Vietnamese furniture manufacturers set their sights on Mexico
Following up on an earlier report in February on Chinese furniture manufacturers aggressively setting up production in Mexico, we turn our attention to Vietnam. Manufacturers there have …
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.
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! …
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 …
