As many of our furniture blog readers know, we at CORT are big fans of the home staging industry. A couple weeks ago we mentioned CORT would claim the top VIP sponsor slot at the Real Estate Staging Association international conference in Las Vegas this year. Well, the big event took place earlier this week (beginning Sunday Jan. 23 through Tuesday Jan. 25), and it was a great success. Home stagers from all over converged at the Treasure Island resort for three days of learning and networking with industry leaders. A panel of expert guest speakers enlightened the attendees on a variety of topics. Notable presenters included Dan Eason, Alice T. Chan and Jackson West, with a keynote speech by none other than Matthew Finlason of HGTV show The Stagers. Home staging topics ranged from inventory management, sales influence and growing your business, to creative discussions of color trends and use of accessories to make any home pop. There were ample opportunities to network at the conference, which was a learning experience in and of itself for attendees. Of course, CORT had a major presence at the event. Our home staging furniture is a fantastic, convenient option for stagers across …
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In many of our furniture rental blog posts, we refer to the broad selection of styles available in CORT’s huge inventory of rental and clearance furniture. We believe in good design and offering pieces that deliver in terms of both form and function. With such a diverse customer base, it’s crucial that we stock furniture pieces that suit many different tastes. Ultimately, we have American furniture designers to thank for dictating the interior style trends we embrace every day. The contemporary furniture design field is converging to discuss the state of the industry this month at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. The series of panel discussions, called “The Home Front: American Furniture Now,” will run through April. It will be guest curated by Surface Magazine Editor-in-Chief Dan Rubinstein and feature speakers ranging from retail store owners to architects and educators. The goal is to allow voices representing varying sides of the industry a chance to engage with each other and the public. The first discussion, featuring a round table of retail taste-makers, took place on Jan. 13. It was an opportunity for designers to understand how to get noticed by retail venues, in terms of …
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Our home staging furniture service is one of the many useful ways CORT can assist with your move to a new home. The process of selling your current or former home can feel long-winded. If you aren’t aware of home staging as an effective technique for home selling, start doing some research and decide whether you’ll opt to hire a professional stager or do the work yourself. We recommend seeking the advice of an experienced stager to help maximize the saleability of your property and get it off the market quickly, for the best price possible. Time and time again, the strategic use of home staging furniture and accessories have made an impact on home buyers and improved turnaround times. CORT supports the home staging industry in several ways. We help connect consumers to approved stagers, and vice versa. We offer amazing deals on quality home staging furniture rental, available with flexible lease terms to suit the needs of any independent home seller or staging company. As always, this includes home furniture delivery and setup within 48 hours. Additionally, we support home stagers by partnering with organizations like the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) to sponsor exciting events like their …
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The buzz around the practice of home staging isn’t quieting any time soon— because it works! CORT is thrilled to be a top resource of home staging furniture and more for both professional stagers and independent home sellers. The practice has been proven to help sell homes on the market faster. The goal is to furnish and decorate a home in a neutral, appealing way so it will appear more attractive and homey to potential buyers. Staging helps buyers visualize themselves and their families in a home more readily, improving its saleability. Home staging is a form of artful merchandising that takes a keen eye and the right home staging furniture to achieve desired looks. When hiring a home stager, look for one with a strong understanding of modern preferences and popular design that appeals to a wide variety of tastes. CORT hosts a network of professional stagers with strong experience in preparing homes for resale. Most home buyers decide whether or not they like a property within ten seconds, so first impressions are key. Our qualified home stagers can even help enhance curb-appeal for an attractive exterior and interior experience. If you’re comfortable staging your own home, there are …
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Many people recognize us as a trusted furniture rental company, and our clearance furniture business is an extension of that commitment to quality and service. At CORT Clearance Centers, you’ll discover amazing deals on furniture and accessories that were previously rented by folks who needed furniture on a temporary basis. When the items are returned to us, we offer them for sale at up to 70% off retail prices. Buying CORT clearance furniture means great savings on gently used furniture that has been carefully cleaned, reconditioned and repaired when necessary. Our home furniture rental customers rely on CORT to get them through relocations and temporary assignments, and the convenience is passed on at our Clearance Centers. We boast a huge inventory and great selection of clearance furniture for your home or office. All the items in our stores are priced for value based on physical condition of each piece. We use clear labels to connote condition on every tag in the store, using our useful letter system. Furniture is deemed showroom condition (A), near showroom condition (B), noticeably worn (C) or damaged or distressed (D). With our complete range of living room, dining room and bedroom furniture sets, you’re sure to …
