Franchise Group files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
With court approval, retailer American Freight is expected to shut down immediately, while other brands including Buddy’s Home Furnishings will continue operations as part 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.
Big Lots, B. Riley each forge a path forward
If your company begins with the letter “B,” there’s a decent chance it’s been in the news this week. On Tuesday you read about the new …
To Infinity and Beyond: Bed Bath & Beyond’s evolution continues
Terminating your chief product officer without cause, laying off a fifth of your workforce and selling your headquarters: These are not typically the hallmarks of …
5 key takeaways regarding AI and its implications for the industry
It’s market time, which even simply stating elicits floods of memories. A few of these echoes from High Points past feature a podium and me …
B. Riley and ex Franchise Group execs each take bold steps
Fallout from B. Riley-Franchise Group dealings continues Only 10 months has elapsed since Conn’s acquired Badcock from Franchise Group in an all-stock deal. Oh, but …
Subpoenas issued in class action lawsuit against Franchise Group, B. Riley
We reported in July the lawsuit brought against the Franchise Group, B. Riley Financial and former FRG CEO Brian Kahn by “former FRG investors,” including and …
Ikea’s ideas: Drones, pop-ups, resellers, renewables
We’ve lamented in this space before about the absence of an after-market of meaningful scale for furniture, a marketplace offering a bit more than the …
Breaking down the Big Lots bankruptcy
They say a single death is a tragedy; multiple deaths are a sanitation problem. Here in the furniture sector, we have what increasingly looks like …
Too big to fail? B. Riley, Franchise Group granted reprieves
Since missing the deadline last month to file its second-quarter financials, announcing its largest quarterly loss in company history and disclosing that it is under …
A story of crime, corruption and intrigue in an old prison furniture factory
Summer is the time for binge reading, and when I read history, I read all of the footnotes. I’m interested in the sources, the marginalia, the parentheticals. …
