Story of the Week The art market’s $13.2 billion comeback A $31.4 million bar cart shaped like a hippopotamus. A $30.2 million Fabergé egg. A $12 million solid-gold Maurizio Cattelan toilet. And that $236.4 million Gustav Klimt portrait. After a two-year slump, art sales surged across nearly every category at the world’s chief auction houses […]
Story of the Week M.S. Rau Adds December Pop-Up Shops and Gets Ready for Aspen Gallery M.S. Rau, the New Orleans retailer of vintage jewelry, antiques, and art, is expanding its reach, with its first pop-up shops in department stores nationwide and a new gallery space in Aspen, Colorado. The pop-up at Saks Fifth Avenue […]
Story of the Week BNPL drives over $1B in online spend on Cyber Monday Capping off a busy retail weekend, online sales for Cyber Monday (December 1st) in the U.S. increased 7.1% year over year to $14.25 billion, according to Adobe Analytics. The five-day period from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday generated $44.2 billion in online sales overall, […]
Story of the Week Bed Bath & Beyond Enters into Merger Agreement to Acquire The Brand House Collective Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. and The Brand House Collective, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Bed Bath & Beyond will acquire The Brand House Collective. Based on the companies’ […]