Chicago's Zierks open 5th Thomasville unit

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The article discusses how Chicago's Zierk family has opened its fifth Thomasville Home Furnishings store in this market and intends to move another to a better location in 2001. The new unit is located in Lincoln Park.

Company Planning/Goals, Illinois, All Other Home Furnishings Stores, Misc. homefurnishings stores, Home Furnishings Stores NEC, Home furnishings stores, Thomasville Home Furnishings

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Electronics major hone strategies: furniture offers add-on opportunity, but category also poses challenges

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Big electronic superstores and other electronic retailers see furniture as an attractive opportunity for add-on sales along with their sales of computers, stereos and other electronics. Some feel that to offer a TV monitor along with a TV stand is a good offer and others feel to put a TV in their furniture section is a better option.

Hypermarkets, Warehouse Clubs and Superstores, Furniture & Fixtures, Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing, Variety stores, Forecasts and trends, Superstores, Market trend/market analysis, Furniture

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SOHO: Good market for a stabilized category

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The small office/ home office category has stabilized into a steady and mature section that experienced a good market week, thanks to retail specialist and targeted marketing. Producers mix function and fashion to get the best deals, with import being the choice of many buyers.

Research Findings, Office Furniture, Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing, Furniture industry, Marketing research, Industry forecasts, Market research

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