The Dallas Total Home & Gift Market opened this week as the...
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The Right Change at the Right Time for The Inspired Home Show
Change is a complicated concept in business. The sudden, radical...
Moving On From Inevitable Demise of Bed Bath & Beyond Still Hurts
The Bed Bath & Beyond saga has long had the feeling of a gravely...
Don’t Let Supply Chain Pressure Delay Progress
Skyrocketing freight rates, container shortages, port backlogs and myriad other supply chain snags are all severe...
Levi’s and Gap: A Classic Fit for the Home
In case you weren’t paying attention, classic is cool again. The pandemic provided an unexpected opportunity...
The Party Is On Again
My wife and I, like everyone, had to forgo many things the past 15 months. One thing our family and friends seemed to...
Off-Price Rethinks Its E-Commerce Resistance
Off-price retailing for years has been an immovable brick-and-mortar object against the irresistible force of...
Food52 Cooks Up a Surprise
Recent news that Food52 was acquiring Dansk probably caught more than few industry observers by surprise. Perhaps it...
Encouraging Signs from Bed Bath & Beyond
I was greeted upon my arrival at the International Housewares Association in March with the opportunity to participate...
Look Deeper for the Real Story
Encouraging signs at retail continue as we head toward a back half of widespread vaccination and potentially easing...
Some Things Never Change
There were many things the past year about which I never imagined I’d have to write. The next line is one of them: I...