Like with so many other products, today’s office furniture market is more cut-throat than ever before thanks to the advent of online furniture stores which have driven dealer margins and selling prices down to their lowest levels for many years. There is something about the office furniture market that makes it especially sensitive to price and there are an ever increasing number of online discount office furniture suppliers driving prices lower. Setting up an online office furniture store used to require either great technical ability or a very large budget to pay for the technical skills required but this is no longer the case with off the shelf ecommerce solutions now readily available very cheaply. More...

Most start-up companies need inexpensive solutions for outfitting an office with furniture. For most companies going to a standard office supply store and putting in an order for as many pieces of furniture as they will need is a fairly simple solution. For a startup corporation this may not be possible just because of the cost factor involved. There are several solutions for a startup company to acquire less expensive office furniture and still maintain a professional veneer on their office.

Country, traditional, transitional, and wicker furniture are popular styles. Most of them are graced with innovative designs and are complemented by decorative and fine art.More...

FIRST came some Amish families, and now Amish-made furniture has arrived in Manitoba.

A northwestern Ontario company that sells Amish-made, solid-wood furniture is expanding into Manitoba with the opening of two franchise outlets.

The first Strictly-Amish-Furniture outlet -- a 4,000 square-foot store in the Cavalier Square shopping centre at 1600 Regent Ave. W. -- opens today. Another 1,700-square-foot store is to open next month in Steinbach.

The stores will sell a wide range of wooden furniture products that Strictly-Amish owner and founder David Rempel buys from about 50 Amish family-owned factories in Indiana and Ohio. The products include chairs, tables, entertainment units, china cabinets, and bedroom and office furniture. More...