At Penney, home-furnishings sales were especially weak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retailers See] Reference

Sales at furniture and home-furnishings stores were flat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retail Sales Fall Amid Consumer Unease] Reference

Numerous home-furnishings retailers have announced store closings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wal-Mart Tinkers With] Reference

Now M&S wants to own the country's 20 billion home-furnishings market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Shopping An Experience] Reference

The programs come amid one of the worst home-furnishings markets in decades.    From Wordnik.com.  [Furnishing Perks Pile Up] Reference

Interior-design firms and home-furnishings companies are also being hit hard.    From Wordnik.com.  [What '07 Headlines Say] Reference

This one went by the name Courter Slauce when it wasn't in the home-furnishings racket.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bitter Gold Hearts]

Pier 1 Imports abandoned its plans to take over rival home-furnishings retailer Cost Plus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth's, O'Charley's Chow Down; Sonic Goes Hungry] Reference

The deadline played a role in the decision of Bombay Co., a home-furnishings company, to liquidate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deadline Presses Retailers] Reference

One of the most interesting projects, albeit unique, has been developed by home-furnishings giant Ikea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Road Wars] Reference

Dillard's, a fashion and home-furnishings retailer, currently has a market value ranked 500th in the index.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nasdaq OMX Joining S&P] Reference

Movie Gallery Inc. 's Hollywood Video and numerous home-furnishings retailers have announced store closings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Building Slowdown Goes Commercial] Reference

After more than a year of tinkering, Wal-Mart has settled on a new format for its home-furnishings sales floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wal-Mart Tinkers With] Reference

The home-furnishings retailer expects same-store sales to fall 1.7% and it expects merchandise margins of 49.3%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pier 1 Warns of Weak Margins] Reference

Ritu Sureka opened her home-furnishings store "All Living" in the Grand Sigma Mall, Bangalore's newest, in 2005.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retailers Take a Slower Road in India] Reference

The jewelry and home-furnishings chain operates about 21 stores in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fortunoff to File for Chapter 11 Before Sale] Reference

The home-furnishings retailer again cut its earnings outlook for the year and warned of caution on its 2009 view.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lehman Jumps 7.4%;] Reference

Hey, Big Spenders Some home-furnishings companies are treating their best customers a little better than the rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Furnishing Perks Pile Up] Reference

In August, it announced 100 job cuts at its corporate headquarters, citing difficulty in the home-furnishings sector.    From Wordnik.com.  [Restoration Agrees] Reference

Couponcabin. com, offers discounts from more than 900 online merchants, from drugstores to home-furnishings retailers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tips and Sources From Readers] Reference

In March, home-furnishings titan Ikea will open its first Ohio store in suburban West Chester, just outside Cincinnati.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Queen City Builds] Reference

Last week, IKEA, the Swedish home-furnishings company, built a replica of the Oval Office in Washington's Union Station.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Soap, Obama Cookies...] Reference

For the quarter ended May 30, sales at Bed Bath & Beyond rose 2.8%, compared with a drop of 13% for the home-furnishings sector.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slump Spurs Grab for Markets] Reference

Walking away from a showroom with a promise of on-time delivery used to be the most that home-furnishings shoppers could hope for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Furnishing Perks Pile Up] Reference

The home-furnishings retailer's results bolster recent signs that consumers are showing renewed interest in decorating their homes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corporate Watch] Reference

SouFun's website offers real-estate, home-furnishings and home-improvement content and advertisements, as well as property listings.    From Wordnik.com.  [SouFun Opens Up 57% Post-IPO] Reference

It also has overhauled its apparel and home-furnishings division, moving that business to New York and introducing exclusive brands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wal-Mart Tosses a PR 'Jump Ball'] Reference

The Danbury, Conn., home-furnishings company said it continues to work through the challenges of consolidating manufacturing operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Novell Surges 28%; Hovnanian Advances] Reference

Pier 1 Imports Inc. swung to the black in its fiscal second quarter as the home-furnishings retailer reported stronger sales and wider margins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pier 1 Swings To Profit On Sales] Reference

The Zara unit of Inditex SA is one of the world's biggest fashion retailers, and Zara Home is a smaller group of Inditex home-furnishings stores.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corrections & Amplifications] Reference

CustomMade. com, an online directory of custom home-furnishings businesses, currently has more than 1,000 listings, up from just 300 in 2009, says.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Custom' Is Customary] Reference

Today, as the rest of the luxury industry is stripping away layers of bling, the home-furnishings world is focusing on creating a satisfying post-crisis life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Design: Home Sweet Home] Reference

A textile designer and her home-furnishings business manager husband sold both their Norwalk, Conn., and East Hampton houses just to be able to live on the Upper West Side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strike Two for Seinfeld: Radziwill Snubs $19 Million] Reference

The company's fiscal fourth-quarter profit grew 60%, as strong sales indicated momentum in the home-decor sector and market-share gains by the largest U.S. home-furnishings store.    From Wordnik.com.  [Large-Caps Turn It Around: AmEx and Microsoft Gain] Reference