Furniture Today - July 28, 2008

LAS VEGAS Laden with some new products and plenty of High Point reintroductions, motion upholstery suppliers showing here this week are hoping for the best but aren't sure what to expect in orders or attendance. As the World Market Center kicks off its seventh exhibition here, the opening of Building C is expected to draw dealers.

• News
• Bedding Benchmarks
• California's Sit 'n Sleep debuts updated format
• LMG's Lilly: Bedding 'will see continued contraction'
• Our Community
• Dorel groups contribute to flood relief
• City Furniture partners with March of Dimes

• Product Strategies
• Sources turn up heat in entertainment
• Majors' bedding bets
• Occasional offers affordable option
• Universal awarded patent for TV chest
• Pricing a hot topic in seating
• Parker House gets approval
• Contemporary in wood spotlight
• Bedding intros aim to put zip in sales

• Vanden Boomen joins Buhler
• Brownstone teams with J. Marshall
• Riverside submits request to begin EFEC program

• People Today
• People Today

• Industry Numbers
• Tempur-Pedic 2Q profit falls 38.6% as sales dip
• Kubas: Canadian furniture sales to rise 1.8% in '08
• Leggett’s 2Q earnings slide 22.8% on flat sales

• Editor's Desk
• Adopting a new mindset

• Bedding Today
• Market provides opportunity to get fresh ideas, tweak lines

• Opinion Today
• Design shows, home tours: No escaping furnitureland

• Industry News
• Eco-friendly Phifertex ready for market
• Tenn. Buying Group adopts new name
• Descartes honors L&P, Crate & Barrel for logistics
• Silver State debuts Tommy Bahama line
• Building C hosts high-end lines
• Norwalk suspends manufacturing
• Vermont Tubbs consolidating production
• Wal-Mart seeking to source certified woods
• Legacy Classic establishes West Coast warehouse
• Miller joins Natura
• CGL opens office in Greensboro
• WMC adds exhibitors; many tenants in new showrooms
• Corrections
• FabricTech2000 expands distribution base
• Kuka Home makes U.S. market debut in Vegas
• Spring Air closes Denver mattress factory
• Kinwai USA launching youth, top-of-bed lines
• 16 design students win Angelo Donghia scholarships
• Black's Furniture no longer accepting special orders
• RP Machine acquires Fletcher
• Rizzy launches Custom Size rug program
• Williamsburg releases new fabrics
• Trucking association chief: Rising gas prices could result in shortage of trucks
• Legends overhauls domestic line
• Collezione seeks to sell remaining inventory
• Kingsdown fetes U.S., international teams
• Samuelson awards three design-based scholarships
• Studio RTA faces recall of two consoles
• F/T Web exclusives
• Great American Group eyes international expansion
• Survey: 38% catch a few ZZZs on the job
• Hamilton Spill to host China show
• West Virginia sales group honors retailer, sales rep
• Vegas buying targeted
• Actress Preston in Karastan space
• Twin-Star products win ADEX awards
• TradeWinds gearing up for annual charity golf tourney, Sept. 8
• Report: Lead in leather poses no risk
• WMC delays Building D groundbreaking
• Soflex spotlighting container-direct program
• Carpenter forms marketing consulting firm
• New leaders take over Ashley stores in Ind., Ky.
• GS moving to larger warehouse
• Coaster celebrates 30th with variety of initiatives
• Shermag creditors must file by Sept. 5
• Alphaville sues over Mies van der Rohe designs
• Primo expands showroom, adds warehouse
• Hollywood Bed showing in permanent WMC space
• AHFA conference addresses logistics
• Obituaries
• Richard Russell Waters Jr., Havertys
• Arthur Grehan, American Innerspring
• Casual Living
• Jensen Leisure Furniture debuts line made with ipe sustainable wood
• Skyline Design expands to serve Canadian market
• Casual Classics buying group adds Firehouse Casual, Offenbacher's
• Tropitone names Hendrix CEO, replacing Echolds