Furniture Today - September 26, 2005

Simpler designs are drawing the most attention in today's marketplace for many metal bed manufacturers and importers. In some cases, simple means a traditional or classic brass bed design. In others, it is a more contemporary footprint with clean lines and metallic finishes. Gone from some of best-selling models are the finials and castings with sculpted, carved looks that dis...

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• Obituaries
• Obituaries
• Curtin steps up at Shaw Living
• Blumenthal disaster plan works
• Grand scale looms large
• High Point eyes $1M for market
• Dorel closing Missouri RTA factory
• Six nominated for Hall of Fame
• La-Z-Boy closing Canadian factory
• Copeland looks to roots in first national ad effort
• Mfrs.: Premarket may be fading away
• Upholstery trends toward lifestyle look
• Leather plentiful at premarket
• Nicoletti expanding offerings from China
• High Point receives more funding for improvements
• Market Authority survey: Should H.P. dates change?
• China's Hightex adding cut-and-sew facility
• International Bedding Corp. restructures management
• Federated to drop Marshall Field's name
• La-Z-Boy appoints Bigsby president of Clayton Marcus
• Palliser promotes Reich to VP
• Eitel elected to ISPA board
• Design Within Reach promotes Poseley to CEO
• Gennet consulting at Ital Art
• Frail joins Blumenthal
• WHFA conference set for May in Hawaii
• Foss Mfg. files Ch. 11
• Yount joins C.R. Laine
• Corrections

• Editor's Desk
• What High Point could do right now

• Insider's View
• Five-year forecast: Major effort mostly blown away

• Special Report
• Asia Spotlight
• China factories hardly immune to higher costs
• Group aims to link small stores with China
• Chinese face own challenges
• Stronger yuan hasn't pinched Chinese ... yet
• La-Z-Boy boosts China office
• Decosit ends strong
• TIP fair showcases fabric offerings from China, India, Pakistan
• Spotlight on linen, silk, velvet
• Bedding Distribution
• Specialty stores increasing share of $10.7B bedding market pie

• Industry Numbers
• L&P lowers projections
• Rowe 3Q sales rise
• Foamex files Ch. 11, aims to convert debt to equity
• Tempur-Pedic reduces sales, earnings expectations
• O'Sullivan gets more time to deal with note payments

• People Today
• Griest consults on Southern collections
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Store Openings
• BFD store helping Habitat
• Sklar store just across street
• Forsey's has Stickley unit in Ariz.
• La-Z-Boy launches store in Pa.

• Bedding Today
• Firefighter: Others should follow Serta's FR lead

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