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October 11, 2017

Williams Sonoma’s plan to compete with Amazon: Great service, great stores

It’s plain to see that Laura Alber, the CEO of Williams Sonoma, is getting tired of answering questions about the declining state of the retail industry, an...

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September 20, 2017

Goldman Sachs conference casts a spotlight on RH’S showman founder

As Matthew Fassler of Goldman Sachs took to the microphone to wrap up the final session of the Goldman Sachs Global Retail Conference on September 7, he exp...

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September 13, 2017

Gary Friedman’s RH wins the latest round against the short sellers

On the afternoon of September 6, as the regular session trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange drew to a close, after-hours traders sat waiting...

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August 23, 2017

What does Wayfair and Home Depot share price decline mean for the industry?

Recently, two leading companies in the home world, Wayfair and Home Depot, released strong earnings reports, only to see their share prices fall in response...

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August 2, 2017

On a busy day for Amazon, Ethan Allen launches digital storefront

On the afternoon of July 27, Ethan Allen chairman and CEO Farooq Kathwari was preparing to make an appearance on the financial news channel CNBC. He was the...

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July 26, 2017

Ballard Designs parent company gets a buyout. Now what?

Ballard Designs has made the news recently for its new collection with design industry favorite Miles Redd. What readers might not know is that the company ...

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July 19, 2017

Restoration Hardware borrows $1B to repurchase shares

RH, the parent company of Restoration Hardware and Waterworks, appears to have executed a partial leveraged buyout of itself, borrowing more $1 billion (nea...

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July 11, 2017

Is Blackstone’s acquisition of IMC a vote of confidence in the furniture industry?

Last week, Blackstone Real Estate Partners and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities acquired the International Market Centers, Inc., the world’s biggest owner-...

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July 6, 2017

Wayfair shares soar, as profits prove elusive

The home furnishings industry is hardly one known for producing billionaires, but on May 9 of this year it managed to produce two of them. Niraj Shah and St...

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June 29, 2017

Note to RH shareholders: The ride is going to be a little bumpy

In RESTORATION HARDWARE’s most recent earning report, company chairman and CEO Gary Friedman described his team as one “willing to march into hell, as we di...

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