Furniture/Today invites companies to submit photos of product introductions to be considered for its Best of Market High Point Market feature, to appear in the Nov. 4 issue. Well-received furniture, bedding and rugs introductions in all ...
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Art Van Furniture will open its second Indiana store here early next year as it continues its aggressive push into four states around its Michigan home base. The Warren, Mich.-based Top 100 company said it will open a 46,000-square-foot ...
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W. Silver Products is expanding its product offerings with a line of adjustable beds from Ergomotion. "We partnered with Ergomotion to distribute their adjustable beds to our furniture store and sleep shop channel of distribution," said ...
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Swedish retailer Ikea said worldwide sales rose 3.1% to 27.9 billion euros in the fiscal year ended Aug. 31. The sales figure, which equals about $37.38 billion, includes same-store sales growth of 1.8%. In a press release announcing ...
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The bedding industry turned in a solid performance in August, with units increasing by 3.5% and the dollar value of bedding shipments rising a healthy 6.9%. The average unit price rose 3.3%, to $212.01. Those figures from the August ...
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Bob Sherman, who built Serta into the nation's largest bedding producer, is leaving Serta to pursue other interests, officials announced. His wife, Barbara Bradford, a senior Serta official, is also leaving. No reason for the departures, ...
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Several bedding introductions are scheduled for the upcoming High Point Market. Key trends include an accent on accessories as new mattress protectors, toppers and sheets offer new options for bedding retailers. Bedding producers also ...
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Protect-A-Bed, a supplier of bedding protection products, announced that Clive Goldin, the company's president, is retiring. Goldin, 56, has been with Protect-A-Bed for 13 years. "Under Clive's leadership, Protect-A-Bed has built and ...
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Canadian upholstery manufacturer Fornirama Furniture will show at its first High Point Market this month, unveiling a new collection from Quebec apparel and furniture designer Jean Claude Poitras. This chair is part of the Fabiana ...
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Further to the announced buy-back program of 326,800 shares, to cover the stock option plan of 2012 in favor of the management, Recticel reports it has purchased 35,733 of its own shares on NYSE Euronext Brussels. This corresponds to ...
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Furniture First buying group has added two new members: Ashbrook Furniture in Salem, N. H., and Furniture Traditions in Humble, Texas. It also said it will display new products and concepts in its High Point showroom this month, including ...
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Bader inspects organic cotton that he uses in his sleep sets.YUBA CITY, Calif. - In a showroom here filled with certified organic mattresses, each painstakingly produced by a veteran work force, true believer Walt Bader made the case for ...
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Top 15 bedding producer Restonic has named Julia Rosien to the newly created position of brand engineer. She will report to Ron Passaglia, president of Restonic. Rosien, a communications and social media specialist who is the chairman of ...
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Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. applauded a mattress recycling bill that he signed into law here late last week. SB 254, backed by the International Sleep Products Assn., enjoyed bipartisan support as it moved through the legislative process in ...
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Bedding major Simmons said it will be a major sponsor of Howard Young's 2013 Atlanta Golf Classic, supporting pancreatic cancer research. Atlanta-based Simmons will co-sponsor the charity golf tournament, which expects to attract 120 ...
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