David Perry
Welcome, Cyber Readers. I'm David Perry, executive editor of Furniture/Today. For the past three years I've been sharing my observations on our wonderful and sometimes wacky home furnishings industry in this Web-exclusive column.
Now, with this blog format, you can join the dialogue in a new way. Let me know what you think about what I think, and I'll reciprocate.
Title: Executive Editor
Email: dperry@reedbusiness.com
Bedding TodayLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Fendrich ignores Simmons’ strugglesSimmons President Steve Fendrich missed the mark with his recent comments about the financial performance of his struggling company. Simmons released results for its quarter and year ending Dec. 27, and the figures were not pretty. Net sales for the quarter dropped 23.8%, while the company had a net loss of a whopping $487.4 million. For the year, net sales were off by 8.7% and the... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (22) Tempur-Pedic takes knocks for patent lawsuitMemory foam leader Tempur-Pedic sent shock waves through the bedding industry last week when it filed a patent infringement suit against 17 companies, including the industry’s three largest producers: Sealy, Simmons and Serta. Tempur-Pedic said it believes those companies are violating a patent that it says protects the proprietary design and construction of Tempur-Pedic mattresses.... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (7) Story on $1M mattress loss an Internet hitThis just might be the most popular mattress story to ever hit the consumer press. You can find the story here. A brief recap: A woman in Tel Aviv buys a new mattress for her elderly mother as a surprise gift. She hauls out the decades-old mattress and installs the new one in its place. The next day her mother gives her the bad news: She had been using that old mattress as a bank. It was... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (17) Robinson's big new job: Relaunch Spring AirRick Robinson just got a big new job: President of the new Spring Air International LLC. He will be seeking to relaunch the Spring Air brand, which suffered a jarring setback May 5 when the company abruptly shut down its U.S. headquarters. Robinson, 53, is currently in Australia, where he is wrapping up his work for A.H. Beard, the well-known bedding producer based in Sydney. I saw him there... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (19) About those Serta-Simmons rumorsHeard those rumors about Serta buying Simmons? If not, you’ve been stuck in a cave somewhere for the last few days. (Is it cool in there?) I’ve been asked repeatedly about the supposed Serta-Simmons union, and I’ve repeatedly responded that there’s nothing to it … yet. But I also note that this industry has gotten so crazy of late that I can believe almost... More |
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