Furniture Today - February 10, 2008

Bonded leather, a new leather-look cover featuring pieces of leather joined with adhesive that made its debut in a handful of showrooms last year, is receiving favorable reviews at retail, surprising some initial skeptics. Like bycast (leather splits coated with polyurethane), which had its naysayers when it appeared five years ago, bonded leather is not without its critics.

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• Optimism, innovation on display in Las Vegas

• Editor's Desk
• Keep your eyes on the target

• Industry Numbers
• Sealy 4Q sales rise
• Rent-A-Center's 4Q revenues jump 9.3%
• Select Comfort 4Q profit falls 79.9%
• Havertys' sales decline 5.4% in January

• Insider's View
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• News
• Frank McGaughey dies
• Fortunoff may be sold
• Wickes files for Chapter 11
• Beds bounce in Las Vegas
• Liquidator expects to acquire Domain
• 20-20 agrees to acquire 51% stake in Icovia
• Pembrook Chair closing
• Bernard Christianson in larger showroom
• Steinhafels' Evans purchase moves it into bed making
• CPSC closer to FR standard
• Coaster opens larger Chicago warehouse
• Therapedic merges company divisions
• Macy's consolidating 3 divisions
• HP lines up Cheap Trick, Kool & The Gang
• Smith EVP at Barcalounger
• Lambert joins Repose
• Coleman rejoins Schumacher
• Emerald Home expands marketing, service team
• Wozniak resigns post
• Reichick leaves DeCoro
• Obituaries
• Phyllis Jeanne Shaffer, Carlyle Group

• Opinion Today
• Industry eating import mistakes

• Special Report
• Global Textiles Today
• Q: What are the biggest challenges/opportunities facing the fabric segment in the coming year?
• Las Vegas Highlights
• Entertainment resources still riding flat-panel wave
• Motion: Both old and new did well at market
• Youth sources stress health, safety features
• Perry lies down on job
• AeroBed expanding distribution to furniture, bedding outlets
• Magniflex unveils $75,000 sleep set in Vegas
• Acrylicore lowers price on select acrylic items
• Leather Upholstery
• Some manufacturers opt for different terminology