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Warren Shoulberg

Warren Shoulberg knows home furnishings. He has been a regular contributor to The Robin Report, Forbes.com, The Business of Home and Home Textiles Today as well as his own blog Warrensreport.com. As the former editor-in-chief for several leading business-to-business publications specializing in home furnishings retailing he has chronicled the good, the bad and the ugly of the business in a career spanning four decades.

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His award winning commentaries elicit both praise and complaints. He welcomes them both equally. He has guest lectured at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and been honored by the International Furnishings and Design Association, Gift for Life and the Fashion Institute of Technology. He has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, ABC News and other media as an expert in the field.

He expects to be doing this for the duration.

The New Reality of Renting Where You Live

Warren Shoulberg September 7, 2022

Remember the old days – actually just a few years ago – when you went to rent an apartment and you usually spoke to a ...

Is 2022 Back-to-School Back to Normal?

Warren Shoulberg August 23, 2022

It may seem like only yesterday that you heard kids singing, “No more pencils, no more books…” but here we are again deep into the ...

More is More for Expanding Home Stores

Warren Shoulberg August 14, 2022

Don’t believe everything you read about the home furnishings business having fallen off the cliff and can’t climb back up. Plenty of big retailing companies ...

The RH Factor Goes Contemporary

Warren Shoulberg July 5, 2022

The rap against RH was that it was a one-trick pony, with just a single design look that wouldn’t allow it to grow beyond a ...

Is Best Buy Unplugged?

Warren Shoulberg June 28, 2022

Best Buy, under Hubert Joly’s run as CEO, defied the odds and became one of the great turnaround stories in recent retail history. Ever since ...

Private Retailing: For Your Wallet Only

Warren Shoulberg June 21, 2022

One of the more fascinating ideas in retailing that never really caught on involved supermarket checkout lines. Some clever junior executive somewhere decided that instead ...

The Baby & Kids Business Is in Play in 2022

Warren Shoulberg May 23, 2022

Attention Liam, Noah, and Oliver. And Olivia, Emma, and Charlotte. It’s going to be some year for the baby and toy business as you are ...

The New Asian Invasion: How Miniso and Daiso Are Reinventing the Dollar Store Concept

Warren Shoulberg May 8, 2022

The urban legend in the retailing business is that the precious space surrounding checkout lanes and around cash registers represent the most productive sales-per-square-inch territory ...