Platform Bed Blog : Bed News and Updates

During the year of 2007, many manufacturers who has been supplying the US market experienced the hardest time ever. A lot of manufacturers in Guang Dong, China have gone bankruptcy. A lot of other manufactures was confronted with insufficient order confirmations.

Many people think that 2006 could be the worst year for the furnishing market. Indeed, we have seen giant furniture retails like Levitz, Rhodes, Gabberts and Kronheims closed their stores. The sofa retailer Klaussner chose to close 23 stores, which have not made any profits for the company in the whole year. Facing a market and economy like this, what should wholesalers and retailers do?

Harlem’s CEO, Bruce Berman stated that  depite such a bad timing, if the furniture retailers can focus on their business and make improvements over time, they can still acquire a decent share in the shrinking market. He said that all merchdisers should know exactly what kind of products and services are expected.

One trend in the furniture market is the movement towards e-commerce. More and more retailers have started their own websites, either serves the website as an online catalog or a platform for online orders.

In general, we can divide the US furniture market into 9 categories:

• Bedding
• Master Bedroom
• Youth Bedroom
• Casual Dining
• Formal Dining
• Cocktail table
• Fabric-covered Sofa
• Leather-covered Sofa
• Recliner

Among these 9 categories, we can further divided them into upper, middle and lower level in terms of quality and price.

For beds, the best sellers are beds at prices about $700-$900, making up for approximately 26%. For youth bedrooms, the best sellers are about $300-$400.  The situation is slightly different from the dining room market. It seems that American values the dining room set more than bedroom. Therefore, the upper level dining sets are the best sellers. Now you might be wondering what could be the profit margin for US wholesalers. Can they survive in the long term?

Generally, American manufactures adds 40% to the price. Thus, If one set is priced at $100, the price of that set leaving one of the ports in China is about $45.  Next time, we are going to predict the the outlook of market for years 2008-2011.

When it comes to purchasing furniture online, one of the biggest concerns is that the pieces you saw online may not fit your room as well as you expected. It is true that you can save money and enjoy a bit of convenience when you shop online, but you can spend your money much more wisely if you can plan ahead and visualize how that piece of furniture would fit into your room. Eroomservice provides such a service that’s gives you the chance of planning your room in a flash screen. You can just organize the layout of your room with a few clicks and drags. After you’ve decided the right piece, probably you can order your ideal modern furniture online and have it delivered to your home safely and easily.

Wholesale Furniture Brokers is hosting a super bowl recliner contest for all the bloggers and super bowl fans. What we need to do is simply 2 things:

1: link to their recliner page using the anchor text link : ‘recliners’ or ‘leather reclienrs’

2: predict the final score of the super bowl game

I don’t think anyone would be able to accurately get the right score so it is very likely that they will draw a winner. Prize is a recliner from their site, anyone manufactured by Stanley Chair. If you are interested, you can take a loot at the official contest page:

recliner contest for super bowl fans

Buying furniture can be a daunting task as it may represents a big investment in your life. Just 10 years ago, you probably will drive to your local furniture store and talk to the store manager. What if the store nearby does not carry the piece you wanted? What would you do then? You may choose to wait or you may drive further for a greater selection. Nowadays, the situation is totally different. What you can do is go online and look for sellers online. Home & Bedroom is great source if you look for furniture online. They carry a wide seletion of bedrooms made by reputable manufacturers. For example, Hillsdale Furniture is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of home furnishings and Fashion Bed Group’s innovative design has made it a leader in the manufacture of contemporary beds. Whether you are looking for platform beds, sleigh beds, metal beds, brass beds or any other types of beds, you can always find out your dream pieces at Home & Bedroom.

As we know, online sellers usually provide better prices than local physical stores since they bypass the middleman. However, this may not be the case if you have to pay shipping fee. A high shipping fee usually absorbs the benefit you get online. AT Home & Bedroom, you get free shipping and what’s more, there are no sales tax applied. All these ensures you get the best price possible and thus maximize the value you can get by shopping online at Home & Bedroom.

