It wasn’t entirely expected but the first two shows of the 2026 home and gift sector, in Dallas and Atlanta, got off to positive starts,
Category: gift and home
Is 2026 Another Year of Living Dangerously?
If you’re in the retail business 2025 was anything but a safe year. You dealt with tariffs, supply chain glitches and a consumer who wasn’t
2025 Was the Year That Wasn’t
It was supposed to be a turnaround year…yet it was anything but. For the winners and losers in home furnishings retailing, 2025 was pretty dismal
Intelligence
It’s called artificial but there’s nothing fake about AI these days. Big retailer like Walmart, Target and others are using AI platforms for actual ordering
Back From the Great Beyond
The plan was to be “asset-light,” management-speak for not owning a whole lot of assets. But with its acquisition of Brand House (you may know
Trees, Trees, Whose Got the Trees?
As reports come in that the Black Friday weekend wasn’t as bad as some (including yours truly) had predicted, now we could have a different