Mixing metaphors: The attention economy and the experience economy
More reasons why the metaverse is worth our attention In the last column, we looked at the metaverse with respect mainly to what is called …
Category: Retail
Retail category is about stores and their stories.
City Furniture acquires minority stake in PeakActivity
TAMARAC, Fla. — City Furniture has taken a minority ownership stake in digital technology services company PeakActivity. PeakActivity said that it will use the investment to …
How things changed for Home Consignment Center after the CSC Generation deal
And a look at how they didn’t change may offer a glimpse into what CSC was aiming for with its failed bid to buy Flexsteel …
August furniture store sales slip 1.6% YOY, down 1.3% from July
WASHINGTON — Furniture and home furnishings store sales finally hit the wall last month, down 1.6% from August a year ago, according to the U.S. …
The inevitability of the metaverse
Competing in the ‘attention economy’ Earlier this month, HNN Executive Editor Clint Engel warned us against getting sucked into the vortex of hype surrounding what …
Retailer takeaways from the summer buying group expos
HIGH POINT — Two of the industry’s largest buying groups just concluded their big summer shows — Nationwide Marketing Group’s PrimeTime in Orlando, Fla., and …
Retailers get aggressive with Labor Day promotions
Many in the industry have been talking about Labor Day for weeks, even months on end, hoping for a holiday weekend extravaganza that will clear …
Broad River’s outdoor category grows double digits
What a difference a year can make in outdoor retail. A 19 percentage point difference, as it turns out. A year ago, Broad River Retail, …
Getting real in the metaverse
Psst … over here … I’ve got a chair in the metaverse with your name on it I’ve been reading and hearing a lot about …
Exclusive research shows brick-and-mortar stores still key in shopping journey
As much as we talk about consumers moving to online shopping, brick-and-mortar stores remain an important stop on their home furnishings buying journey, according to …
