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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 …

The moon or bust: Vietnam’s surprising ascendancy

During a visit to Singapore two decades ago, I asked Larry Moh, founder of Universal Furniture Inds. and a pioneer in Southeast Asian furniture manufacturing, …