2 Retail Home Furnishing Stocks in Focus Despite Industry Challenges
The Fed's decision to hold interest rates steady and consumers' cautious approach for future business conditions are concerns for the Zacks Retail-Home Furnishings industry players. Continued investments in e-commerce, high operating expenses and higher raw material costs in the home furnishing market are added headwinds. Nonetheless, consumers' increasing desire for shopping, efficient cost management, a persistent focus on product innovation, efforts to redesign the supply-chain network and rationalize pr ...