Furniture Today - April 10, 2006

To reach the coveted 20- to 35-year-old age bracket, furniture manufacturers are practicing the tenets of Marketing 101: Examine the customer's lifestyle. Design and market goods that are a good fit for that lifestyle. Make it easy and painless to buy. Jennifer Sievertsen, vice president of brand marketing for La-Z-Boy, said that the two sides of the equation design an...

• Bedding Today
• First Bedding Conference sparked spirit of camaraderie

• Editor's Desk
• Hardest-working man in Arkansas

• Industry Numbers
• Pier 1 posts 4Q loss
• Hooker profit up 20.7%
• Retailers report little change in March sales
• BMTC 4Q earnings decline 12.6%

• Insider's View
• Rescuing a U.S. wood plant: But will it work?

• News
• Blackaby to speak at market prayer breakfast
• Furniture fashion show set April 29
• Acme opens N.J. warehouse
• Bombay taps Bradley
• Ashley dealer growing
• Levitz lands credit line
• Gorman's furnishes corporate housing
• Z Gallerie bites into Big Apple
• Liverpool site targets Mexicans in the U.S.
• BailComm, Symetri join forces for Web programs
• Sealy IPO rakes in $448M
• Jan. orders up 6%, BDO says
• Casinger appointed editor of Kids Today
• Bottomley is keynoter at Mega Group meeting
• Pa. store owner gets probation in state sales tax case
• Rooms To Go adding to Disney, Crawford lines
• ASID honors Illinois chapter
• Memorial foundation sets 3rd annual golf tournament
• Canada's Home, Magi Seal launch program
• Ikea planning to build factory in Portugal
• FIT honors Webster
• Latvian RTA maker Amber enters U.S.
• Kaplan joins American Lighting and Furniture
• Brownstone adding East Coast warehouse
• Karel brings back Atlantic City show
• Kelley, Sloopka to speak at WHFA conference in Hawaii
• Wal-Mart recalls wooden rockers
• Macy's to add Martha Stewart products
• Dan Ide joins Progressive
• Correction
• Broyhill names sales mgrs.
• Willis role grows at Classic Leather, Statesville Chair
• Glabman-Himes, Microfibres end 22-year association
• Obituaries
• William E. Blakley, veteran retailer

• Opinion Today
• Do messy questions have tidy answers?

• People Today
• Tribuzio-Hilliard promotes Huffman to mktg. director
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Special Report
• The young pose a moving target
• Conference Report
• Bedding conference draws 200+
• Conference attendees network at the Ritz
• Six Retail Giants honored at gala
• Mattress warranties hot topic at conference
• Selling sleep to women brings success to Gabys
• Market Events
• Educational seminars set for market
• Variety of market socials on tap
• Food, beverages for sale at market buildings
• CFMA offers members tools to manage credit risks
• New at Market
• Home office
• Motion furniture
• Bedding/metal beds
• Rugs
• Wicker

• Store Openings
• Roanoke retailer installs Rowe gallery
• La-Z-Boy opens store in Delaware
• Toronto adds La-Z-Boy unit

• Supplement
• Consumer Buying Trends
• Bedding spending rises to $10.6B in '05 as more consumers buy high-end goods