What does the customer want? For retailers, suppliers and manufacturers, that’s the million-dollar question – and, thanks to modern technology’s ability to harvest and analyse consumer data in increasingly sophisticated ways, the answer is clearer than ever. Paul Farley speaks to Mammoth’s founder John Tuton about the potential – and pitfalls – of personalisation in marketing …

There’s an irrefutably close correlation between a consumer’s confidence and the purchases they make – but can identifying the principal drivers of spend in the sector better empower retailers and suppliers to weather fluctuating customer optimism?

Upstart bed-in-a-box brands have already claimed over 17% of the UK’s mattress sales – but with cracks appearing in the strategies of major players, is it time to re-evaluate their place in the market?

With a £5m investment set to take it to the next level of omnichannel trading, furniture vertical Arlo & Jacob has come a long way in four short years. Furniture News caught up with the family-friendly brand’s founder and MD, Nick Wasey, to talk team spirit, tech and turmoil

Furniture News explores the practices and philosophies behind contemporary online furniture label British Design Shop in an interview with MD Nick Powell

Change is afoot in the world’s furniture manufacturing powerhouse, as China’s domestic market becomes more demanding with each passing year – but it hasn’t dimmed the international appeal of the four-day Furniture China exhibition