Probably not is the short answer but what a difference a year makes for industries that this time in 2025 were scrambling, trying to figure
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War, Costs, Tariffs: Bad News for the Home Business ?
As encouraging as the winter markets were for the home and gift industry it’s a different story for the shows coming up this spring in
Target, Saks, At Home & Other Retail Musings on a Tuesday
Some assorted thoughts on the wonderful world of retailing, Target’s 1,800-person layoffs: Yeah, it’s a big number but let’s remember it’s only 8 percent of
Furniture Wars
The furniture industry is getting together this week in High Point, NC, the center of that universe, with the Trumpian Tariff Trauma hanging over the
Timber…..!!!
The latest Trumpian tariff tragedy is on — of all things — wood, as in the raw material used for housing materials, furniture and kitchen
Can You Say Panic Buying?
Is this the calm before the tariff storm? How else to explain the surprisingly positive retail numbers we’ve been seeing over the past few weeks.