Furniture Today - April 6, 2009

In this recessionary environment, a week doesn't seem to go by without news of an executive leaving the industry through a layoff or elimination of their position. These include high-profile marketing and merchandising executives who help put a face on companies through their efforts to develop, promote and sell product.

• Bedding Today
• Prestigious retailer flunks out with displays of dirty pillows

• Editor's Desk
• Research offers valuable insight

• Industry Numbers
• Sealy sales decline 20.9%
• U.S. factory orders drop 20% for 4th straight month
• Natuzzi sales rise 3%, net loss cut in half
• Investment firm’s bid for Shermag rejected

• News
• F/T Web exclusives
• Natuzzi appoints two U.S. sales managers
• Therapedic, Stylution form partnership for bedding
• American Furniture Hall of Fame seeking nominations
• Durham's creditors approve plan
• Bedding store gets remake
• Durham Furniture triples High Point showroom size
• TV's Filicia developing licensed furnishings line
• Court: Other parties can bid on 1800mattress until May 16
• IFDA holding fund-raising walks
• Comfort hires senior VP
• ADL to honor three at June 11 gala
• Incredible shrinking sofa
• Book tells 'R.C. Willey Story'
• F/T, IHFC to host party at April market
• Kincaid seeks incentives to consolidate plants
• Costco closing two home stores
• Circa 1801 taps Grimsley
• Thomas Paul Hart, co-founder, Hart's Mfg.
• Kincaid certified as Sustainable by Design
• DOC: Duties don't apply to Stanley convertible cribs
• Mattress Retailing 101
• P.M. Bedroom bucks economy by focusing on add-on sales
• Obituaries
• Stewart Brown, former CEO, This End Up

• Special Report
• Muted colors match transitional seating
• Casual dining hot buttons: Height, extras, eco-friendly
• Behind the Design
• Back to basics