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Is Wayfair’s $9 billion valuation justifiable?

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Ethan Allen’s Farooq Kathwari on staying relevant in a global economy

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Is Wayfair’s $9 billion valuation justifiable?

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Bad vendor experiences left my client disappointed. Now what?

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Coastal Living partners with Universal Furniture on home collection

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In our weekly digest, all of the news you might have missed.

How Trump's tariffs put the home industry at risk

Political turbulence and an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China threaten to destabilize the production processes of many industry manufacturers.

How Waterworks tackled the kitchen category

You must be extremely bold and motivated to reimagine your business.

5 designers share secrets to motivating and retaining talent

Interior designers Courtney McLeod, Cheryl Luckett, Francis Toumbakaris, Allison Lind and Summer Thornton share their methods of motivation for inspiring employees and retaining talent.

Bon Appetit taps AD’s design minds for kitchen makeover

Architectural Digest and Bon Appetit unveil first-ever collaboration, an elevated kitchen redesign for a client with good taste.

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Bad vendor experiences left my client disappointed. Now what?

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How Waterworks tackled the kitchen category

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How AD editor emeritus Paige Rense catapulted interior designers to stardom

In her 40-year tenure at Architectural Digest, Paige Rense’s singular focus on making an exceptional magazine transformed a sleepy regional quarterly into an iconic brand—and catapulted interior designers to stardom along the way.

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Culture is king

Tech startups have made company culture a phenomenon with their unlimited vacation days, Ping-Pong tables and beer on tap. But there’s much more to culture than perks.

Does mentorship still matter?

Does nature or nurture determine a designer’s success? What kind of mentorship breeds the headline names we know and love? And with more and more young designers eschewing the apprenticeship model altogether, are there still lessons to be learned working in-house for an established firm? BOH spotlights top talents and rising stars for insights into their success.