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January 23, 2025

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10 Ways to Increase Retail Sales in 2025

Cultivating a strong culture of selling is essential to success. These techniques can help you create a more engaging shopping experience that drives purchases. Read more.

Message from the Editor

There has been much focus on Canada's real estate market of late, given the uptick in homebuyer demand in recent months, thanks to lower interest rates and new mortgage rules, and tariff talk coming out of Washington. Naturally then, our feature in this edition of HGO This Week is on the housing market, the health of which directly impacts the big-ticket home goods industry. But to begin, our top story provides tips to increase retail sales. While strategies to boost business can be applied throughout the year, there's no time like the present since retail sales historically plunge in January and February.

Clare Tattersall, Editor

Feature

Canadian Housing Market Poised for Comeback

Sales activity began to flourish again in many major Canadian markets in the final months of 2024, a trend that is forecasted to continue well into 2025. Read more.

Latest News

Interior Design Show Returns to Toronto

Interior Design Show Toronto opens its doors Jan. 23, for the twenty-sixth time and its usual four-day run at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Read more.

Young Albertan Enters Sofa-in-a-Box Industry

A Calgary teen has launched a new direct-to-consumer online-only furniture brand that features a modular and tool-free sofa dubbed Everyone Dream. Read more.

Canadian Economy to Grow but Tariff Threat Looms

CFIB expects the economy to grow moderately in the first quarter of 2025, but the forecast doesn't take into account the looming U.S. tariff threat. Read more.

New Tool Streamlines Mattress Design Process

Artificial intelligence-powered visualization platform Imagine.io will soft launch a mattress builder tool at the winter edition of Las Vegas Market. Read more.

Furniture Exec Steps Up as ICFA Board Chair

The International Casual Furnishings Association has named Telescope Casual Furniture president Henry J.W. Vanderminden IV as its new board chair. Read more.

Bedding Veteran Joins Buying Group BrandSource

National buying group AVB BrandSource has added Chad Fischer to its merchandising team as director of bedding solutions. Read more.

Upcoming Events

January 23 - 26, IDS Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

January 23 - 30, Show T.O., Mississauga, Ontario

January 26 - 30, Gift & Home Market Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

January 26 - 30, Winter Las Vegas Market, Las Vegas, Nevada

March 1 - 4, Malaysian International Furniture Fair, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia




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