Judge removes Franchise Group legal team
An auction now is likely of FRG assets including Buddy’s Home Furnishings and American Freight DELAWARE, Ohio — After a fast, even frenetic start to …
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.
Coroner’s report: Bargain Hunt latest to file bankruptcy
Almost directly adjacent to the Big Lots here in Rome, Georgia, is Bargain Hunt. Less than two blocks in the other direction is, or was …
Postcards from Las Vegas
Notes from the January furniture market LAS VEGAS — We can have fun in such different ways, and few places put this on such gaudy, …
Additional subpoenas served in FRG investigations
LA Times report notes that B. Riley Financial and Chairman Bryant Riley are fully cooperating with the SEC LOS ANGELES — Bankruptcy court documents show …
Thinking through the proposed tariffs
Vietnam, India, Mexico among the chief beneficiaries President Trump has proposed applying a 60% levy on all Chinese goods imported to the U.S., a tariff …
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Tariffs: Another furniture industry carol
Two years ago, I used this space to bring you a home furnishings twist on “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” This reprise came a …
Big Lots deal with Nexus Capital falls through
Retail chain could be liquidated as early as Feb. 1 if deal can’t be salvaged or no new buyer emerges WILMINGTON, Del. — Nexus Capital …
The drive to succeed: Partnering with automakers
As loyal readers know, I teach undergraduates in communication, including a course called Visual Rhetoric. One of our topics in the course is “Artful Design,” …
A docket of Thanksgiving ‘blessings’
Checking in on the many complex bankruptcies besetting the industry As we sit down for some Thanksgiving turkey, I’m grateful I own no stock in …
Franchise Group Chapter 11 barrels forward
Just two days before Election Day, on Sunday, and fairly late in the day, the Franchise Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a …
