Furniture Today - June 11, 2007

The proposed furniture tip-over safety standard covers "clothing-storage furniture" but not console cabinets that could support a flat-panel TV. The American Society for Testing and Materials rule as it now stands doesn't cover entertainment centers, and states, "This safety specification does not cover any items 30 inches or less in height.

• News
• Parents speak out
• Brass bed prices rise
• Thornwood seeks duties
• ABCs of mattress safety
• Efforts aim to prevent tipping injuries
• PeopLoungers gets loan, will continue to cut costs
• Mattress Firm to buy St. Louis units
• Uph. maker Ashley Manor closing
• Magni family: Big ideas, small-package mattresses
• Exotic materials star in these mattresses
• Tuscany plant pops out wide array of bedding
• Magniflex takes on U.S. market with Soho store
• Macy's sees opportunities in furniture
• L&P restructures Consumer Products Group
• AICO Office taps Henson
• Wadhams to succeed Manoogian as Masco CEO
• Gordon named VP of sales at Protect-A-Bed
• New Kemp company BK has Indonesia links
• Wright to consult at Leggett & Platt
• AHFA meet to examine breakthrough marketing
• Greystone submits $13.5M bid for some assets of Joan Fabrics
• Park Place reopening United Pa. plant
• Hickory Springs taps four in bedding products div.
• H.P. Market promotion may contain ticket for free room
• Eitel hails 'incredible momentum' at Simmons riding big sales boom
• Perryman named to WMC post
• Wingate replaces Perryman at F/T
• Corrections

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

• Special Report
• Casual Dining
• Smaller silhouettes, bigger function
• Showtime
• More fabrics eco-friendly
• Showtime: All about design
• 9 design students win Virginia Jackson awards
• Leather buyers want pearlized finishes, metallic tones
• We love beach music!
• Fastest-growing Top 100 stores
• Sleep Train chugs to top of fast-growth list

• Industry Numbers
• Hooker sales, profit down
• Furniture factory orders down 4% in March
• Kessler Inds. to reopen
• Havertys' sales down 14.2% in May, 11.4% year to date

• Editor's Desk
• Some fresh air on antidumping

• Bedding Today
• Ladies, let your man have say in bed purchase

• Opinion Today
• Canadian factories: How they can survive

• Store Openings
• Young America gallery added to S.C. kids boutique
• Ekornes opens two galleries