Furniture Today - January 26, 2009

Chris Stone heads into 2009 with a wave of new customer-driven initiatives aimed at enhancing service, sharpening values and reducing delivery times, said Brian Wygle, who joined the firm as interim CEO in March 2008 before being named to the post permanently in November. The West Coast printing, dyeing and design specialist is creating a “partnership approach...

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• Editor's Desk
• Let's share our best Big Ideas

• Industry Numbers
• Sealy loses $42M in 4Q
• Williams-Sonoma to cut 1,400 jobs, close distribution center
• Tempur-Pedic earns profit as sales fall 34.5%
• Simmons misses $7.9M interest payment

• News
• Web Summit set for Vegas
• DeCoro to liquidate
• Star International expands Virginia warehouse
• Grow heads up new Ethan Allen division
• Customs disburses $35.8M
• Submit events online for F/T calendar
• WithIt names O'Brien president, Frye chair
• Kittinger, Vanguard help furnish White House
• Natuzzi promotes Ventolone to Latin America VP, hires Peretti
• F/T Web exclusives
• 40-plus manufacturers to show at Forbidden City
• Acacia Home & Garden toasts license with cookbook author Jesseph
• Florida rep group offers half-off deal on '09 dues
• Legends opens East Coast warehouse
• Former Telescope Casual President Hank Vanderminden dies
• Waggoner leaves Mathis Bros.
• Correction
• Spoga show set for Sept. 6 to 8 in Cologne
• Knoxville retailer bets on growth
• Tri Vantage adds Sunbrella Renaissance collection of rugs and accessories
• Mack's video attack
• CHFA names F/T's Carroll honorary member
• Hammary adds warehouse
• Jabs to receive City of Hope honor
• Selamat, Feizy receive ARTS awards
• Brentwood, Superstyle receive CHFA Retailers Choice Awards
• Delgatti joins Bradington-Young
• Glen Raven appoints Ellington, Oehmig to new positions
• Some High Point hotels cut rates for April market
• Obituaries
• Trammell Crow, Dallas Market Center founder
• Robert Louis Short, Lane treasurer, FMCA member

• Opinion Today
• Quest for survival can lead to growth
• Furniture's strengths have not changed

• People Today
• Singapore association re-elects Ng president

• Special Report
• Global Textiles Today
• Fabric sources brace for tough year
• Leather Trends
• Sources drop 'froufrou' to increase value

• Store Openings
• La-Z-Boy adds Maryland store, gets format update in Alabama