Furniture Today - November 10, 2008

Upholstery showed a lot of wood at the recent High Point Market. Buyers saw wood everywhere, especially exposed wood used as an outline around transitional upholstery styles. This treatment provides an interesting sort of a picture frame for an otherwise straightforward, sometimes plain-looking chair or sofa.

• News
• Boscov family signs deal to buy back chain
• Lilly Group offers mattress compliance certificate
• ITMA signs eight new members
• Cozzia USA taps Spak as president
• Exec aims to revive Ralph Lauren furniture
• ISPA Web site features sustainability information
• La-Z-Boy to cut 850 jobs, slash costs
• Therapedic welcomes new licensees
• Factory orders, shipments fall 16% in August
• Mattress sales continue to slide
• Three finalists picked for Sage Award
• Epperson revises forecast
• Francis joins Linon Home Décor in sales post
• Jaclyn Smith Home seeks partners for seating, accents
• Broyhill closing Fort Worth stores
• Garretson loses bid
• Therapedic sets course
• WG&R Furniture closes five Sleep Shops
• American Home in Ch. 11
• Natuzzi Americas promotes Zimmerman
• Jaclyn Smith furniture at Kmart
• Venti joins Johnston Casuals
• Kendig in new post at JCP
• F/T Web exclusives
• Stanley names two VPs
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Store Openings
• Broyhill opens galleries in California, Pennsylvania
• Capel Rugs opens 2 in-store galleries
• England opens store in North Dakota
• Crawford's Home expands Lane gallery

• Bedding Today
• Caught in a vortex: Industry must adjust to a new reality

• Industry News
• Financial Results

• Industry Numbers
• Havertys posts loss of $1.5 million in 3Q
• FBI sales fall 17.6%

• Opinion Today
• Routine bankruptcy case contains intriguing twist

• Special Report
• Kids Today
• Color, function jazz up youth
• Show Report
• JSWB show hosts many international buyers

• Editor's Desk
• Digital TV switch creates opportunity