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Hardwood Market Outlook: Why Low Supply Could Drive Prices Up in 2026
Over the past 18 months, the hardwood lumber market has faced significant headwinds. Demand has been soft, driven by a slower economy, high interest rates, and ongoing tariffs. These pressures have taken their toll, with many mills closing and overall production likely down by 20% or more since 2023. Adding to the challenge, this past…
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Trump October 2025 Tariffs: What They Mean for Furniture Buyers and the Future of Amish & American-Made Furniture
The U.S. furniture market is bracing for impact. President Donald Trump recently announced an investigation that could lead to new tariffs on imported furniture by October 2025. The move, positioned as a way to bring back manufacturing jobs to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Michigan, could dramatically reshape the industry — from big-box retailers to…
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Wholesale Pricing Now Available to VIZTECH Retailers
Finding a price for Amish made furniture has always been a challenge for retailers – until now! Our team at VIZTECH has worked very hard to develop a system to price out the product catalogs of our builders. This program has been over five years in the making so we are very excited to announce…
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How Tariffs are shaking up the Furniture Industry
Has your furniture website had a recent spike in views and interactions? If so, you’re not the only one. For many American furniture retailers and craftsmen, there has been a shift in their website traffic recently—the cause of the recent surge: the latest tariffs on imported goods. U.S. furniture industry trends are shifting rapidly in response.
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How VIZTECH Changed the Amish Furniture Industry
The Amish furniture industry has long been known for its exceptional craftsmanship, but keeping up with modern business practices was a challenge. From slow catalog updates to outdated sales methods, Amish furniture manufacturers faced significant hurdles in a digital world. That’s where VIZTECH stepped in, transforming the industry by making updates easier, introducing CGI furniture, and implementing new designs.
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New Color Options Tool For Retailer Websites
Our new Color Options API is a must-have tool for websites showcasing Amish-made furniture. This tool combines wood stains, fabric colors, poly colors, and more from various vendors in the Amish furniture industry. All color samples are displayed on a single, easy-to-navigate page, enabling your customers to compare options across vendors. These features make this product an essential resource for your sales toolbox.
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Streamline the Selling Process with a Preferred Dealer Account
A preferred dealer account streamlines the process of accessing builder price lists by eliminating the need for passwords and enabling quicker sales.
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Amish Collective Bridges the Gap for Retailers
As awareness of Amish-made furniture spreads, our team at VIZTECH wants to improve the online presence of our retailers selling this unique furniture. Having offered online resources for builders and retailers, we realize the next step is to connect end consumers with our VIZTECH Furniture Dealers. We’ve created Amish Collective as a service to send…
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Using SEO to Increase Furniture Sales
Increase traffic to your furniture website using SEO technics like generating relevant content and seeking quality backlinks. Whether you do your own website SEO or you hire an agency to help you, it is important to understand the value of having a good SEO strategy and using it to grow your furniture sales.
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The STURDY Act: New Safety Requirements
You’ve probably begun to hear about a new safety requirement for clothing storage units sold on the furniture market. Manufacturers and retailers now know this new federal law as the STURDY Act. Here’s what you need to know about it and how it might affect your business. What is the STURDY Act? The STURDY…
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Why you need a privacy policy for your furniture website
Introduction A privacy policy can be a difficult thing to write. It’s not just something you do every once in a while, it’s something that needs to be updated and managed on an ongoing basis. In this post, we’ll look at why you need a privacy policy for your website, how easy it is to…
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2023 Clothing Storage Unit Standards for Child Safety
Undoubtedly, product safety will always be an important deciding factor for consumers, even in the furniture industry. Due to an ongoing series of child injuries and deaths caused by clothing storage unit tip-overs, the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) has approved new Federal clothing storage unit standards for all furniture that falls under this category.…
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Furniture Designs Trending in 2023
As a retailer and a builder it is important to stay on top of the trends. Here are some of the furniture styles, colors, materials, and hardware we see trending for 2023.
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Are Builders Done Raising Furniture Prices?
The big question our retailers are asking themselves is whether or not wholesale furniture pricing will continue to rise. Here are a few things we are seeing in the industry that could affect the pricing for furniture in the next several months.
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Massive storms blow through northeast Ohio affecting builders
You may have heard of the massive storms that blew through Northeast Ohio bringing winds over 100 mph, hail, and possibly tornadoes. The storms have affected some of our builders in Holmes County as well as our local office in Berlin.
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What is SEO and how can it help your website?
How to improve the search engine optimization of your website: keyword planning, creating content, and creating backlinks.
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Amish Furniture Styles: A Brief Guide
When selling Amish-made furniture you will need to distinguish between the different styles of furniture available and the characteristics unique to each style. There are five main styles of Amish furniture which include traditional, mission, shaker, modern, and rustic.
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What is CGI Furniture?
Here’s why CGI is becoming the new standard for the furniture industry. This new technology makes it easier for furniture manufacturers and retailers to market to their customers.
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