We are hosting a call on the furniture industry with Jason Shefrin, CEO of Ubique Group. Ubique Group is a Georgia-based leading furniture e-commerce and consortium of online brands (Merrick Lane, Emma & Oliver, others). Ubique Group has about 4,000 home furnishing SKUs and 300 employees. In addition to its own e-commerce presence Ubique has significant exposure to Wayfair, Houzz, One Kings Lane, and Perigold.
Mr. Shefrin will provide insight and opinion into the potential impacts of the recently announced tariffs on the furniture industry, recent trends in consumer demand, direct site sales vs. sales through e-commerce channels (Wayfair), which brands are best and worst position including Restoration Hardware, Arhaus and private label.