When Parachute, the upscale bed and bath textiles brand, announced it was closing two-thirds of its stores it became only the latest direct-to-consumer retailer to
Category: gift and home
Boxes…Big & Small
Independent specialty stores often think that what’s going on with their Big Box competitors is of little concern to them. Independent specialty stores are wrong.
At Home…less
The Big Box home retailer’s pending bankruptcy was the worst kept secret in the industry so no surprise that they filed. They say they are
What Wayfair Learned from its First Store
The big online home furnishings retailer has two more stores in the works and will no doubt take what it had discovered in its first
I Was Wrong: Big Lots is Back
The skeptic in me got the better of my thinking and I figured Big Lots was done. But under new ownership, they have already opened
JCP, Cracker Barrel, Kirkland’s, Tariffs & Other Tuesday Thoughts
No shortage of things going on out there in the world of retail and business in general, so sharing some new thoughts, theories and rants