Larry Thomas
I'm Larry Thomas, business editor of Furniture/Today. In my 17 years here, I've written stories about everything from box springs to wicker chairs. For 12 years, I wrote the weekly "Bedding Today" column, which is now in the capable hands of executive editor David Perry. Since being named business editor in 2001, most of my stories have dealt with home entertainment furniture, recliners, financial news and furniture markets. I look forward to discussing key industry issues in this forum, and I welcome your thoughts and opinions.
Title: Bedding Editor
Email: l.thomas@furnituretoday.com
Special OrderLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Former mattress franchisee still delivers the goodsAlthough the bankruptcy and subsequent sale of 1800mattress.com resulted in the demise of the retailer’s once-thriving franchisee in New England, the franchisee’s “other” business is still alive and well. In fact, the mattress franchise was an outgrowth of this other business, New England Retail Express, a home delivery service that has been around since 1981. “We probably are the best-kept secret... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (11) Damage control at Jennifer ConvertiblesWhen a corporation becomes a defendant in a lawsuit, it’s customary for the company to issue a statement denying the allegations and promising to defend itself. Retailer Jennifer Convertibles said as much this week in a press release announcing its financial results for fiscal 2009, noting that it is a defendant in a class action suit alleging numerous violations of California labor law. “We are... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) A surprising twist to a controversial trucking programThe long-running battle over the controversial “clean truck” program at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach took a surprising turn recently when the Long Beach port reached an out-of-court settlement on a lawsuit filed last year by the American Trucking Assn. According to a story in the Journal of Commerce, the Long Beach port said it would not require trucking companies using the port to sign... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (2) Furniture can make you laugh -- no jokeOrdinarily, furniture is not a humorous product, but I’ve stumbled across several recent news items that mentioned furniture and brought a smile to my face at the same time. That’s never an easy task, and has been an especially difficult one during the past year or so. The most recent furniture funny was uncovered in an excerpt from tennis great Andre Agassi’s autobiography that appeared in the N... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (7) Wanek, Buffett sustain Forbes 400 lossesThe long-running furniture industry slump has claimed another victim: Ron Wanek. The chairman of Ashley Furniture has dropped off the famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) Forbes 400 list. Wanek was No. 321 on the 2008 list with an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion, but his name appears only in a list headlined “Dropouts” in the magazine’s Oct. 19 issue. No estimate of his net wo... More |
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