B. Riley’s bevy of bad news threatens to topple organization
Even the borrowed time might be running out for B. Riley, the boutique investment bank in the middle of the Conn’s bankruptcy, the sale of …
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.
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 …
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 …
