furniture

MakerSpace NYC is one of at least 2,000 community workshops across the country.

After 20 years designing bespoke furniture, Florian Roeper decided to take his creativity to a new medium.

A new, 10% tariff on furniture goes into effect next week. We hear from an American furniture manufacturer about what that means for business.

Matthew Wicker, owner of WickerWoodWorks in Portland, Oregon, shares news on a recent warehouse fire, and how he plans to build the business back.

That may be in part because wealthy consumers especially have tried to get ahead of tariffs by purchasing costlier items now.

“It was promoted as giving your office an automatic memory,” said Craig Robertson, an expert on filing cabinets. “People were surprisingly excited by it.”

When a retailer buys a product from a manufacturer as is and slaps its own label and price tag on it, the practice is called white labelling.

This week, Wayfair reported a $42 million loss and its CEO compared the drop in demand to the one seen in the last financial crisis.

Different parts of the country make different products and often respond distinctly to economic trends.

Ikea is launching a new line of gaming furniture more suited for the living room than the basement. It’s a sign of how gamer demographics are maturing.