Furniture Today - July 25, 2005

Hoping to add spice to a less-than-spectacular first half of 2005, motion furniture producers are coming to Las Vegas with a variety of new products and market specials. Producers are hoping their market efforts will result in increased retail traffic and help dealers work off bulging inventories.

• Product Spotlight
• Product Strategies
• Vegas market features potent bedding lineup
• Rug presence is modest, but exhibitors are hopeful
• Fresh faces exhibiting case goods in Vegas
• Occasional producers eye new accounts
• Home entertainment takes center stage
• SOHO sources enhance lines with style, function
• Upholstery sources hope to tap into Vegas excitement
• Leather producers targeting independents
• Product Spotlight
• Product Parade
• Stationary upholstery
• Leather upholstery
• Motion upholstery
• Bedroom
• Youth
• Dining
• Home office
• Home entertainment
• Occasional
• Wicker and rattan
• Rugs
• Bedding

• Store Openings
• N.C. retailers add La-Z-Boy galleries
• Jonathan Adler debuts 6th store
• 1-800-Mattress opens Pa. store
• Montana Furniture launches sixth unit
• Bedmart sets 23rd store

• People Today
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Bedding Today
• Looking for a sure Vegas bet? Visit all those bedding spaces

• Opinion Today
• With consumer in control, how should you advertise?

• Industry Numbers
• O'Sullivan utilizes financial grace period
• Dorel projects flat '05 net earnings
• Foamex lowers 2Q earnings expectations
• Stanley sales, earnings up

• Editor's Desk
• Great workplaces don't come cheap

• News
• Drexel Heritage to post retail prices online
• Scoperta show moving to Milan
• Harley-Davidson rocks, thanks to Troutman
• Legends moves into high-tech plant
• Grid2 opens Shanghai office
• Tahoe offers new domestic fabric source
• It's finally showtime in Las Vegas: Florida's City sending 200
• More shuttles free in H.P.
• It's finally showtime in Las Vegas: Buyers ready for anything
• Lady Americana unveils Cristina bedding
• Fashion Bed Group launches brand in Europe
• Cory adds clients, links with MGM
• ProShield to market Stainsafe in Canada
• Broyhill is showing first China leather in Las Vegas
• Corrections
• Canadian retailers scouting Vegas action
• Simmons aims to give retailers display ideas
• Sandberg hosts RTO dealers
• WHFA has two Vegas retailer resource sites
• Jones joins importer Palosanto
• Seminars on tap in San Fran
• SF furniture market overlaps gift show
• King Koil space shows off new retail display program
• Hickory Springs adds extrusion plant in Arizona
• JCPenney salutes supplier Spring Air
• WMC exhibitors ready with socko showrooms
• Ainsworth exits Fashion Bed Group
• Cantrex realigns, sets unified national strategy
• Samuel Lawrence changes name to reflect new identity
• Hughes follows father as CEO
• Lewis leads Bombay marketing
• Stein World parent taps Dudash
• Pulaski recovers stolen goods
• Bedding Benchmarks
• Arthritis Foundation lauds Tempur-Pedic
• Kingsdown gives $500,000 to N.C. children's hospital
• SICO recognizes Restonic plant for outstanding performance
• L.A. factory again gets Spring Air quality award
• Therapedic adds Shanghai office
• Sleep lab receives sets from King Koil
• Obituaries
• Russell Allen 'Rusty' Hancock, BenchCraft sales representative

• Special Report
• Consumer Report
• Web2Store shoppers present growing opportunity