Furniture Today - August 11, 2008

The No. 1 bedding retailer in the country slipped a bit last year, but still stands unchallenged at the top of the mattress sales pyramid. Minneapolis-based Select Comfort, the airbed producer and retailer, once again reigns supreme as the nation's largest bedding retailer. It finished 2007 with bedding sales of $624 million, down 4.

• bedding
• Sealy will close Pa. facility
• Simmons sales dip in 2Q
• Innersprings dumped
• Rogers sets Sealy strategy

• Industry Numbers
• Havertys loses $2.3 million
• FBI posts 2Q loss

• News
• Miskelly opens 'grand' Ashley store
• Deal rescues Norwalk
• Prospects dim for bedding rebound

• Bedding Today
• Every column tells a story: Backstage with Rod in Vegas

• Editor's Desk
• Offer customer a book or two

• Our Community
• Cystic Fibrosis group honoring Daniels
• Bob's Discount surprises school with donations
• Chair contest raises funds for fighting breast cancer

• Opinion Today
• I'm addicted to markets (and you may be too)
• China racing to establish a giant consumer market
• Letters to the Editor
• A heartfelt thanks for all the support from industry execs

• People Today
• People Today

• Industry News
• Department store Boscov's files Chapter 11
• China's Halo buys 50% stake in G&J
• Britton buys Master inventory
• Furniture Transport Group expanding several services
• Internships available in California
• Malaysia show set for March 3-7
• Miles Talbott to produce Ruggiero upholstery line
• Judges selected for AHFA's Sage Awards
• Elite Leather promotes Nguyen
• F/T Web exclusives
• Furniture factory orders decline by 6% in May
• Macy's shuffles execs
• FLS completes expansion
• MicroD, ViewIT offer 3-D products
• Warner wins design award
• Antidumping group asks for transshipping review
• Cantrex Group will meet in Sept.
• Building brand a key goal for Restonic CEO Passaglia
• Cantrex tourney raises funds for Make-A-Wish
• Thirty-two mills showing at Aug. Toronto Fabric Fair
• GE provides financing to Hancock Fabrics
• Onadein resigns JLA post
• Hudson's names new CEOs for The Bay, Zellers
• Uniboard Canada buys ATC Panel's N.C. plant
• Stainsafe, Multimaster merge, form Global Care
• West Coast dockworkers reach tentative contract
• Li-owned facility to make Westlake fabric
• Fraenkel to close Louisiana facility
• Obituaries
• Herb Barnett, retired Bemco president