A formal search process to name a president for the Serta brand is now under way, Furniture/Today has learned. Gary Fazio, CEO of Serta Simmons Holdings, the parent company of the Serta and Simmons brands, confirmed to the newspaper that ...
Furniture Store Performance RportMotion upholstery, occasional tables, youth bedroom and outdoor furniture now account for a greater portion of furniture store sales, according to Furniture/Today's exclusive Furniture Store Performance ...
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Several Vietnamese manufacturers showing here this week are looking to capture a larger share of business in the U.S. market. Tran Anh Vu, left, Lien Thanh Furniture, and Patrick G. Harvey, Harick PTY Ltd. ?Jeff Dilley, left, Exsero ...
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The Design Network will launch a new video series next month featuring interior designer and lifestyle expert Tracy Hutson. Hutson, perhaps best known as part of the design team on the former "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," will star in ...
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Southern Chill, a band loaded with furniture industry talent, will warm up the night at McPherson's Tuesday evening to raise funds for City of Hope, the California-based medical research and treatment center. Sean Mettler, an up-an-coming ...
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Pasquale Natuzzi sits in a Re-vive recliner, Natuzzi's performance movement chair introduction.HIGH POINT - It isn't often that a High Point Market showroom is completely silent, but on Friday night, it happened as a group of 150 dealers ...
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Top furniture industry executives are happy to comply with any government regulations that result in safer products. However, they question standards that they believe do little or nothing to increase product safety, while layering on ...
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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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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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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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The owners of high-end e-commerce retailer DecadentAvenue.com will open a 25,000-square-foot store here with an expanded assortment of upper middle and high-end lines. The Memphis-based online retailer's first bricks-and-mortar store will ...
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Bedding Distribution ReportBedding specialty stores continue to gain share in the retail mattress marketplace while the furniture store channel continues to lose ground, according to Furniture Today's 2013 Bedding Distribution Channel ...
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Furniture Brands Canada has declared bankruptcy and all of its salaried employees have been let go. The move was made after its U.S. parent company sought Chapter 11 court protection from its creditors earlier this week. Furniture Brands ...
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With Furniture Brands International's bankruptcy filing finally behind it and court pending financing lined up, retailers attending Premarket here were largely optimistic the news will lead to better times for Thomasville, Broyhill and ...
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The Top 25 U.S. Bedding Retailers, led by a sizzling Mattress Firm now in the top spot on the list, posted a 16.3% increase in bedding revenues last year. The strong performance of the group, which featured 12 double-digit sales gainers, ...
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