation Group
- Furniture Wizard
- FurnitureDealer.net
- FurnServe
- GE Money
- Genesis Software Systems
- Great White Bottling
- Guardian Protection Products
- Guardsman, a business Unit of Valspar
- HomeFurnishings.com
- JRM Sales & Management
- Mail America
- MicroD, Inc
- Myriad Software & Consulting
- National Home Furnishings Association
- NuGuard Surface Protection, A Division of Castar Companies
- Ortery Technologies, Inc.
- Phoenix A.M.D. International
- Profitability Consulting Group
- PROFITsystems, Inc
- Sale-in-a-Box
- SMH Consulting
- STORIS Management Systems
- Truckskin
- Western Home Furnishings Association
- Western Retail Services Corporation
The Retailer Resource Center will be open to buyers during the Winter Las Vegas Market, February 1 – 5, 2010. 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 nearly 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.