Lingering questions about the Conn’s bankruptcy
The web of financial ties and interests that connect the Franchise Group, B. Riley, Conn’s and Badcock is thick and, like a spider web, somewhat …
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.
The road to ruin: A deep dive into the Conn’s, Badcock bankruptcy
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – You wouldn’t blame the good people in Arcadia, Wisconsin, for popping open some bubbly and celebrating like navy sailors in Manhattan …
Global expansion under way at upper-end furniture company Paola Lenti
VIENNA — A sun-drenched courtyard punctuated with rockets of foliage beckoned us off the streets of Vienna into an inviting, contemplative showroom space that is …
A Kahn Game: Intrigue and mystery behind the Conn’s-Badcock-FRG deal
You might remember that back in January, we pinboarded the mystery of the all-stock swap that sent Badcock Home Furnishings to Conn’s in exchange for …
Notes from Vienna: Celebrating women in furniture design
VIENNA – Last month, this column took you to Seestadt here in Austria’s capital for a peek at the future of the home. This week, we head …
The soul-less profiteering of container carriers
A news item published by Bloomberg tells us all we need to know about the supposed container shortage on the world’s oceans, a pirate problem …
The future of the home: Smart, sensible, sustainable
VIENNA — “We’re sending you back to the future, Marty!” My name isn’t Marty, but now I can say that I’ve been to the future. …
‘OK, kids. Time to go to bed!’
Children’s furniture source Nugget Comfort unintentionally finds itself a star of the sex furniture trade You’re not going to believe me, but I had no …
Why Kim Kardashian is good for the furniture industry
Now that’s a headline I never thought I would write. Famous for basically being famous, Kardashian is that quintessentially American phenomenon: A celebrity spawned by …
Big Lots annual report shows 13.6% drop in overall sales, 16% decline in furniture
Soft retail sales, store closures and Universal shutdown contributed to loss, company says After posting unaudited financials in early March, Big Lots now has filed …
