Former Buddy’s franchisees file to recover last settlement payment from escrow
Who is steering the ship at what was Franchise Group? A group of former Buddy’s Home Furnishings franchise operators has filed a motion in Delaware …
Category: Brian Carroll
Remembering Sofa Super Store and the Charleston 9
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Just days before many of us fired up the grill for what I hope was a fun Fourth, two firefighters in Idaho …
Books to take to the beach
The summer months bring with them the promise of uninterrupted reading, preferably at the beach, ideally under an umbrella in a lounge chair with a …
Ashley expansion continues with new west Florida distribution center, Las Vegas store
LAKELAND, Fla. — With 75 stores to serve in Florida, Ashley Furniture has acquired a 705,000-square-foot facility in Lakeland, Florida, between Tampa and Orlando, according …
Smarter than you think
Making the most of language generators such as ChatGPT Like other significant moments in technological development as that development relates to knowledge creation – think Wikipedia …
In photos: What’s selling in Ireland
Home News Now contributor Brian Carroll checked out the retail furniture scene Galway, Ireland during a month-long multimedia journalism trip with college students this summer. …
Blog: Market quotes to live by
Remembering some of the crazy-ass things people have said With the High Point market in the books and, therefore, now another industry memory, I determined …
Blog: Postcards from the corner of High Point and Hollywood
Remembering a few ‘brushes with the stars’ If you’re familiar with “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” the parlor game in which any actor can be …
Blog: ‘We don’t manufacture anything!’
How furniture today is like a pair of Air Jordans, and not in a good way Thomasville upholstery on sale at Costco? Broyhill available exclusively …
Paying it forward: Mentorship the glue of the industry
Mike Genrich’s passing reminds us of the industry’s enduring humanity By Brian Carroll When Home News Now publisher Rick Harrison asked whether I might be …
