Furniture Today - April 23, 2007

Hot bedroom styles this spring cover opposite ends of the spectrum as both carved traditional and clean contemporary are selling well. The old saying is that the truth can be found in the middle between two extremes, but in this case the truth is found at the extremes. Few styles could be farther apart in looks than heavily carved Italian/Mediterranean traditional and sleek, s...

• Special Report
• New collections targeting younger consumers
• Fabric protection specialists evolve with times
• Leather presents special challenges
• Dongguan market spreads its wings
• Youth goes modern
• Dongguan show: On the road to growth
• Shenzhen looks to broaden focus
• Show hosts Indonesia pavilion
• Accessories Today
• Soft, metallic finishes on rise

• Industry Numbers
• Stanley 1Q sales down 10.1%
• Quaker 1Q net sales drop 29.6% to $32.6M
• Mattress Firm enters Las Vegas with Bedtime acquisition
• Foamex invests $3M in Mississippi operations
• Unifi consolidating N.C. dyeing operations

• People Today
• Furniture First adds stores, elects new officers, board
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Editor's Desk
• If Vonnegut was our spokesman...

• Store Openings
• Colorado retailer adds Ekornes zone
• Flexsteel installs two

• News
• Singapore show boasts 510 exhibitors
• MIFF draws more interest
• Duties often reinvested
• Premarket: Worth 20K?
• Sauder buys O'Sullivan
• Fowlers meets fire code with Olympic-size splash
• De Leo, Kadifeteks forge profitable fabric team
• Mill-direct line hits lower price for fabric partners
• Exhibitors applaud Bedding Center at High Point market
• Three Simmons VPs promoted
• TradeWinds opens showroom
• 85,708 registered for spring market
• Smaller duty recipients look to capital projects
• 2006 duty disbursements come to $21.8M ... so far
• White is consultant at Bauhaus
• American Century Home sets ambitious growth plan
• Chromcraft names Hanna to manage CR-Home dining
• La-Z-Boy treasurer resigns
• Hill joins Green Hides as VP
• New York official seeking to license stores
• Easyhome taps Natale for U.S.
• Obituaries
• Carl G. Merschman, Homemakers founder

• Bedding Today
• What women really want: A better night's sleep

• Opinion Today
• Of knock-offs and confused consumers

• Insider's View
• Cherchez la femme: What Talbots could teach us