Furniture Today - February 25, 2013

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Furniture makers should speak up now if they have concerns with California's new upholstered flammability rule, a top California official told an industry audience here last week.

• News
• Zimmerman leaving FBI board
• Select Comfort sales rise 16.7%, but profits decline
• Tenn. facility ‘Best Plant'
• Kuka Furniture hires Smith
• NHFA, WHFA, HFIA members vote in favor of groups' merger
• Firefighters push furniture FR rule in New York
• Nationwide offers savings on Office Depot products
• Lawrence ‘Larry' Ronald Phillips, Phillips Collection
• Magniflex opens U.S. warehouse in Miami area
• Stacy Furniture leaving former Robb & Stucky site in Plano
• Furniture Galaxy, Serta Canada win dRSG top honors for 2013
• Art Van remodels 1 store, opens 2 new franchises
• Furniture Mart USA opens La-Z-Boy Comfort Studio
• Two Kincaid galleries redesigned in Ala., Ill.
• Strong bedding year forecast, but discipline will be critical
• Apps, texts no longer optional
• Simplicity, ease of navigation key for mobile sites
• Hemingway joins Englander in sales
• Future's bright for upholstery
• La-Z-Boy posts double-digit gains in 3Q
• Spring Air licensee expands
• 3PD offers pay-per-use delivery
• Carl's Patio auction slated for March 1
• Europeans still struggling to build U.S. sales
• U.S. leather producers offer options, quickly
• Domestic manufacturers find ways to survive
• Imports growing again after short stall in 2011
• Fabric sofas top wish lists
• New exhibitors, showroom changes in Tupelo
• Schall joins Crypton in VP post
• Yates in new role at Standard
• Nominations open for Hall of Fame
• CIFF show set for March 18-21
• Design students win Groovystuff's latest contest
• Pure LatexBliss in permanent Tupelo space
• ASFD to communicate importance of design
• Habitat ReStore a worthy cause
• Hamilton Square sold for $2.6 million
• N.C. State drops furniture focus as need fades away
• Mobile retailing ‘a game changer'
• U.S. manufacturers optimistic
• Action co-founder Bland dies
• Hickory Springs reorganizes
• Producers watch prices