It’s no secret that the home furnishings industry is male-dominated.
And while organizations like WithIt are working to change that, we all have a part to play.
The FAM recently read a news story about how American Freight Furniture and Mattress was recently ordered to pay $5 million in monetary relief and provide job opportunities to women who were denied hiring in sales or warehouse jobs at the company.
But even more important than the fact that American Freight was wrong to do this, we need to focus on why companies should be looking to hire women.