When you consider buying furniture for your home, what would you be concerned about? Some people may care about quality, some may care about service, others may seek for the lowest price. If you have tight budget, then I would recommend Mitch’s Furniture & Bedding Liquidation. Nobody, in most cases, can beat their price. At Mitch’s, everyone’s been striving for providing the best price, service and widest selection to their customers. As a furniture store in Phoenix, they search out the best deals so that they can offer their clients unbeatable prices everyday. Different people may prefer different styles, so can you always be able to find our what you want there? No worries, they carry almost all the top brands for living room, kitchen, bedroom sets and more. So no matter what your personal style is, you should be able to find your dream piece at Mitch’s.

Visit furniture Tempe for a wide selection of bedroom and living rooms at affordable prices.

Domain Home (http://www.domain-home.com/) has ran into financial difficulties and is expected to restructure under Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. As a result, it also cuts about 20 jobs this week in an attempt to running the business more efficiently. This 27-store retailer ranks No.93 on Furniture Today’s (www.furnituretoday.com) top 100 with estimated furniture and bedding sales of $66.3 million in 2006.

Company do blogs to promote company brand, products and keep their customers updated about any products or service news of the company. Usually, if the company can manage the blog in a right way, it can increase its revenue by 20%-40% than if a online business operates without a blog.

However, an individual blogger can have serveral purposes when creating a blog. For example, he/she may just want to share his or her idea to the public, or maybe just want to have fun, or maybe, looking for ways to make money! There are certain advertisers there looking for people who can blog about their company, products and services. On one hand, it helps them generate some buzz, on the other hand, the link from blogs becomes part of their link building strategy. A link from blog can be natural as opposed to a paid link. We need to find a way to match the demands and supplies. That’s how the whole economy works, right? Payperpost provides such a bridge to bloggers and advertisers. Bloggers can sign up there and then find qualified advertisers to drive traffic to their blogs. What’s great about payperpost is that we can categorize our blogs and look for qualified advertisers so that whatever you do is relevant to the topic of your blog. What’s more, it offers a PPP tool that bloggers can use to place on their blog. With this piece of script, a badge will be displayed on the blog and it shows a image saying “hire me”. It is telling the advertisers that this blog is open for posts and thus advertisers can easily contact the bloggers for ways of advertising.

Payperpost also offers assurance for advertisers. As a advertiser, you may be worried that a blog has insufficient traffic or a low PR. Don’t worry, payperpost only accept blogs that meets certain qualities. Advertisers can decide what price they want to pay and they can specify what link must be included in the post. If you pay high enough, your request will show on the homepage of Payperpost as “Big Green”.

To most of the family, buying area rugs represents an important decision when it comes to interior decor. What is so great about rug is that it creates ambiance to your room by adding the color, shape and texture. As area rugs have such a impact to a room, there are important details to consider when shopping for rug online.

Boldrugs.com offers a vast selection of discount area rugs with product line ranges from fashionable contemporary rugs to standard traditional rugs to fits most home owners need. Due to the size of the company and the number of items provided, Boldrugs.com is able to take the advantage of economies of scale and thus offer a very competitive price along with free shipping. What’s more, it not only sells throw rugs online, but also provide tips to guide you through how to choose the right rug for your lovely home.

Have you ever imagined of sleeping on a floating bed? This Chicago floating bed comes with 4 supporting cables at the corners go straight up to the ceiling of your house. The bed is available in any size and the bed platform can be either steel, wood plastic or even stone. It is definitely much harder to install than most other types of bed, so the installation fee will be included in the pricing. You have to contact showroom for pricing.

Time for a new bed? Make sure you get the right mattress and boxspring! That may seem like an obvious thing to
say, but choosing the proper mattress can be the difference between
a restful and healthy sleep, and “not so much.”

Some of the things you should consider when buying a new
mattress are: the amount of back support, firmness, number and types of coils, size and mattress brand. You can
even buy a “no-flip” mattress if you never plan to turn your mattress over (every year or so). Price is always a
consideration (for most people). A good mattress and boxspring set can
range in price from a few hundred dollars, to thousands of dollars! Like many other things in life, you often
get what you pay for.

If you’re doing a little research on the Internet before you make any final decisions, you
may want to take a look at www.mattressknowledge.com.