Furniture Today - May 21, 2007

Industry veteran Mike McCollum has joined Progressive Furniture as senior vice president of merchandising for the imported Woodlands division. McCollum most recently was senior vice president of merchandising for case goods at Broyhill. Earlier, he was vice president and general manager of the Signature division of SLF.

• News
• Lazar promotes Buskirk, adds Venti
• Li & Fung hires Miller to manage engineering
• High Point considers Home Meridian incentives
• ISPA reports modest 1Q, forecasts brighter '07–'08
• Serta designs Wang line for Neiman Marcus.com
• Market dates changing
• PeopLoungers in Ch. 11
• Antidumping tradeoff
• Good, bad of retail service
• Crate & Barrel to enter Canadian market
• NexCen taps Platt for home
• Venture to auction properties in H.P.
• Datacolor has dye unit
• Wickes leaving Twin Cities
• Sun-owned Berkline due funds
• AHFA sets June finance meeting
• Quaker still looking to sell headquarters
• C.S. Wo to open first store on U.S. mainland
• Sealy taps 3 regional sales VPs
• Oehmig is Glen Raven Americas chief
• Karel's L.A. show draws 2,000 buyers
• Ameriwood closing Michigan plant
• W.S. Badcock closing Fla. bedding factory
• A. Frank Hooker Jr. dies at age 77
• Six-store Canadian retail chain to liquidate
• Ashley seeks new distribution to replace business lost to Furniture Direct bankruptcy
• Teppermans, Johan's offering to help Furniture Direct customers
• Antidumping duties, U.S. reviews could last indefinitely
• Cash settlements believed common
• Bedding Benchmarks
• Comfort Solutions builds for growth
• New team hitting its stride

• People Today
• People on the Move
• People on the Move
• Fairfield Chair honors Smith

• Special Report
• Metal Beds
• Metal beds team up with accents
• Top 25 Sources for U.S. Furniture Market
• Top 25 sales creep up 1.3%
• Top sources
• Sales decline for most Top 25 contenders
• Ashley again leads Top 25 sources list
• Public companies have mixed results in 2006
• About the ranking
• Bits and Bytes
• Danish modern resource finds the software it needs
• Accessories Today
• NexGen closes Waverly deal

• Industry Numbers
• Simmons sales rise 13.4%
• Leon's revenues up 16%
• BMTC 1Q sales slip 2.5%, but earnings rise

• Editor's Desk
• Why we ask all those questions

• Opinion Today
• Lessons from the discounter channel

• Insider's View
• Listen up, you retailers! A few ideas, 100% off!

• Bedding Today
• Strategist: Bedding should get more respect in stores

• Store Openings
• Maynard's Belton store installs Hooker gallery
• Brooks debuts Lane
• Home Furniture opens dealer store in Stratford