Susan Dickenson
After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill (BS-Business Admin., 1982), Susan Dickenson spent 15 years in the Wash., D.C. area, writing and researching for trade associations, lobbyists, government projects and, in the private sector, Perot Systems Corp. After relocating to her native High Point several year ago, she continued a career as a writer of general interest, business, garden and home items for several publications. Susan joined HAT in July, 2006, and lives in Greensboro. email: sdickenson@homeaccentstoday.com
Title: Retail Editor
Email: sdickenson@homeaccentstoday.com
Retail UpdateLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Target shows off 'Threshold' home collection in life-size dollhouseTarget built a life-size dollhouse in the middle of New York's Grand Central Terminal this week, filled it with 3,000 pieces of furniture and home décor from its new Threshold collection, and invited everyone to play.It's quite an installation for the short time that the two-story, 1,600-sq.-ft. structure is "open" to the public - just yesterday and today (May 6 and 7). But thanks to the... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Support strengthens for state sales tax collection from online retailersIt's highly likely that the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to collect sales tax from "remote" sellers (online and catalog retailers operating from another state), will become law before the year is out.The proposal cleared a big hurdle last month when, as an amendment attached to the Budget Resolution, it was approved 75-24 in the Senate. The vote was actually just a... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Market blingThe work of celebrated Harley-Davidson artist Scott Jacobs is now available through The Art Highway, a new company debuting its showroom, and some of Jacobs' work, in High Point this week. For this series, Jacobs used metallic ink on metallic archival paper; Art Highway mounts them in metallic automobile finished frames (that can be polished with car wax).The giclees, an offering exclusive to Art... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Workwell, at the High Point MarketWe're seeing lots of great energy and creativity on display at the High Point Market this weekend. Yesterday, following a tour of the new additions to Hooker's Melange accent furniture line (check out their new logo in the photo, right), designer Cindy Hall took me through her Workwell launch -- a great collection of accent furniture/work desk/accessories combinations for today's connected consume... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Retailers get serious, more selective, about social mediaWhile posting the nominations call for Home Accents Today's 2013 Retail Stars, I was reminded of a contest that was under way at the National Retail Federation at this time last year. The NRF had put out a call for the "Best Retail Story in America," to be communicated via a two-minute video. This past January, during the NRF's annual conference in New York, the contest winner and... More |
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