by David Farris | Feb 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
You’ve seen it a hundred times.. a client falls in love with a piece of furniture but the manufacturer doesn’t offer COM or you need it in a special size or there’s something about it that’s just not quite perfect. As a design professional...
by David Farris | Feb 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Regardless of your political affiliation, one thing is certain – it appears that tariffs are headed our way, again. Despite what some may say, tariffs are taxes paid by the company or person that brings an item into the country, not by the country or vendor...
by David Farris | Nov 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
There is no bigger compliment than receiving the referral of an existing customer or fan. As a small, family owned and operated business we do not have the big budgets and sales force to attract new buyers – we have to rely on the help of our friends and...
by David Farris | Oct 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
The most confounding part of this crazy business is lead times. Not only are designers forced to worry about getting their clients to actually make a decision but then they have to enter the lead-time-labyrinth to coordinate fabrics, furniture, shipping and finally...
by David Farris | Oct 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Fall Market 2024 is right around the corner and we want to be part of your Market Plan! After last Fall Market we made the difficult decision to close our showroom on N Wrenn St. (that little space cost us more than $60K per year!) but we still want to see you! Please...
by David Farris | Nov 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
A few weeks after Market I had the pleasure of being a guest on The Pearl Collective’s podcast. We filled the hour with a bunch of information about Ted Scott Designs, how we run the company and why our business model is so different than other factories. More...
