Furniture Today - January 1, 2007

Today's topic: What should you say about coil counts? Overview: Innerspring bedding is still the most common type of bedding on the market today, despite the impressive gains made by specialty sleep products. And innerspring beds can be discussed in terms of the types of coil constructions they offer, and the number of coils in the mattress.

• Bedding Today
• Rule of Threes holds true, but will cycle be broken?
• Mattress Retailing 101
• Highlights from past installments

• Editor's Desk
• The raw power of want vs. need

• Industry Numbers
• Consumer confidence rises
• Bassett to restate earnings
• Rowe auction set for Jan. 11
• Creditors approve Sklar restructuring plan
• Martin retiring from ISPA

• News
• Living Richly going indoors with imported line
• Universal/Legacy parent appoints Mihalik, Word
• Friitala/Branaa's tannery operations renamed Zenda
• Hello, Hollywood
• Four buy BDO office
• Boosting bedding in '07
• Bed maker offers choices galore
• Contemporary retailers hash out issues
• CDG retailers want price protection, fewer intros
• Martin: Attitude plus behavior brings results
• Five promoted at Signature; importer aims to double sales
• Online site offers easy access to trade show contacts, news
• Four U.S. sources showing at Cologne fair
• Heimtextil trend display highlights color, cubism
• Lifestyle California purchases N.J. facility
• Oakwood Furniture ceases operations
• Schnadig appoints Katz EVP of sales
• Home Line Furniture holding 2 Jan. shows
• Rathi Family Holdings promotes 3 executives
• Calgary market will stress industry networking
• Fabric converter Diversitex acquires Kingsway
• Art & Frame Direct building new High Point showroom
• AmericasMart seeks rug entries
• JCPenney fires COO West after five months
• Shaak joins Linwood in dual role
• Rogers is Sears Canada's permanent CEO
• Lazar appoints Sowinski president, CEO
• Cooper joins Feinblum in West Coast post
• Gingrich replaces Giles at Powell
• Meadows leaves Shaw Living
• Bush to use WMC space for CES
• Fully upholstered beds may escape duties
• Bush to cut workers at Pa. plant
• Box Furniture is first tenant in renovated High Point mill
• Obituaries
• Ron Valach, sales rep for CT Nassau

• Opinion Today
• Time's Person of Year also is your customer