Homestead House Goes Outside: Fraser/Young Is the First Shop for Retailer

Furniture retailer Homestead House has hired Fraser/Young as its first ad agency, following a search. Billings are estimated at $3-5 million.
Fraser/Young, Santa Monica, Calif., competed for the business against DavisElen in Los Angeles and at least one undisclosed Orange County, Calif., shop, sources said. Homestead’s advertising was previously handled in-house.
The Denver-based client operates 21 stores, primarily in Southern California, as well as in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Homestead is one of a number of furniture retailers looking to boost share in a market that has suffered as the average price consumers are willing to pay has dropped.