American Freight sues Wayfair for hijacking bedding trademark
AF Newco claims that it flagged the practice to Wayfair in an August 2025 demand letter WILMINGTON, Del. — AF Newco, the company that emerged …
Author: Brian Carroll
Brian Carroll covered the international home furnishings industry for 15 years as a reporter, editor and photographer. He chairs the Department of Communication at Berry College in Northwest Georgia, where he has been a professor since 2003.
B. Riley’s latest 10-Q shows recovery
Kahn hangover, however, continues Is the glass half-full or half-empty? It depends on whether you are drinking or pouring, right? B. Riley Financial, which re-branded …
Ethan Allen, cricket and melting ice cubes
DANBURY, Conn. — Few people in our industry command as much respect as Farooq Kathwari, and with good reason. A genuine Kashmiri fighter, he took …
Palliser Furniture shuts down all Mexico manufacturing
Plus, an update on the Old Hickory Tannery shooting and its aftermath SALTILLO, Coahuila — Palliser Furniture’s Mexican manufacturing arm operated by Matamoros Holdings ceased …
Ashley quietly enters Nicaragua
No stores or sleep shops slated for Antarctica — yet We know about Ashley’s new 7,500-square-foot HomeStore in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, because the company issued …
Legal roundup: MotoMotion shareholders OK expansion, capital restructuring
And Buddy Mac debtors respond to US trustee’s motion to dismiss CHANGZHOU, China – As expected, the shareholders of Changzhou Jiangxin Homefurnishings Co., the Chinese furniture …
Dispatches from Berlin: Demand for furniture soft
Also, a roundup of news updates on Ikea Germany BERLIN — A study abroad trip planted me in Germany’s capital for a month, and when …
MotoMotion amends Q3 2024 statement after court finds commercial disparagement
The reason: The vagaries of Chinese libel law and a cup holder design lawsuit in the US Changzhou Jiangxin Zhuju Intelligent Home Furnishing Co., the …
US trustee seeks dismissal of Buddy Mac bankruptcy case
‘Chronic’ financial reporting failures spur motion DALLAS — The federal watchdog overseeing Buddy Mac Holdings’s two bankruptcy cases is asking a judge to throw the case …
MotoMotion pivot: Board OKs expansion, corporate restructuring
However, there is no mention of its acquisition of Palliser in any company board proceedings CHANGZHOU, China — Changzhou MotoMotion Smart Home, a Shenzhen-listed manufacturer …
