Interior designer Libby Langdon sat down with HFN’s Andrea Lillo to discuss her product debuts at High Point Market this month, along with the three mistakes people make when designing their own homes, how she transitioned from a model and actress to an interior designer, and the role social media plays in design.

Farooq Kathwari, the longtime chairman and CEO of Ethan Allen, sat down for a podcast discussion with HFN’s Allison Zisko about the ever-evolving nature of retail, his key leadership principles and his treasured pet, Pashmina.

Christiane Lemieux, founder and CEO of The Inside, a digitally native home furnishings company that specializes in custom-made pieces, talks with Allison Zisko about the benefits of on-demand manufacturing, shares her a-ha moment at The Inside and reveals where she finds trends in this latest edition of The Inside Scoop.

Everyone talks about experiential retail, but what does that look like, exactly? Camp is a new family experience store in Manhattan that seamlessly blends a wide-ranging thematic product assortment with highly interactive vignettes that change every three months.  Marketing Director Tiffany Markofsky and Senior Buyer Rae Kolb share the secrets behind the “magic door”—and how home furnishings is a part of the experience—in HFN’s latest podcast, The Inside Scoop.

Timothy Oulton, the man behind the worldwide furnishings brand of the same name, has come a long way from when he first worked in his father’s antique shop—selling what he at first thought of as “dead people’s stuff.” Talking with HFN’s Andrea Lillo this month in New York, the China-based Oulton discussed his furniture, including the newer Noble Souls brand—the customizable, ultra-comfortable furniture collection upholstered in vegetable-dyed fabric—the company’s passive Dome Home in China and his top-rated restaurant in Hong Kong, Gough’s on Gough.

Ikea opened its first planning studio last month, a prototype format in Manhattan that allows New Yorkers to explore small space living solutions. HFN’s Andrea Lillo traveled to the Upper East Side location to speak to Ikea’s Dan Desai about the new space, as well as James Futcher and Henrik Most, creative leads at the Swedish retailer, about the new, limited-edition Överallt and Art Event collections.

An institution in New York City for more than 30 years, Fishs Eddy is the place to go for dinnerware and entertaining accessories—and cheekiness. The flagship store, located on the corner of Broadway and 19th Street in a former Gorham Silver location, opened when Union Square wasn’t what it is today—in fact, founder Julie Gaines’ mother told her not to sign the lease because “Union Square will not amount to anything.” Gaines talks with HFN’s Allison Zisko about the store’s beginnings, how it has evolved and the challenges of retail today.