Old Hickory president charged with 2nd degree murder
Court dispute preceded fatal shooting that left business partner dead NEWTON, N.C. The news last week that Old Hickory Tannery’s Willard Gary Black had been …
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Kmart makes a new splash in furniture
Ashley also sells off Spanaway distribution facility for more than $200 million For this week’s column, we go to the foreign news desk to take …
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 …
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 …
