Tales from the beach: A lesson for us all David Perry -- Furniture Today, 8/22/2007 7:25:00 AM Welcome to this Tale of Two Furniture Executives.Our first busy executive takes a week of vacation at the beach. I happen to check in with his boss and learn that the "vacationing" executive is dispatching 100 emails a day....
On a rainy day, WMC scores with umbrella give-away David Perry -- Furniture Today, 8/10/2007 11:59:00 AM A strange sight greeted me last week in Las Vegas as I peered into the distance from my seat in a shuttle bus. Up ahead, the hulking World Market Center complex was wreathed in dark rain clouds....
Pirates pioneered modern business trends David Perry -- Furniture Today, 6/19/2007 2:09:00 PM They had aggressive business plans. Their CEOs were savvy operators. They were expert at downsizing. And they piled up profits in treasure chests....
Don’t like your results? Do things differently -- Furniture Today, 6/4/2007 12:44:00 PM Larry Wilson has some shocking news for us: The results we are getting in business these days are the results we should be getting....
Lauritsen lost cancer fight, but his spirit will live on David Perry -- Furniture Today, 5/31/2007 6:57:00 AM It was a beautiful day, full of sunshine and gentle breezes and hope. I remember Bruce Lauritsen standing before the big group of furniture and bedding executives and saying that he wanted to do his part to aid the cause....
Celebrating Esther Culp's life on a spring morning David Perry -- Furniture Today, 4/25/2007 12:31:00 PM Signs of spring were everywhere: In the soft, warm sunshine, and in the splashes of purple and pink foliage, and in the umbrella of greenery that wreathed the church. On that lovely day, in the midst of an early High Point Market, they came to say goodbye to the vibrant force that was Esther Culp....