On the Record with Furniture Today

Rebecca Miller, founder of ARTful Communication, and Michael Wentworth, principal of Greybox Intel, share insights on their partnership to help companies develop stronger emotional connections between their brands and consumers using analyses of emotional engagement, trust and other key data points, coupled with a powerful brand engagement marketing campaigns.

Rizwan Somji, CEO of Cymax, shares his insights on the changes the pandemic has had on consumer shopping behaviors and reveals a couple of key categories that have emerged as a result.

Retiring La-Z-Boy CEO Kurt Darrow and his successor, CFO Melinda Whittington, join editors Thomas Russell and Powell Slaughter to give their take on leadership transition, vision for one of the industry’s iconic brands.

Mann Armistead & Epperson Managing Director Jerry Epperson joins Furniture Today editors Tom Russell and Powell Slaughter to share his thoughts on supply chain woes’ impact on retailers, the industry’s longer term outlook and the need to raise prices for furniture. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

A first-ever Furniture Today’s Best Places to Work program launches this month, and this episode of On The Record has the inside scoop on how retail stores can capture a spot on this prestigious list. Peter Burke, president of Best Companies Group, shares insights into how companies can attract and retain their best employees, learn more about their organizations and become one of the Best Places to Work. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

In a sequel to last week’s podcast, Jeremy Hoff joins editors Thomas Russell and Powell Slaughter to talk about how his years of experience will guide his leadership of 12 industry brands under one Hooker Furniture umbrella. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

Long before Jeremy Hoff took the helm at Hooker Furniture, Furniture Today’s Editor in Chief Bill McLoughlin sat down with him to talk about his insights on leadership, product development and other issues. In next week’s podcast, Furniture Today editors have another conversation with Hoff, now as CEO ready to lead this venerable company into the future. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

Caroline Hipple, the first woman-president of the Home Furnishings Hall of Fame, shares her insights on what it takes for women to succeed in the home furnishings industry and reveals what’s next for the Hall of Fame. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

Supply chain management veteran and Stone & Leigh CEO Steve Wolfe joins editors Thomas Russell and Powell Slaughter to share an outlook on shipping capacity restraints. Bottom line is that big surcharges, limited space on vessels are a fact of life at least for the next few months. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

Furniture Today’s editors share their insights on where the industry is headed in 2021 and what will be the key issues retailers, manufacturers and suppliers will face in an unpredictable year. Tune in to find out what’s next. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

CEO Gat Caperton talks with Furniture Today editors Thomas Russell and Powell Slaughter about Gat Creek's expansion plans and opportunities for the domestic wood furniture producer. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

While many focus on fostering repeat purchase and planned obsolescence, Lovesac CEO Shawn Nelson wants to sell consumers the last sofa they ever need. Find out his unique take on reinventing traditional consumer product models in this one-of-a-kind On The Record interview. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

Carl Lovett, vice president of sales, talks with editors Thomas Russell and Powell Slaughter about how Sunpan’s calculated risks paid off during a year of major challenges. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

LeadsRx CEO AJ Brown visits On The Record to share new strategies for measuring and improving digital advertising performance. Along the way he’ll reveal how these strategies helped brick-and-mortar furniture retailer The Great American Home Store dramatically improve its e-commerce performance in the middle of the pandemic. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

Chairman and CEO Rob Spilman talks with editors Thomas Russell and Powell Slaughter about how the company has managed its business during the pandemic, sharing insights on both Bassett’s retail and manufacturing segments. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings.

Doug Stewart, author of the just released book 5-1/2 Mentors: How to Learn, Grow, and Develop from Everyone and Everything, has turned the traditional mentorship paradigm on its head. Find out how your ideal mentor may be closer than you think in this informative and entertaining discussion. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

High Point Market Authority CEO Tom Conley discusses initiatives to give High Point year-round relevance to buyers through market and building collaborations around HPxD, First Tuesday and the High Point Showroom Assn. and how those developments could play out moving forward. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

Steen Knigge, director of U.S. marketing, a Danish contemporary furniture chain with 15 U.S. franchises, reveals the dramatic impact of the company’s addition of e-commerce to its U.S. business following the closure of stores due to COVID-19 earlier this year. Find out how this shift could impact the company’s entry into new markets in 2021 and beyond. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

Dallas George, managing director for the U.S. for Netherlands-based Eichholtz, says that despite the fits and starts to its strategy following the market disruption of COVID-19, Eichholtz is moving full steam ahead to offer affordable luxury across a wide palette of home furnishings products. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings

The BridgeTower Media team joins forces as Designers Today’s Jane Dagmi moderates the cross-talk between Furniture Today editors, who share a lively back and forth on what they saw and what attracted a second look at the recent High Point Market. Sponsored by Klaussner Home Furnishings