RICHMOND, Va.—With the new light bulb regulations having kicked in Jan. 1, Atlantic Electric Supply Corp. is holding a mock memorial service today for the 100 watt incandescent bulb, complete with open casket. The promotion is both to help consumers in the area learn more about the light bulb...
First there were bricks, as in bricks-and-mortar stores, then there were clicks, as in Internet retailing, and now there are quicks, as in flash-sale sites and pop-up retail stores.
Christina Norsig, tabletop veteran, early e-commerce retailer and commercial real estate insider, has written a book...
New York City felt a lot—well, a little bit—like High Point, N.C., this week when furniture giants Lexington Home Brands and LaZBoy braved Manhattan’s infamous holiday traffic to highlight their ongoing efforts to expand beyond their traditional roots.
Lexington unveiled its brand-spanking new 10,...
Retail’s biggest weekend of the year has come and gone, and here are a few takes from what occurred during the 2011 turkey-fed frenzy:
1. The Thanksgiving weekend has become so special to retailers that every one of those days has a name. We now have Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber...
What’s the deal with kids these days? Whatever it is, it is playing havoc on the home furnishings industry at a level not seen in decades, if ever.
A report in The New York Times last month discussed how the trend toward going back to living at home among college graduates—ostensibly to save money...
I am the fortunate recipient of many lovely invitations to industry events, but I have to say a recent Waterford invite really caught my eye. Actually, it continues to catch my eye because its lenticular design presents a different image depending on the angle from which you are looking at it, so...
It’s shown broken, lit, unlit and flashing. Alone and in groups, depicted on paper, in bronze, as itself and more.
It’s the light bulb, the subject of a current exhibition at The Pace Gallery on 22nd Street in New York. Called “Burning Bright: A Short History of the Light Bulb,” the exhibit...
NEW YORK-The New York Tabletop Show, which wraps up today, has been positive, upbeat and trend-forward, with an impressive number of introductions and strategic positioning.
Visual texture was evident in every tabletop classification—there were highly textured and tactile flatware handles, laser...
When the news came a couple of days ago that Wendy Keryk had passed away, the image of her smile immediately popped up in my brain. I never saw her without it.
That smile, more often than not followed by a hug and questions about how my family was doing, always started our get-together. It was...
At the direction of our board, IHA has launched an initiative to help housewares suppliers save time and money to the benefit of all of its members, large and small, who experience escalating costs associated with defending a company against legal claims of all types.
Litigation Costs are on the...