Home Furnishings International Association and bulbs.com Announce Agreement to Offer Lighting to Home Furnishings Industry

Furniture World Magazine

bulbs.com, a privately-held ecommerce lighting supplier, and Home Furnishings International Association (HFIA) announced an agreement that will enable HFIA members to access an exclusive service for the procurement of replacement light bulbs and ballasts used for showroom lighting. "We are thrilled that HFIA members will have access to an innovative supplier of lighting. This relationship is a clear win for our membership who will benefit by working with a distributor that brings nationwide service capability via e-commerce and toll free customer support, " said Mary Frye, President of HFIA. bulbs.com has successfully filled the industry need for a simplified ordering process of the highly specialized and varied array of lamps and ballasts. For the past two years, bulbs.com has provided business-to-business customers with one-stop shopping for light bulbs using its sophisticated technologies, eSpec searchable database and the patent-pending BulbTrack‘ smart reordering system. bulbs.com maintains strategic partnerships with Philips Lighting, EncapSulite International for lamps, with Advance Transformer for ballasts and with Gage Marketing Group LLC for warehousing and order fulfillment services. "We are very pleased that a leading trade association like HFIA has selected bulbs.com as its partner," said Steven Rothschild, CEO of bulbs.com. "By offering our broad array of products and services to the HFIA membership, nearly 2,000 independent home furnishing retailers and suppliers no longer have to drive to a store to purchase replacement light bulbs and ballasts which will save them precious time and money." About Home Furnishings International Association (HFIA): HFIA, originally established in 1923 as a trade organization for Texas furniture retailers, serves the home furnishings industry by providing opportunities and services that enhance members’ ability to operate their business more profitably. HFIA maintains offices in the World Trade Center at the Dallas Market Center complex, in Dallas, Texas while serving members across the country. HFIA staff members can be seen at most major market venues, including Atlanta, Dallas, High Point, San Francisco, and Tupelo. HFIA can be contacted by phone at 800-942-4663, by fax at 214-742-9103, e-mailed at hfia@dallas.net, and on the web at www.hfia.com About bulbs.com: Bulbs.com, headquartered in Worcester, Mass. is the only online light bulb supplier to offer an easy, complete purchasing process with the eSpec‘ searchable database and BulbTrack‘ smart reordering technology. Launched in August 1999, bulbs.com continues to gain awareness as the preeminent light bulb and ballast supplier to regional and national chains in the hospitality, retail, property management and manufacturing sectors. The company is located at 40 Jackson Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01608, and can be reached by telephone at 508-363-2800 or on the Web at http://www.bulbs.com.