New webinar series addresses the toughest industry challenges | Home Accents Today

Residence furnishings has been pink scorching, however the accelerated tempo of enterprise might be daunting. How do you retain up and put your finest foot ahead when ‘finest practices’ preserve altering?

Residence Accents At the moment’s new webinar sequence can assist. Every month, we delve into essentially the most compelling points going through the house décor business by panel discussions or one-on-one conversations with business leaders and consultants. We’ll deal with subjects starting from merchandising within the digital period and mastering e-commerce to cause-marketing and harnessing the facility of social media influencers.

2 p.m. (EST) April 22
A Sustainable Dialog with Williams-Sonoma
Rejoice Earth Day with Residence Accents At the moment as govt editor Allison Zisko and Jennifer Gootman, VP of sourcing and sustainable growth for Williams-Sonoma Inc., talk about the retailer’s dedication to a more healthy, safer atmosphere. Learn the way Pottery Barn, West Elm and the corporate’s different nameplates developed their sustainability objectives and are executing them with assist from their vendor companions and different important stakeholders. Click here to register.

2 p.m. (EST) Might 11
How wholesome are dwelling furnishings?
The indoor air we breathe is a surprisingly sturdy contributor to our total well being and well-being. What function do dwelling furnishings play in making certain that our properties are freed from dangerous chemical compounds? Please be a part of us in Might for a panel dialogue with Jonsara Ruth, design director of the Wholesome Supplies Lab at Parsons Faculty of Design, and Kathryn Richardson of the Worldwide Textile Alliance, as they talk about methods to maintain folks’s well being on the heart of all design and manufacturing choices. Click here to register.

Lighting Lingo
Have you learnt the distinction between varied Kelvin temperatures and the way they may change the look of a room? What’s a lumen? Lighting business jargon doesn’t need to be complicated.On this webinar, Lighting Editor Andrea Lillo speaks with Terry McGowan of the American Lighting Affiliation and Peter Romaniello of Conceptual Lighting about methods for conveying technical lighting ideas to inside design companions in addition to finish customers. Sponsored by Elk Residence. Click here to register for the on-demand recording.

Sustaining Success within the Second Half
Residence furnishings was pink scorching in late 2020, one of many solely brilliant financial spots in a tricky 12 months. Whereas customers are spending cash on their properties now, what can retailers do to insulate themselves when spending on the house slows and different areas of discretionary spending choose again up? Managing Editor Thomas Lester sits down with Jeff Harris, CEO of Furnitureland South; Joe Derochowski, vice chairman and residential advisor at The NPD Group; and Cheryl Kees Clendenon, proprietor of In Element Interiors. Q&A to comply with. Click here to register for the on-demand recording.

Editor-in-Chief Allison Zisko first joined HFN in 1998 and spent a few years masking the tabletop class earlier than widening her scope to all dwelling furnishings. In her present function, she oversees all facets of HFN, together with its print and digital merchandise, and represents the model at dwelling and overseas by shows, panel discussions and HFN’s podcast, The Inside Scoop.