Furniture Today - May 14, 2007

Fixtur-World, a manufacturer, distributor and installer of food service furniture and fixtures, has completed its purchase of upholstery maker Livingston Furniture, which will continue to sell under its own name. Livingston, which had a 40,000-square-foot factory about 20 miles from Cookeville in central Tennessee, moved production May 1 into its new parent's facilities...

• News
• Bush promotes Ruedinger to product design director
• Earles gets Valdese sales mgr. post
• Karel's L.A. market draws 2,000 buyers
• American Silk taps Marcus for new post
• United Sleep closes
• Simmons pres. resigns
• Air rule affects furniture
• 20 may escape antidumping review
• F/T launches eco-friendly, online Green supplement
• Sealy realigns into 3 sales regions
• AHFA July meet to examine global supply chain strategies
• Magi Seal launches new SleepTrust division
• Bedding veteran Morris joins Magi Seal's SleepTrust Guarantee
• Inman joins GBS Enterprises-Protect-All
• All Leath stores put up for immediate sublease
• N.C. budget plan earmarks $3.1M for market
• Texas upholsterer Smith closing
• George named Pulaski accents VP
• Select Comfort senior VP Collier resigns
• Sleepy's said interested in buying Rockaway
• Cook is H&S case goods VP
• Price leaves JCPenney post
• DeRose joins Magnussen
• Bermex International acquires Mi-Di dining
• Canadel makes staffing changes
• Kingsdown launches Sleep to Live Research Center
• Cochrane joins Bermex as vice president of sales
• Mattress Giant taps Stephens
• Dalian furniture shows slated for June 12–15
• Butera names Reiter national sales manager
• Obituaries
• Robert B. Clymer, retailing and advertising

• Tech Talk
• TVs and mattresses: Not quite strange bedfellows

• Editor's Desk
• Let's celebrate green-letter day

• Special Report
• Retail Profile
• Rising Star: Fun, flexible furniture
• Eco-friendly Web site powered by the sun
• Transportation
• Trucking services change with the times
• Consumer Buying Trends
• Channel Surfing: Discount department stores
• Fashion Report
• Behind the Design
• Milan
• Milan turns up the color

• People Today
• Johnny Janosik honors CR-Home rep Kordich
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Store Openings
• Ga. retailer opens Broyhill gallery
• America's Mattress debuts Wis. store

• Opinion Today
• Online credibility: New paradigm taking shape

• Industry Numbers
• Bombay stock falls
• Dorel 1Q sales inch up; home segment still struggles
• Bestar component sales help boost 1Q revenues 31.5%
• Easyhome 1Q profits jump 44.6%
• FBI cuts directors pay

• Bedding Today
• Kiwi Butcher's pitch: Come fly with me .... in paradise