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Thank the Stimulus
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday August 30, 2010
Oddly, you wouldn't normally associate a company like Knoll with being a large defense contractor, or even a supplier to other areas of the government.
Flat and Flatter
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday August 9, 2010
If you're a fan of flat lines (no not the EKG kind), then the foreseeable future looks pretty good right now.
The new Normal? Maybe.
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday July 12, 2010
Industry looks at stagnant sales as an even slower recovery looms.
A Purpose for NeoCon
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday June 28, 2010
Having a theme for an event such as NeoCon isn't a foreign concept.
So THAT Didn't Happened
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday June 21, 2010
Figuring out where the office furniture industry is heading, other than where it's obviously been for the past few years, is proving to be nearly impossible.
Upward climb arrested for the moment
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday May 3, 2010
Wall Street took a pause last week in its newly found love affair with the office furnishings industry - but only a pause.
Don't look now but I think Wall Street loves Us
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday April 26, 2010
The wonderful confidence Wall Street has in us is not shared by many of the participants in the office furniture industry.
A Good Week
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday April 19, 2010
The news continues to be mostly positive on the recovery front.
Get out of your funk!
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday April 12, 2010
Come on, even yacht builders are experiencing a resurgence in orders. Yacht builders!
We're coming back (soon)
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday April 5, 2010
Factories around the world are ratcheting up production, fueling optimism that the global economic recovery has legs.
Data Point
by ROB KIRKBRIDE Monday March 29, 2010
" We're seeing signs that the recession is bottoming out in the industry and that there are a number of factors indicating the start of a recovery."
Two weeks notice
by ROB KIRKBRIDE Monday March 22, 2010
The office furniture industry is going through one of the most important two weeks of financial releases in recent history.
They want it, they need it...
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday March 15, 2010
The latest citizenry uprising took place in Duluth, Minnesota last week.
The Shape of Things to Come
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday February 22, 2010
That's right, the drab dull conference room with it's big table and rolling chairs is undergoing a fundamental change in the workplace of 2010.
A Call to Central Casting
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday February 15, 2010
But let's face it, it's the economy that's to blame, not the Mart for any lack of visitors this year.
Innovation Economy
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday February 8, 2010
You don't need a whole lot of research to understand the changing nature of the workplace.
A Maturing Industry?
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday January 25, 2010
Nobody, its seems, can see around the next corner. In fact, most are hoping that there is a next corner.
Lag Time
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday January 4, 2010
We need to see employment growth in the A&D communities. This sector has been hit hard, and it's hard to see how our industry recovers without them.
Okay, so that happened
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday December 21, 2009
Let's face it, when all is said and done (and all is said and done), it was a pretty bad decade for the office furniture industry.
It's all our fault. Really.
by MICHAEL WOLF Monday December 14, 2009
Okay, to be fair, it's not the industry's fault that we're still in Afghanistan, and not our fault that Tiger Woods won't be playing golf for a while.
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