Furniture Today

Furniture Today is a weekly American magazine about the furniture industry.[1] It is part of the Gannett media holding company.

Furniture Today
Editor-in-ChiefBill McLoughlin
CategoriesTrade publication (furniture industry)
FrequencyDaily
PublisherGannett
Founded1976
CompanyGannett
CountryUnited States
Based inGreensboro, North Carolina
LanguageEnglish
Websitefurnituretoday.com
ISSN0194-360X
OCLC60626274

History and profile

Furniture Today was started in 1976.[2] In March 2010 it was acquired by Sandow Media from Reed Business Information.[2] Its offices are in Greensboro, North Carolina.[3] In 2013, the magazine was sold to Progressive Business Media,[4] which is a daughter company of FT Media Holdings. In 2018, Progressive was acquired by BridgeTower Media.[5]

In 2006, it had a circulation of 20,682. The 2006 Marketers Resource Guide wrote that the magazine, then owned by Reed Business Information, "remains a powerful force in the furniture manufacturing industry."[6]

In 2013, the publication was bought by Greensboro, North Carolina-based Progressive Business Media.[7] In November 2018, Progressive Business Media was sold to Minneapolis, Minnesota-based BridgeTower Media, itself part of GateHouse Media, which itself was later merged and rebranded as part of the Gannett media holding company.[7][8]

The magazine is an industry publication.[9]

See also

References
  1. Furniture Today. November 13, 2012 (PDF format) (Archive). Volume 37, No. 11. p. 4.
  2. "SANDOW Acquires the Powerhouse Interior Design Magazine". Sandow. New York. March 18, 2010. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  3. "Contact Us". January 24, 2019.
  4. "Furniture Today Magazine". Nextmark. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  5. "Progressive Business Media Sold to BridgeTower Media". Folio. November 26, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  6. Marketers Resource Guide, p. 39. "Furniture Today [...] URL: www.furnituretoday.com Circulation: 20,682 Ad revenue:[...]" and "Reed Business Information's Furniture Today remains a powerful force in the furniture manufacturing industry."
  7. "Furniture Today, other Triad furnishings publications sold to Minnesota firm". Triad Business Journal. November 19, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  8. Tracy, Marc (November 19, 2018). "Gannett, Now Largest U.S. Newspaper Chain, Targets 'Inefficiencies'". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  9. Price, Wayne T. (November 6, 2013). "With new store, Baer's Furniture Is Bullish on Brevard – Company Rode Out Bad Times with Its 'Smart Retailing'". Florida Today. Retrieved July 11, 2014. "What makes Baer's stand out, said Ray Allegrezza editor-in-chief of Furniture Today magazine, an industry-publication, is that it's a solid and dependable company that knows its target audience."


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