Furniture Industry News

Kingsdown Expands Presence In Asia With First Indonesian Licensee  - 5/19/2013

With this partnership, plans are in place to open five retail “Sleep Centers” this year featuring Kingsdown’s MySide® product line and bedMATCH™ sleep diagnostic technology.

Liberty, Southern Motion and Serta Receive Awards form Furniture First  - 5/19/2013

Furniture First Buying Group reported that it honored three of their vendor partners with Vendor of the Year Awards, presented May 14, 2013 during the group’s Symposium in New Orleans.

Twin-Star International Receives Seven ADEX Design Awards for 2013  - 5/19/2013

Twin-Star is a seasoned veteran when it comes to receiving ADEX Awards with their first two, a Platinum and a Gold for electric fireplaces, received in 2006.

Ken Burrows To Be Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award By ICFFA  - 5/19/2013

In the furniture industry since his high school days, Burrows’ journey has been a circuitous one, taking him from the factory floor to the executive suite and now to a retail store.

Four Students Win Groovystuff by Design Contest  - 5/19/2013

Students from their respective schools were charged with designing an environmentally friendly product that reflects the Dick Idol Legends brand and can be produced using sustainable furniture manufacturing practices.

When You Buy Quality, You Cry But Once  - 5/19/2013

A poem about selling by Peter Marino, excerpted from his yet to be printed and published work, Mythy:The Ephemeral Moth Mythy the Ephemeral Moth.

Furniture Web Tip #3 From The Furniture Market: Pinterest: Interior Design Remodelling Goes Social  - 5/19/2013

Using Pinterest can provide SEO benefits within a linking strategy. Images from Pinterest are inserted into websites or blogs, using an embed code, directly linking to the original website.

Weekly Furniture Management Tip # 92 - A Good Leader...  - 5/19/2013

This week's "Good Leader" tips eplain how successful managers can communicate effectively with their employees.

AHFA Manufacturing Summit To Focus on On Healthcare Reform  - 5/19/2013

Greg Stancil, director of healthcare reform at Scott Insurance, Roanoke, Va., will help executives navigate the maze of reform measures to determine both short-term and long-term implications for business.

Twin-Star International’s Copyright Infringement Complaint Upheld by ITC  - 5/19/2013

Prohibits importation of electric fireplaces, related components from accused Chinese companies .

HSM Names Corporate Vice President of Innovation and Technology  - 5/19/2013

HSM (formerly Hickory Springs) hires Gregg Greulich to facilitate the company's ability to offer HSM customers access to the latest materials and manufacturing techniques.

Connecticut Senate Approves Mattress Recycling Bill  - 5/19/2013

The legislation authorizes an industry-led non-profit organization to create and run a mattress recycling council that has the authority to set and collect a consumer fee to fund recycling operations.

Weekly Furniture World Media Note #72 from Lance Hanish-MobileFirst: Moms Are Using Social To Make Purchases  - 5/14/2013

44% have made a purchase due to a friend liking or posting about the brand on a social network, 32% because they saw a picture on Pinterest, and almost 1 in 4 on account of seeing a sponsored ad on a social network.

Bob’s Discount Furniture Celebrates the Grand Opening of Two New York City Stores.  - 5/14/2013

Retailer will contribute a total of $27,000 to 16 New York City schools and two youth-focused charities to celebrate the May 23 grand opening of its newest discount furniture stores in Brooklyn and the Bronx.

Leon's Furniture Limited Reports Challenging First Quarter  - 5/14/2013

Leon's corporate sales, excluding The Brick, of $150,675,000 in the first quarter of 2013, decreased by $6,756,000, or 4.3%, compared to the first quarter of 2012.

Weekly Furniture Management Tip # 93 - A Good Leader...  - 5/14/2013

This week's "Good Leader" tips from Country View Woodworking focus on managing information flow in retail organizations.

Dormeo Octaspring Expands Its Manufacturing In United States  - 5/14/2013

Dormeo Octaspring® invested more than $500,000 to retrofit its 30,000-square-foot Dallas-area distribution facility with new equipment.

Book Review: Adaptive Action- Leveraging Uncertainty in Your Organization  - 5/14/2013

It’s the Age of Uncertainty, and organizations everywhere are “stuck” in old habits and old ways of thinking that no longer work.

International Sleep Products Association Releases 2012 Mattress Industry Report Of Sales And Trends  - 5/14/2013

Report contains information on U.S. mattress sales by region, contract sales, product size data, as well as price point trends, import/export figures and general econometric data that influence mattress sales.

Pure Latexbliss™ Joins “End It”Campaign To Shine A Light On Modern-Day Slavery  - 5/14/2013

The "End It" campaign’s website www.enditmovement.com, educates readers that 27 million men, women and children are working as slaves in 161 countries, including the United States.

Sleep Train Expands Got Sleep? Mall Retail Concept to Northwest  - 5/14/2013

New Vancouver, WA store offers Portland-area mall shoppers a comfortable, convenient location to explore.

Thomasville Memorial Day Event Includes Launch Of New Magalog, $10,000 Sweepstakes  - 5/14/2013

The new catalog format offers a stylish, fresh approach for readers as it has been designed to read more like a magazine than a catalog.

ASFD Accepting 2013 Pinnacle Award Entries  - 5/14/2013

The deadline for entries is June 1, 2013. Entry criteria, submission guidelines and forms are available for downloading at www.asfd.com.

Wesley Mancini Honored For Lifetime Achievement In Design  - 5/14/2013

ASC Honors awards, given every three years, recognizes exceptionally creative individuals whose lifetime contributions have distinguished them and enriched the cultural and social history for Charlotte-Mecklenburg.

Jon Porter Wins Kincaid’s Leo Kahn Salesman of the Year Award  - 5/14/2013

Kincaid Furniture presented its annual Leo Kahn award as “Salesman of the Year” to Jon Porter.