Furniture Today - July 13, 2009

Throngs of consumers showed up July 4 for the grand reopening of Gallery Furniture's main store, less than 45 days after a fire destroyed the adjacent 70,000-square-foot warehouse and damaged the showroom. The Houston-based Top 100 company served free hamburgers and drinks to consumers, who in turn opened their wallets for furniture purchases.

• Bedding Today
• Circuit City's failure of service a lesson for mattress retailers

• Editor's Desk
• What makes a good leader?

• Industry Numbers
• April factory orders down 27%; market timing may be a factor
• Durham Furniture completes restructuring
• Shareholder sues Furniture Brands over executive pay
• Havertys' 2Q sales down 23%
• Consumer Confidence Index dips in June

• News
• Starmount to launch Nautica line
• Voucher source BBZ has 83,500 creditors
• Bob's Discount Furniture, PFP to host charity event
• WMC seminars focus on design
• Ng joins Safavieh
• Lane moves into Tupelo building
• WMC to honor Vicente Wolf
• Sauder to appeal EPA emissions complaint
• Hoffman, Cotter launch hospitality company
• Armen Living targeting youthful consumers
• May bedding shipments drop 14.7%
• IHFRA members get wireless plan discounts
• Vegas sets discount hotel rates
• Intertextile dates set
• Karel cancels Philly show
• Mississippi event raises $12,000
• ADL dinner honors Gribetz, Segal, Cook
• Celia Moh scholarships awarded to four students
• Spring Air unsecured debt $12.3M
• AOS/AICO update office Web site
• Wiltshire to lead FBI in Canada
• Series of seminars set for Las Vegas Market
• Palecek names Beld VP
• Forte to deliver keynote at WithIt conference
• F/T Web exclusives
• Group developing online glossary of textile terms
• 'Border equity' proposal would tax imports
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Opinion Today
• Vendors come to grips with changing marketplace
• The news is the news, whether good or bad

• Special Report
• Kids Today
• 'Crossovers' gain appeal in youth arena
• Show Report
• Modern styles take spotlight in Egypt

• Store Openings
• Virginia store adds La-Z-Boy gallery
• Janosik opens Hooker ShowPlace
• Flexsteel installs 5 galleries