Fred Nicolaus
Executive Editor at Business of Home
Now: Executive editor @businessofhome Then: Member of the bands Department of Eagles and Golden Suits, writer for House Beautiful, Elle Decor, etc.
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3 days ago |
businessofhome.com | Fred Nicolaus
A new front in Charles Cohen’s ongoing legal battles: Houston. Last month, one of the billionaire landlord’s lenders filed to foreclose on the Decorative Center Houston and sell it at auction. The notice, first reported by The Real Deal, claimed that Cohen had defaulted on a $50 million loan taken out in 2014, and that his Texas design center was collateral. The original lender, a company called Ladder Capital Finance, had transferred its note to Wells Fargo, which was coming to collect.
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1 week ago |
businessofhome.com | Fred Nicolaus
Last month, a paper sign taped to the door of a shop in Boardman, Ohio, seemed to close the book on a long-running home industry drama. The note was a warning from the state’s tax commissioner that the store, Burke Decor, was prohibited from making sales. Just weeks prior, the company had shut down its website. With both its physical and digital operations closed, it seemed safe to say that the Burke Decor saga was over. But not quite.
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2 weeks ago |
businessofhome.com | Fred Nicolaus
This February, designer David Netto got a troubling email from a longtime vendor. After 40 years in business, the company was planning to shut its doors, and would need upfront payment to make his order go through. Netto responded quickly and decisively: Yes, he’d front the money—and also, was the company for sale? The vendor in question was New York–based rug brand Woodard Weave, and three short months later, Netto is now officially its proud owner.
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3 weeks ago |
businessofhome.com | Fred Nicolaus
In a tucked-away suburb of California’s Bay Area, Gantri has an unusual lighting factory. It spans 30,000 square feet, but runs with a lean staff of 20. Instead of screeching CNC machines and whirring polishing wheels, the warehouse is filled with robotics systems and rows of 3D printers—over 1,000 of them—humming away in sync.
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3 weeks ago |
businessofhome.com | Fred Nicolaus
If anyone ever offers to take your picture while you’re in a recliner, say no. I learned this lesson the hard way, in the showroom of a high-end European furniture brand, stretched out in a sleek leather chair almost horizontal to the ground.
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if nothing else, this is hilarious and needs to be a sitcom https://t.co/pA3t6IoeaJ
One of the inferences you could make of this motion to dismiss is that it's harder to establish IP protection for minimalist design than maximalist. https://t.co/cJmtiDUhc0
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