It’s that time of the year when people who do what I do gather up our stats and figure out who was reading what. Sometimes
Category: #mass merchants
Inside or Outside, Retail CEOs are a Crap Shoot
A recent wave of changes at the top of some of the biggest retail players in the business seems to show there is no one
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
Costco Does the Right Thing…Again
By suing the Trump administration for its tariff policies, the Big Boxer has once again taken on a leadership role in the retail business. It’s
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
Retailers Coming Down the Home Stretch
The holiday selling season may not be quite the make-or-break period for home furnishings retailers as it is for apparel, beauty and toy sellers but