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January 17, 2024, ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Water Tower Research (www.watertowerresearch.com) is pleased to announce today’s kickoff of its Furniture/Furnishings Virtual Conference. Click here to register.
The conference will showcase a full day of presentations by residential and commercial furniture manufacturers, wholesalers, and suppliers. The event kicks off this morning with a welcome and opening remarks from Shawn Severson, President and Co-Founder of Water Tower Research and Budd Bugatch, WTR’s Head of Consumer Hardlines. The conference will include 30-minute company presentations and Q&A, or fireside chats hosted by WTR’s Consumer Hardlines analysts.
The day will also feature industry speakers: Robert Maricich, Chairman and CEO of ANDMORE, formerly International Market Centers, an omnichannel wholesale market maker, and Beck Besecker, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Marxent Labs, a 3D product experience platform and global leader in 3D e-commerce.
Presenting companies include Culp, Inc. (NYSE: CULP), Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. (NYSE: ETD), Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLXS), HNI Corporation (NYSE: HNI), Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (NYSE: HVT), Hooker Furnishings Corporation (NASDAQ: HOFT), MillerKnoll, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLKN), and Steelcase, Inc. (NYSE: SCS). There will be an opportunity for investors to schedule 1×1 meetings with presenting companies following the event.
The event is sponsored by 3D Cloud by Marxent, the leading enterprise 3D platform for furniture and DIY retailers and manufacturers. MillerKnoll, HNI, Ashley, La-Z-Boy, Macy’s, and many others work with 3D Cloud to deliver scalable, high-performance 3D visualization solutions and innovative customer experiences, including WebAR, 3D product configuration, and 3D room planners.
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