A deep dive into Article’s expansion on the West Coast
The plans illustrate how the dot-com brick-and-mortar boom continues in home furnishings VANCOUVER Back in February, we broke down Wayfair’s flywheel strategy that combines e-commerce, a smart …
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Lessons from the frontier: Where AI might be taking us
A few thoughts on the 1st semester teaching a college course on AI MOUNT BERRY, Ga. — The best days for educators are those when …
Retailers versus manufacturers: Adjudicating who should get tariff refunds
Though this column is guaranteed to offend, the intent is to foster conversation While I teach a law course, I am not a lawyer. I …
MotoMotion’s market mojo dissected
A deep dive on Palliser Furniture’s new ‘partner’ Nature abhors a vacuum, and humans don’t like it one little bit, either. So, in the absence …
Making sense of the Banner House, La-Z-Boy deal
HIGH POINT — When Banner House announced a week ago that it had agreed to acquire American Drew and Kincaid from La-Z-Boy, news coverage outside …
New Franchise Group agrees to end legal battles
Lawsuit against B. Riley also is dismissed WILMINGTON, Del. – The reorganized debtor Franchise Group and AF Newco agreed to drop their lawsuits, filing a …
Despite sales dip, RH betting big on physical-first long game
RH’s spending frenzy continues, debt beginning to mount CORTE MADERA, Calif. RH is set to officially open this month its latest European flagship inside a …
Taking the evidence wall down: The tragedy of Franchise Group
1 last column explaining in narrative form the saga of FRG-B. Riley-Conn’s-Badcock-Buddy Mac-AF Newco/Phonix RBS A common visual trope in procedural crime dramas, a genre …
Is platform ‘enshittification’ Wayfair’s destiny?
Or, alternatively, can the e-commerce leader avoid the plight that plagues all the largest digital platforms we use every day? BOSTON — Exactly a month …
Buddy Mac bankruptcy sale still facing hurdles
Former Big Lots becoming an ICE detention center? DALLAS — Although the bankruptcy court here has approved the sale of what’s left of Buddy Mac …
