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Silica For Your Home Hosts Nationwide Marketing Group Members and Leadership for Two-Day Peer Learning Experience

The visit included a tour of Silica’s flagship store and warehouse in Fond du Lac, WI, and a presentation covering key business metrics and insights.

2025 Fall Sales Performance Recap and Holiday Retail Forecast

Read this comprehensive overview of fall promotional period results for Amazon Prime Day and the independent channel, plus a roundup of holiday retail predictions for 2025.

Top Furniture Trends at High Point Market: Fall 2025

See the latest trends in home furnishings from the Fall 2025 High Point Furniture Market, spotted by the Nationwide Marketing Group team.

4 Ideas to Drive Traffic on Small Business Saturday

Looking for ways to leverage Small Business Saturday this year? We’ve got you covered.  But first, here’s a brief history of the annual event — held the Saturday after Thanksgiving — that encourages consumers to support the independent retail channel.  First observed...

Recapping the Houzz 2025 U.S. Fall Design Trend Report

A quick overview of the top five fall design trends of 2025, and why they matter to independent retailers in the home category.

Split Head Versus Full Split Mattress

Learn the difference between each mattress type, along with the answers to common FAQs about split mattresses and adjustable bases.

PrimeTime Economic Mainstage Recap with Wells Fargo: August 2025

Read this high-level recap on the state of the economy, presented in Nashville by Nicole Cervi of Wells Fargo. Topics include housing, inflation, and tariffs.

What Is Scent Marketing? And Can It Really Boost Sales?

Learn the science and strategy behind scent marketing, backed by research that shows the link between smell and consumer purchase behavior.

Independent Retail Performance for Labor Day 2025

See how NMG independent retailers in the appliance category outperformed the industry in sales during the Labor Day promo period.

2025–2026 Trends: Home Appliances

See the list of top home appliance trends for 2025 in the kitchen and laundry categories — including innovations and lifestyle preferences.

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Reimagine Your Retail Strategy with New Verticals

Reimagine Your Retail Strategy with New Verticals

While not all retailers have the consumer demographics or square footage to consider more brands, more products, and new categories, all stores can envision using technology and devices that that can offer other products in your store.

Member Spotlight: cyberManor

Member Spotlight: cyberManor

Gordon van Zuiden, owner and founder of Los Gatos, California-based integration firm cyberManor, took a different path into the world of custom integration.

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37: Google Chats About COVID’s Impact on Retail and Search Trends

37: Google Chats About COVID’s Impact on Retail and Search Trends

Ahead of the final quarter of 2020, we sat down with Patrick Tam, strategic partner manager at Google, to talk about trends in e-commerce and search that he’s been following and how COVID-19 has impacted them. Nationwide Marketing Group President of Digital & Technology Dev Mukherjee also joins in on the conversation.

36: Celebrating 130 Years in Business with Greer’s Home Furnishings

36: Celebrating 130 Years in Business with Greer’s Home Furnishings

Greer’s Home Furnishings first opened its doors in Loudon, Tennessee, in August of 1890. As the local retailer celebrates a major milestone, we caught up with three generations of the family-owned operation — which remains in the Greer lineage.

35: Talking with Element Electronics About Their Expansion Into Home Appliances with Nationwide

35: Talking with Element Electronics About Their Expansion Into Home Appliances with Nationwide

Element Electronics Co-president Vlad Kazhdan jumps onto the Independent Thinking Podcast to talk about the brand’s move into the home appliance industry. Element and Nationwide Marketing Group have partnered to roll out a new line of Element appliances exclusively for Nationwide dealers.

34: Fred’s Appliances Shoots On the Challenges in the Retail Supply Chain and More

34: Fred’s Appliances Shoots On the Challenges in the Retail Supply Chain and More

Troy Varness, general manager of Spokane-based retailer Fred’s Appliances, shares his experience running an appliance shop during COVID-19 and the challenges they’ve had to overcome in recent weeks. He also shares his experience as an early adopter of the NMG-exclusive Assortment Rationalization Tool.

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