Furniture Today - May 22, 2006

Why give away something that you can sell? That's a question asked by suppliers of sleep accessory products, who offer everything from mattress pads and protectors to comforters and a wide range of pillows. And they provide the answer: It's often a bad idea. The suppliers say that sleep accessories help consumers slumber more comfortably, help improve the looks of stores, and ...

• Special Report
• Dust Buggies educate consumers about mites
• Powers: Bed protection offers big benefits
• Furniture Today's Top 25 Furniture Manufacturers a
• Ashley leads Top 25 furniture sources
• Top 25 sales climb 5.2%
• Furniture Todays' Top 25 Furniture Manufacturers & Importers
• Contenders register mixed results for '05
• Who owns whom
• Earnings down for many in '05
• About the ranking

• People Today
• Moore joins Capital Factors as executive VP
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Industry Numbers
• Brick Group sales rise 17.1%
• Bombay loss widens as sales decline 2.8%
• Hooker lowers 2Q forecast
• Select Comfort approves stock
• Higher costs lead to loss at DWR
• Bestar revenues slide 14.2% in 1Q

• Store Openings
• Ashley debuts Alabama store
• W.S. Badcock opens N.C. unit
• La-Z-Boy launches store in Wisconsin

• Tech Talk
• Our product keeping pace with innovative technology
• Why offshore producers want facilities in U.S.

• News
• Mastercraft industry creditors
• STI opening warehouse in Tupelo
• It's almost Showtime
• Hooker gallery popular
• D.C. retailer to close
• Thomasville reinvents its store
• Amini gives charity $6M
• Reinisch shifts to all-import line
• Ross joins Kingsdown as marketing VP
• 13 textile design students win Jackson awards
• Fairfield Chair salutes reps Craven, Walters
• Mattress Firm appoints Stagner president
• Bermanfalk will make, market LDC Design Studio line
• Club 8 changes name to BoConcept
• Lexington leaving home
• K's Merchandise negotiating debt
• High Point registration topped 100,000
• Mac Motion Chairs promotes Tony McCracken to sales post
• Sigla taps Texas rep Elstein
• Furniture stocks plunge 5.4%
• Global launches branding initiative
• Dunaj joins Restoration Hardware
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Editor's Desk
• Forget about the good ol' days

• Bedding Today
• Let's shorten warranties, sell profitable extensions