Furniture Today - March 11, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS - Select Comfort's stock took a hit last week after the airbed manufacturer and retailer said it "has experienced below-plan sales since Feb. 1" and is likely to miss its internal sales goals for the first quarter.

• Bedding
• Sit ‘n Sleep stays on growth track

• News
• Competition, delays hamper American
• Incentives boost FBI executives' pay
• Dec. factory orders down 7%
• 4Q sales, earnings drop for BMTC Group
• George Critz McIngvale, Gallery Furniture
• Harold ‘Harry' Francis Bassett, industry sales
• Long named regional VP at New Classic
• Whalen reaches settlement with Walker Edison
• Manilla FAME show slated for March 14-17
• Send your High Point introductions to F/T by March 22
• Rutledge joins Watkins & Shepard
• Merino's buys Winston-Salem, N.C., property
• Flexsteel, Welsh partner to launch brand in the U.K.
• Milan fair showcases contemporary designers
• HGTV Home launches consumer sweepstakes
• New Flexteel Gallery at Ill.'s Turk Furniture
• Ashley HomeStores open in 5 states
• HGTV Home line rolls out in stores across North America
• If you survived the past decade, congratulations
• Arkansas group hosts marketgoers
• Market organizers mulling date change
• Family Furniture wins Buyer Award
• Entertainment sees the light
• Wide array of case goods hits mark in Tupelo
• Bedding Conference goes west, features retail-focused agenda
• Ten Thousand Villages stores planning fair trade rug sales
• Rug News: 'Deep discount' sales don't help industry reputation
• Court OKs sale of assets of Carl's Patio
• Sabal buys High Point's C&D building for 9.26M
• Megard joins Dormeo Octaspring
• Hickory Springs adds 7-inch ProACT innerspring version
• Here's to the movers, shakers
• Stork Craft licenses FBI brands
• Leon's 4Q revenue slips 2.7%; profit down 17.9%
• Culp's net income jumps 56.7% as sales rise 5.4%
• Ad campaign helps boost Havertys sales 8.3% in 4Q
• Colonial promotes Dunlap, Ausley
• Abbyson opening East Coast facility
• Carman joins Emerald's busy bedding division
• Good design spreading on international scale
• L&P promotes leaders
• Larrabee's back in Colorado
• Bedding sales inch up in Jan.
• Century CEO retiring
• Retail uptick benefits Tupelo
• Warp & Weft opens 2nd showroom in New York

• Special Report
• Style stays hot in home office, entertainment
• European designs sell well in case goods
• Contemporary design, demystified