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.
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Title: Executive Editor
Email: dperry@reedbusiness.com
Bedding TodayLink This | Email This | Comments (0) 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 (10) 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... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (26) Eitel answers critics, defends performanceFormer Simmons CEO Charlie Eitel is making a strong defense of the company’s performance under his watch, saying that sales increased substantially and that he built lasting relationships with retailers – and “sold a lot of beds” - by entertaining them on his boats and in his homes. I asked Eitel the other day if he wanted to respond to recent stories in The New... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (9) Bedding forecast sees big rebound in 2010They say the media doesn’t report good news, but I come before you today with three nice-sounding numbers: 7, 12 and 15. Those are three estimates of how much growth the mattress category will record next year. Yes, you heard us correctly. We said “growth.” That’s not a word that has been heard in Mattressville in recent years. I found those... More |
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