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May's retail sales figures seem to show U.S. consumers are losing their drive to shop, but some of the weakness can be blamed on the calendar. A closer look shows consumers are actually becoming more willing to pony up at the cash register again.

With 68% of Americans overweight, our furniture is growing, too. In the plus-size furniture market, where consumers are promised comfort as well as measured load-bearing performance, online retailers are stealing the lunch of brick-and-mortar stores.

Signing the dotted line on the first apartment is only the beginning of independent living. Gone are the luxuries of furnished dorms, but then again, so are those hefty on-campus housing rates. You might be glad to leave behind that standardized wooden dorm furniture and express your inner...

Woah! Cost Plus World Market is having a huge online furniture sale. Get 25% off furniture with coupon code NOVFURNAF. If you click on the above link the coupon code should automagically appear when you put an item into your shopping cart. You can also get free shipping on purchases over...

Restoration Hardware has always been known as the place to go for high-end door-knockers and expensive leather-upholstered armchairs. And now it's about to get even pricier. The closely held company is raising its prices by an average of 20% to 30%, taking a strategic tack that seeks to...

Joe Ley has been selling antiques in Louisville, Kentucky for 43 years, and he's seen his revenue drop 20% in the past year. He also has a bit of an issue with the way people shop for furniture these days: "Kids today are buying things made of pressed cardboard imported from Thailand instead of...

This is just one of the Innovative Ways to Stimulate the Economy suggested by DailyFinance contributors. See them all. One potential, additional source of stimulus for the U.S. economy would be for states to eliminate the sales tax, at least temporarily. However, given the complexity of sales tax...

Overstock is one of my least favorite companies on the planet for a whole bunch of reasons but I have no problem shopping there. Why? They've lost about a quarter of a billion dollars since inception, so it's not like people shopping there is really doing them any good.But this corner desk is...

Staycation has become the marketing buzzword of the season. I've been guilty of using it in writing myself, but last night I was watching TV and a commercial came on that made me think it's all gone too far. The furniture store Raymour and Flanigan was having a Staycation Sale. "Gas prices put the...

If you've been waiting for the market for Victorian furniture to weaken, now is your time to pounce. Antique prices are finally falling, reports the Wall Street Journal [or here if you don't have a subscription]. They point to a 19th century Chippendale-style desk that only sold for $14,000, but...