5 posts and columns on furniture

Here Are Some More Yahoo CEO Choices: Liddell, Rosenblatt, Desmond

in News on December 27, 2011 at 4:12 am PT

Let’s throw a few more names on the fire!
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It’s Hard to Cut the Charging Cords

in The Digital Solution on February 15, 2011 at 4:24 pm PT

A pad to charge all your mobile devices sounds like a great idea, and yet most people are still fumbling with jumbles of power cords. Katie looks at the different technologies involved and why charging pads aren’t more commonplace.

A GPS Experiment Busts Street Thieves

in News on December 15, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

What would happen if a furniture company left 24 designer chairs, many equipped with GPS tracking technology, on the streets of New York? Would people take them? Where would they end up? Blu Dot, a furniture maker based in Minneapolis, found out with its “Real Good Experiment,” which it developed with branding firm Mono.

Consumer Rebound? Not Yet. (At Least, Not In Texas.)

in News on October 20, 2009 at 4:19 pm PT

There was a telling bit of news on the continued travails of the U.S. consumer today from a small Texas retail chain called Conn’s. (In general, I would say calling a retailer “Conn’s” is not something I would recommend. But I digress.)