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.

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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.

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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.

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