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Smart Home Technology and a Healthy Lifestyle
Smart home technology can offer end users the ultimate in comfort and convenience. Whether the technology is exhibited in furniture, lighting or anywhere else in the home, when a person is more…
Keeping Business on Course in These Challenging Times
This is not my first time facing challenging times. Not too long ago, we were hit by one of the biggest hurricanes in Puerto Rico’s history. You might remember hearing about Maria. We lost almost…
How Do You Manage an Interior Design Business With a Creative Mind?
At the January 2020 Las Vegas Market, Furniture, Lighting & Decor hosted its first roundtable discussion as part of the Home Design Business Think Tank Series. The discussion, titled “Left Brain/…
NKBA Launches Live Virtual Forum
The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) is launching a new live interactive digital forum called Brave New Business, designed to connect, share and inform. Created with industry partners…
American Lighting Association Free Retail Webinar Available On Demand
As part of the American Lighting Association's (ALA) continuing series of free webinars during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bob Phibbs, The Retail Doctor and prior ALA Conference keynote speaker, presented…
9 Ways to Organize and Lift Spirits During the Coronavirus Crisis
With the coronavirus news seeping in to our news feed and inbox, canceling all that we enjoy in life — sports, travel, networking, engaging with friends and family, not to mention a night out on the…
How Important Are Healthy Home Features for Consumers?
Home is more than just the structures we live in. It’s the neighborhoods, people and places we surround ourselves with, and the proximity of our dwelling to the places that are important to us. These…
How a Designer Answered When a Retail Opportunity Knocked
Just outside of the south side of Chicago in the Beverly area, rests Willow Tree Design, a hybrid interior design/retail and window treatment shop that has gone through a number of changes. For the…
Is Your Retail Business Healthy?
In its 2020 State of the Industry Report, STORIS shares 20 actionable strategies to help your retail establishment flourish in its 20/20 Vision Plan. We’ve highlighted a few. For the rest of the…
LED Lighting Technology Offers Design, Efficiency Opportunities
What started as an opportunity in energy efficiency for manufacturing and commercial spaces in the mid ‘90s is not the same LED lighting technology we have today. The same energy efficiencies apply,…