Movers, Shakers and the return of Nichols & Stone
A look at another enduring American furniture style I read with interest Stickley’s announcement that production of Nichols & Stone dining sets has resumed, this …
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.
Furniture merely a pawn in geopolitical chess match
Biden seeks a counter-balance to China’s influence in Asia In Washington, D.C., what isn’t said is often as important as anything spoken or published. In …
Entering an age of transparency
Third in a two-part series on supply chains One of the buzzwords in higher education is “high impact learning” or, as my institution acronymized it, …
Blog: The furniture industry’s tough week on Wall Street
And that’s before last week’s market rout; looking for good news heading into summer A trophic cascade of woes is throwing gasoline on what previously …
He did it his way: A tribute
Ol’ Blue Eyes and Bleeding Dodger Blue If you don’t like either Sinatra or baseball, this column isn’t for you. You don’t have to like …
Blog: ‘I don’t want to scare anyone’
Gary Friedman, CEO of luxury retailer RH, appears to do just that with earnings call comments that have Wall Street (and the furniture industry) talking …
Blog: Home furnishings, corporate speech and a new law in Florida
Furniture companies in the Sunshine State should proceed with caution At a time when many, if not most, big U.S. companies are promoting diversity, including …
Bauhaus at 100
Celebrating another of furniture’s enduring style categories As I write, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is dominating the news, driving up oil prices and reminding us …
A Covid pulse check on Ikea’s 5-year plan
New stores imminent in San Francisco and South America; price hikes on the way In October 2018, roughly 18 months before Covid first asserted itself …
Blog: New metrics needed for market success
‘Traffic is down, but orders are up’ a mantra in need of retirement “We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.” — John Naisbitt, …
