Hotel procurement looks glamorous on mood boards—until you’re the one trying to hit an opening date with six vendors, three finish approvals, and a shipment that can’t be late. That pressure isn’t slowing down. Lodging Econometrics has projected that global hotel openings remain high, including thousands of new hotels and
Hospitality buying isn’t like home décor retail. Your customer doesn’t “own” the piece—they experience it, repeatedly, under real wear. That means every item you place into a hotel program has to do two jobs at once: look premium on day one, and stay operational after thousands of touches. That’s why
Hospitality buying is different from home retail. Your customer doesn’t “own” the piece—they experience it, repeatedly, at scale. That means every ottoman, every mirror, and every finish choice has to do two jobs at once: look premium on day one, and stay operational after thousands of touches. That’s why buyers
In a home mall environment, the fastest-selling accents aren’t always the boldest. They’re the pieces shoppers touch without thinking—then immediately look for a price tag. A great shearling-style ottoman is built for that exact moment: tactile comfort, premium texture, and a small footprint that slips into almost any floor set.
Interior designers rarely lose trust because a room looks wrong on day one. They lose time, margin, and credibility when the second shipment doesn’t match the first—when the sample was perfect, but the bulk order arrives almost the same. Ottomans are where this breaks quietly. They’re small, movable, and constantly