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We’re excited to announce a new initiative that partners CORT Furniture with educational institutions to provide valuable student furniture solutions. At a time when revenue is down at many colleges and universities, we’re launching our Partner Referral Program. It will provide these important establishments with a new source of revenue from a previously untapped market— off-campus student living. There are millions of college students living in off-campus apartments and rented houses, and they require temporary furnishing options on flexible terms. This new program enables universities to connect students with solutions from CORT, while earning schools a profit for every referral. The participating school simply posts our furniture rental services listing along with off-campus housing information on the school website. The listing features a call to action that connects students to view furniture options online or speak with a CORT representative. For every student who uses this listing to access our services and secure a student furniture rental lease, the referring school will receive $75. It’s our way of rewarding the school for promoting our services. Meanwhile, students and parents benefit from the convenience of high-quality CORT student furniture rental. We’re enabling schools to provide this additional, valuable service to students. CORT provides …
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As an employer considering relocation services offerings for effective deployment of talent abroad, there are many crucial considerations. As we discussed last week, providing valuable core services is a strong incentive for employees to make this huge life change. When you do what you can to ease the lifestyle transition and maximize convenience for employees, the quality of work and overall success of the deployment is likewise maximized. CORT’s menu of relocation services feature flexible options you can incorporate into your offerings. When you’ve designed a strong and flexible policy, employees will be less reluctant to take on an international assignment. With the right planning and consideration of the many variable factors of relocation, your company will see a successful deployment unfold. Everything from family profile, departure and destination locales, culture and language considerations, and defined length of the assignment must weigh in. A CORT representative can help you put it all together. Give your employees the chance to choose their ideal neighborhood when you provide the option of unfurnished apartments or rental houses for long-term assignments. They are more cost-effective and homey than temporary solutions like extended hotel stay. They’re also a bit more private and cozy than some corporate …
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It’s become increasingly common for companies in all types of industries to branch out in global markets. This frequently means internationally relocating employees and their families. Quality relocation services are needed to make this huge logistical undertaking as seamless as possible. In many cases, this includes renting apartments or homes and providing furniture and home accessory rentals. These cost-effective solutions provide the deployed employee with services that ease the major transition of moving to a foreign country. Choosing CORT relocation services means more convenience to your company and to deployed employees. According to the Worldwide Employee Relocation Council, or ERC, more than 1.5 million workers relocate for their jobs annually. As globalization surges forward, relocations are on the rise. When a company deploys teams of strong talent to work on special projects abroad, it builds international business relationships. Meanwhile, your company benefits from multi-cultural perspectives. The challenge is finding and holding onto those talented employees who are willing to take on the challenge of relocating abroad. It is crucial to offer valuable relocation services, which make deployment with your company much more attractive. Unfortunately, demographic trends are shifting away from the strong company loyalty that encourages talented employees to follow …
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When you think of the U.S. Census, the thought of clearance furniture may not be the first to come to mind. But now, with the CORT rental furniture used to execute this year’s Census being returned to our warehouses, the correlation runs deep. We’re excited to offer some incredible deals on both rental and retail clearance furniture from our inventories of Census furniture in many cities nationwide. If your business, organization or even your home office is in need of high-quality furnishings at a great value, this is the opportunity of the decade. The U.S. Census is a huge logistical undertaking that requires the services of a qualified furniture rental operation with large-scale experience. CORT deftly serviced the operation, furnishing hundreds of temporary offices in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The furnishings used in these Census offices is high-quality and only lightly used, so instead of storing it back at our warehouses, we’re making it available at amazing clearance furniture discounts to the public. The practice of counting every individual resident of the U.S. has been going on since 1790, occurring every ten years. The Census is a means of recording an accurate population count and survey of households. The results …
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If you’re planning a move, worrying about rental furniture is not likely to be on the top of your impressive to-do list, but it’s likely in there somewhere.
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