Furniture Today - July 23, 2007

Morris Furniture has begun site work on a 102,000-square-foot lifestyle furniture shopping mall here, a new format designed by Grid2. The Home Center, at Interstates 70 and 75 in northern Dayton, features multiple store entryways for access to key product categories, and an interior with mall-like circulation that adjoins the specialty areas.

• News
• Morris taps Daley for VP post
• Natuzzi CEO leaving
• Scozzafava ready to roll
• RTG heads to Houston
• Legends' U.S. plant thriving
• Sealy alters approach to service
• IBC taps Sealy exec Smith as CEO
• Broyhill heads to Tupelo next month
• Paschall leaves CEO post at Sherrill
• Vitello joins Brinkel as U.S. sales director
• Fancher Chair: Little known, 200 years old
• Reps again will have their day at WMC
• International press group to meet in Vegas
• GET stuff on Web video
• Habersham Web site showcases broader line
• ICFF attendance up 8%
• Online retailer FurnitureFind.com up for sale
• Bassett opens N.C. office to oversee store network
• Calvin Klein fabrics due from Kravet
• La-Z-Boy exec finds 'extra' fun
• Stamper gets new Lexington senior marketing post
• Eitel joins WithIt board
• AVB/BrandSource creates furniture division
• Allen promoted to EVP

• Bedding Today
• Vegas seminar: What consumers, retailers want

• Store Openings
• England adds two
• The Mattress Store opens 12th Calif. unit

• Special Report
• Specialty Sleep
• ISPA: Specialty sleep down in '06
• Specialty sleep leaders: Figures not an accurate reflection
• Market Events
• Educational seminars set for market
• Social events: What happens in Vegas ...
• Shuttle service available from hotels to WMC, Sands, airport
• Las Vegas Product
• Array of product on tap for Las Vegas Market
• Accessories Today
• Atlanta, San Fran among the markets going 'green'
• Fashion Report
• Behind the Design

• Industry Numbers
• Stanley 2Q sales slip 12.6%
• Owner to sell stake in Distinctive Designs
• Mattress Firm acquires 9 St. Louis stores

• Editor's Desk
• FBI's new guy eager to learn

• People Today
• People Today

• Opinion Today
• Italian leather neighbors getting their acts together
• Letters to the Editor
• Forget fear factor, dare to be different, make money!