MIAMI -- Retailers, manufacturers and friends of the industry gathered at the ninth annual Furniture/Today Leadership Conference held at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami. In addition to a flurry of speakers and business discussions, the conference offered ample networking opportunities, and for golfers, time on the famed Blue Monster course. For details on next year's conference, contact Meg Goldsby at 336-605-1066, or meg.goldsby@reedbusiness.com.

Keith Koenig, second from right, City Furniture, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., talks with a crew from Wells Fargo Financial Retail Services, including Ben Best, left, Vince Raneri, Terry Fuller and Mark Hicks.

Kathi Cunningham, left, and Emma Roubtsov, right, both of Four Hands, with Bill Napier of Robinson & Robinson.

A lunch break gives everyone a chance to visit and continue discussions.

Bill Carpenter, left, Collezione Europa, with Bill Castleberry, Castleberry’s Ethan Allen Home Interiors, Tulsa, Okla.

Jeff Cook, left, Magnussen Home Furnishings, and Kenny Larson, Slumberland Furniture, Little Canada, Minn.

Kevin Castellani, left, Furniture/Today, with Hershel Alpert, Alpert’s, Seekonk, Mass., and Steve Rotman, Rotmans, Worcester, Mass.

Larry Furiani, left, and Scott Cohen, right, both of Coaster, with Jeff Hosking, PMD Furniture Direct, Columbus, Ohio.

Mary Frye, left, Home Furnishings International Assn., and Pedro Capo, El Dorado Furniture, Miami Gardens, Fla.