8 lessons in leadership from the fictional Ted Lasso
Writing a biweekly column is a little like playing roulette. Sometimes the little white ball settles into its resting place under the right number: Bingo! …
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.
Capturing the simple pleasures of life at home
Maybe you knew that Ikea’s largest franchisee, Ingka Group, annually conducts a comprehensive, global lifestyle and home survey and report, Life at Home, publishing it in …
Chinese furniture producers expand global manufacturing footprint to Mexico
Number of new companies coming into the market will create high levels of competition for workers, raw materials and business When I covered the industry …
Smarter than you think
Making the most of language generators such as ChatGPT Like other significant moments in technological development as that development relates to knowledge creation – think Wikipedia …
‘Giddy Fortune’s Furious Fickle Wheel’
The past is prologue as drama of 2023 begins While it is true that trends do not follow calendrical cycles, I think popping the shrink …
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Another furniture industry carol
A year ago, I used this space to bring you “The 12 Days of Christmas: A supply chain lament.” Oh, what a difference even one …
RH gets aggressive in tough times
Latest earnings call spells out plans for contemporary product design, digital content development strategy – plus big moves into Europe and the hospitality sector With …
Thinking inside the (cardboard) box
I have a “go-to” joke whenever I meet or am otherwise forced to hang out with financial planners, investment bankers, crypto traders or the like. …
United/Lane workers get a lump of coal for the holidays
A look back at Lane’s 110 years in the furniture business In the heyday of High Point Furniture Markets for this industry watcher, in the …
Disposable furniture is clogging up our landfills
Popularity of ‘fast furniture’ creates an environmental problem of huge proportions Thank goodness that Home News Now is a digital publication because I wouldn’t want …
