Furniture Today - March 28, 2005

American Drew IHFC C-926 Amisco IHFC H-504 Bemco Sleep 111 East Green Drive Comfort Designs IHFC D-729 Englander PS 100 The "e-sleep Synergy" foam bedding line, cushioned with visco-elastic and latex foams. Fashion Bed Group IHFC C-700 Gold Bond IHFC M-615 Hooker IHFC W-1047 Three metal beds: Largo International Center Theater Tower 100 Powell Co.

• Special Report
• Retail Innovators
• Benson Stone's eclectic mix
• Conn. chain puts accent on honesty
• Back to Bed's key: Sell the right bed
• Better Bedding focuses on roots
• Skilled salespeople drive growth at Back to Bed
• Straight talk wins
• Market Events
• Educational seminars featured during market
• Shuttle service schedule for PTI, other airports
• Social activities on tap for High Point
• Shuttles provide rides to outlying showrooms
• Attendees have opportunities to worship during market
• Food, beverages available
• New at Market
• Home office
• RTA
• Motion furniture
• Rugs

• Industry Numbers
• Bombay 4Q profit tumbles
• Simmons sales up 7.9% in '04; wholesale shipments jump 9.1%
• Brick Group reports strong gains in truncated first year
• Tempur-Pedic anticipates $880M in sales for 2005
• Tweddle steps down as CFO at The Brick
• Industry-linked investors set to acquire Toys 'R' Us

• Editor's Desk
• Award attests to our passion

• Bedding Today
• Romance marketing idea spurs bloggers to action

• News
• Durham CEO resigns
• Lexington updating brand
• Mega stays the course
• Southern to launch Ferrare line
• Retail Ideas: Focus on sourcing, branding
• Davis launches Italian leather warehouse company
• Group enters promotion arena
• Gabberts will liquidate unprofitable Dallas outlet
• Rent-Way CEO stepping down
• Clark to manage AF&Y, Lonfil key accounts
• Gold returns to work after heart procedure
• Viewpoint Studios switching to digital photography
• Kingsdown, Oscar de la Renta offering high-end bedding line
• Carolina Mattress Guild leaves ISPA
• Bowles Mattress names Armstrong to sales post
• Podratsky leaves Simmons
• Grow leaves Ladlow's to return to manufacturing
• DiPersia launches N.Y. space
• Francesco Molon hires Harris in marketing, PR
• Correction
• Retail Ideas workshops provide valuable tips
• Broyhill participating in WHFA forum
• Mississippi State holding classes on lean production
• Hooker taps Shaver for VP
• Dinec moving operations to Trois-Rivière
• Bassett 1Q sales increase 5%; BFD store shipments up 22%
• Robb & Stucky hires Rubinstein
• Vest named territory manager at Exact
• Lexington to lay off some 90 employees in 2 plants
• Sealy's revenues up 10.4% in year, 4.9% in 4th quarter
• Stanley, AmericasMart back WithIt career event
• Scholarship Awards Breakfast at FIT scheduled for April 12

• Opinion Today
• U.S. not alone in losing jobs to Asian countries
• Letters to the Editor
• Letters to the Editor