Furniture Today - March 8, 2010

Hudson's Furniture Showroom here filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, aiming to restructure its real estate debt. But in a rare move, the midpriced to upscale retailer is current on nearly all of its debt to industry suppliers, according to Fred Hudson, CEO and founder of the 13-store Florida chain.

• Bedding Today
• Rooms To Go, Badcock make 'enemy' part of mattress sale

• Editor's Desk
• 'New normal' not going away

• Industry Numbers
• Havertys earns $9.2M in 4Q
• Culp sales jump 21.1%

• Insider's View
• Both High Point, Las Vegas shows offer value to industry

• Mattress Retailing 101
• Listening to the consumer pays dividends for Big Bill's Comfort

• News
• Furniture Brands settles suits over compensation
• Founders buy Stylus
• Bonded leather supplier sues over criticism, ads
• Sealy plans first factory in China
• Victor Group names Eger director of sales
• Buyer registration running strong for March Premarket
• Berkline reorganizes sales team
• F/T Web exclusives
• Rates drop 20% for hotels booked via market Web site
• Zupkus joins Comfort Solutions
• InterHall adds another 8 permanent tenants
• Sofitalia hires Foster as general manager
• Web site offers original sofa designs
• Home Line promos use 'Chipmunks' theme
• Liddell joins Planned Furniture Promotions
• 170 Chinese factories' duties to be reviewed
• Vaughan-Bassett: Made in USA
• Overstock keeps mix fresh, focused
• Halo launching Esquire Home line
• Anatomic Global team visits Haiti to distribute mattresses
• A look ahead with Fred
• FFD&M adopts Fine Furniture Design name
• Theodore Alexander sets Keno Bros. furniture line
• Obituary
• Irwin 'Irv' Weinberg, longtime sales rep

• People Today
• Ritchie joins Coaster
• Thain to head CIT Group
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Special Report
• New options drive resurgence of sectionals
• BoConcept chases condo crowd

• Store Openings
• England opens 4 galleries, Custom Furniture store