January 12, 2018

CBRE Furniture Forum – What’s Next?

Work Design Magazine’s Elise Shapiro reflects on CBRE’s Furniture Forum 2.0 and discusses what’s next in our industry. After following up with WHA’s Scott Delano and Haworth’s Jill Stewart, it was concluded that there is room to develop better strategies and to lead to a holistic change in industry best practices.

 

Here is an overview of their ideas:

• The goal is to provide the best client experience.
• Early on-boarding of a furniture dealer streamlines projects.
• Building a better project team is critical.
• Consider factors such as the best approach to leverage dealer networks, available pricing and discount structures, the best fit for project requirements, and the evolving discussion around overall furniture selection.

 

Read the full piece here.