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The landscape is changing for independently-run furniture retailers. Competition has heated up as e-commerce retailers like Wayfair continue to increase in popularity while more big-box retailers are boosting their furniture inventory. Those changes and more are forcing those smaller retailers…

On this month's Small Business Spotlight podcast, Crain's reporter Jay Davis talks with Ray Zerki, president of the family-owned 5th Avenue Furniture in Detroit that opened in 2003.Locally, furniture stores have had a rough few years. Zerki shares the tactics he uses to expand clientele and grow…