Furniture Today - August 13, 2007

Mattress Expo marked its seventh year in business earlier this summer, an event that the company's owners, focused on the challenges of running a metro sleep shop chain, failed to remember until after the date had passed. "We didn't realize it until later," admitted David Shapiro, manager of the 25-unit retailer.

• Special Report
• Las Vegas Report
• Buyers laud new products, smooth shopping in Vegas
• Entertainment sources aim to help stores boost business
• Occasional scores with Western touch
• Choosing sides in bonded leather
• Metal beds prove active
• Kids: Full beds, darker finishes
• Casual dining sources pleased
• Top 25 Bedding Retailers
• Select Comfort remains unchallenged as No. 1
• Specialty stores flex muscles
• About the numbers
• Salary Scorecard
• Exercising options takes many over $1 million

• Industry Numbers
• Easyhome profits double
• Select Comfort 2Q net income drops 72.8%
• Dorel 2Q sales up 5.3%, but furniture still slumping

• Insider's View
• Boomers have money but they aren't alone

• Editor's Desk
• Just how low should we go?

• People Today
• People Today

• News
• Over 100 escape review
• Primo shows in China
• More muscle for premarket
• Ashley celebrates milestone
• Tupelo expects strong 20th show
• Toronto show begins run
• Nov. Beijing show expanding
• GMHFA sponsoring Chicago market
• Fire marshals endorse AFHA's fire-safety plan
• Ashley suing Lifestyle
• KI/Martin suffers fire damage
• England closes California facility
• Spence Warren, Perfection pres.
• 'Randy' Hurst, retired retailer
• Obituaries
• Eli Erhlich, Preview Furniture founder

• Opinion Today
• Gallery stores fine-tune assortments

• Bedding Today
• Mattress Retailing 101
• How does Lynn Lewis sell a bed?
• Sealy executive's book explores life, death, hope