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 …
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.
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 …
The e-commerce clock is TikToking …
Social media giant taps into FOMO — the Fear of Missing Out What do 57-year-olds do when their daughters send them TikToks? Ignore them, mostly. …
Washington’s great ‘undoings’
An update on legal maneuverings that could impact home furnishings From visions of the utopian omniverse of the past few columns, we turn to the …
Immersive ‘experiences’ blend physical, digital worlds
Consumers will find themselves at the center of these technologies aimed at maximizing their spending at retail In the past few days, I’ve toured a …
Mixing metaphors: The attention economy and the experience economy
More reasons why the metaverse is worth our attention In the last column, we looked at the metaverse with respect mainly to what is called …
The inevitability of the metaverse
Competing in the ‘attention economy’ Earlier this month, HNN Executive Editor Clint Engel warned us against getting sucked into the vortex of hype surrounding what …
Making sense of CSC Generation’s buyout offer of Flexsteel
Just who is ‘No Comment’ king Justin Yoshimura? This past week, CSC Generation initiated an unsolicited takeover bid of Flexsteel with an offer of $20.80 …
Roles and titles as prophecy
You are who and what you are called My best friend growing up liked to call me Word Man. When I said something he believed …
Learning from Ikea’s long game and ‘glocal’ sourcing strategy for India
A snapshot of furniture retailing in one of the world’s largest markets Reading through the various reports on the opening of Ikea’s 460,000-square-foot store in …
