Furniture Today - September 27, 2010

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Gorman's, a highend retailer with four stores in the Detroit area, said last week it is discussing a possible deal with retailer Israels Designs for Living here.

• Bedding
• Kluft wins press attention for luxury bedding line
• Restonic using video, social media to build brand
• 3 employees leave as Sealy restructures

• Bedding Today
• Top 25 list shows tough year for bedding specialty stores

• Business Today
• 57% of orders left in place after sunset review

• Headline News
• HFI to revive Peoploungers line
• Ads, PR back Canadian goods
• Conservative case goods
• Longtime furniture retailers closing
• Companies evade antidumping
• Bestar's 2Q sales fall 16.3%

• Industry Numbers
• Stanley expects to raise $10M from sale of rights to buy stock
• Three insiders convert their BMTC voting shares

• News
• Longtime retailer Irving Schwartz dies at 81
• Gorris in new post at Glideaway
• Davis to direct Lacquer Craft upholstery product
• Hooker Furniture to launch first line of fabric upholstery
• Furniture First retailers focus on consumers
• NHFA to meet Oct. 17 during fall market
• Kincaid to donate to Habitat

• Opinion Today
• Antidumping issue still affects many in industry
• Real optimism in bloom during New York market
• Program could help increase your sales

• People Today
• FBI names Ross to board

• Special Report
• Workers cope as furniture factory jobs vanish
• Settlements emerging as issue in review
• Good design drives casual dining sales
• Mississippi State professor says duties haven't stopped rising tide of imports
• Controls eyed to collect required duties