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) ‘Green’ is not a bad wordI’ll admit it. I’m seeing red on the green bedding issue. Or should I say the eco-friendly bedding issue? Or maybe I should say the environmentally friendly bedding issue? Or should I call it the sustainable bedding issue? Yes, there are a number of terms the mattress industry uses to refer to mattresses that contain natural components like soy-enhanced foams and cotton... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (16) Eitel: I’m not reading commentsI ran into Charlie Eitel at an industry event the other day and had a chance to talk with him about my blog. It was an interesting conversation. As readers of this blog are well aware, Eitel, the former CEO of Simmons, has come in for plenty of harsh criticism by a number of readers who blame him for the challenges at Simmons, which just made a Chapter 11 filing. But Eitel, who just... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (8) Where should ISPA look for leadership?“This,” the bedding veteran said to me the other day, “will make a good blog: Should the International Sleep Products Assn. look for an association leader for its next president, or should it hire someone from within the bedding industry?” That is an interesting question, and it is one that is sparking discussion throughout the industry these... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (11) Is big wave of pent-up demand coming?The discussion has been going on for months now, and it has grown stronger as the woes of the mattress industry have grown worse. How much pent-up demand will be unleashed next year in what the International Sleep Products Assn. sees as a solid growth year? Some respected industry analysts see a veritable wave of pent-up demand flooding our industry, sending surges of mattress-starved... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (5) Death claims vibrant Sealy VPIn one of those tragic, senseless accidents, an outdoors-loving Sealy vice president was struck and killed this past weekend while he was riding his bicycle in Guilford County, N.C. David Sherman, 55, died instantly when an SUV struck him late Saturday afternoon. Witnesses saw a silver Dodge Durango leave the scene of the accident. I didn’t know Sherman, but those who did described... More |
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