Furniture Today - January 29, 2007

To the line item expenses normally associated with exhibiting at the International Furniture Fair Cologne earlier this month, many of this year's exhibitors had to add a new one — landscape architecture. Many, perhaps most, of the larger manufacturers here embraced nature both in their show space designs — which in several cases were stunning — and, mor...

• Bedding Today
• 10 bedding lines, spaces you should see in Vegas

• Editor's Desk
• It's your choice: Nimble or slow?

• Industry Numbers
• Bassett earnings decline 82.6% in 4Q
• Restonic names new board
• Investor buys Basofil

• News
• Ekornes chair finds spot on 'Doc'
• Levitz opens new headquarters
• Levitz retains DeVito/Verdi agency
• Excel expanding offerings of Chinese bedding
• Trade Masters expands line into metal beds
• Trade Masters offering mixed containers, rebates
• Spears: Still making dough
• DreamFit's pillow comfort index is on the ball
• Tempur-Pedic taps Miller
• Tempur-Pedic opens U.S. plant
• German furniture makers see strong 2007
• Natuzzi store gains traction
• Cologne called 'big success' despite major storm
• Buyers looking for deals
• Keveryn named president of SLF
• Southern goes custom
• B is for bedding
• Rowe sale completed
• Kindel owners oust Fogartys
• Five showing in Vegas' Plaza Hotel
• Restonic, Dormia introduce gel beds
• New AICO program offers coordinating rugs
• AICO's WMC showroom boasts 22-seat movie theater
• Evans launches marketing consulting firm
• Sealy forms Orthopedic Advisory Board
• Raymour & Flanigan expands
• Importer IFM opens Las Vegas showroom
• Brown Jordan launches La-Z-Boy Outdoor line
• Kingsdown leads list of CHFA award winners
• Dynasty evolves with times
• Vaughan-Bassett taps three
• Lester fills AICO position
• Duralee acquires Owners
• Carolina Rustica taps Hughes
• International Bedding showing in Vegas
• Oriental Weavers promotes Rives
• R&R teams up with JBL
• WMC offers services to sales reps
• Naboicheck: We won't ignore under-$1K bedding
• Bedding sources roll out red carpet in Vegas
• RouteView debuts GPS product
• New Restonic space features Post design
• Iron Bed aims to boost presence in U.S. market
• Henredon teams with Scalamandré
• Decoro, Natuzzi suit dropped
• Katonah, N.Y., residents not thrilled by name use
• Bedding Benchmarks
• Bedding producers share growth plans for '07
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Opinion Today
• This event is all about industry relationships

• People Today
• Allen Finley ad agency wins marketing awards
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Product Spotlight
• Case goods exhibitors anticipate big show
• Upholstery producers set for strong market
• Leather resources geared up for action
• Product Spotlight
• Bedding
• Bedding
• Bedroom
• Bedroom
• Casual Dining
• Casual dining
• Home Entertainment
• Home entertainment
• Leather
• Leather
• Occasional
• Occasional
• Rugs
• Rugs
• Stationary Upholstery
• Stationary upholstery

• Product Strategies
• Casual dining sources serve big new-product meal
• Home entertainment suppliers looking to sustain momentum
• Occasional offerings focus on mixed media, function
• Bedding majors rolling out big new lines
• Pillow programs continue to grow
• Bedding sources enhance comfort features
• Building B enhances presence of rug vendors
• Rug vendors will stay for Surfaces show

• Special Report
• Accessories Today
• Rustic blends with eco for cutting-edge chic in Atlanta
• Consumer Buying Trends
• Bedding tops list of purchases
• High-income households spend more
• Traditional furniture stores face new competition
• Market potential by category for 2007
• About the survey