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March 27,
2012 by in UnCategorized 
By Aggregated Content in on March 28, 2012
from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/garden/furniture-design-adapts-to-technology.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Philippe Starck was in New York last week, ostensibly to introduce the Zik wireless headphones he designed for the French company Parrot. But Mr. Starck, who had just flown in from Paris, seemed more interested in holding forth on the future of design.
Dressed in yellow pants and unlaced white sneakers, he stood in a smartly furnished room of an upscale town house in Manhattan, jubilantly addressing a small crowd. Whats the future of design? he asked rhetorically. There is no future.
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March 27,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on March 28, 2012
from http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/daves_furniture_in_springfield.html
Nearly 10 months after taking a direct hit from the June 1 tornado , Daves Furniture of Springfield, Mass., celebrated its reopening Tuesday. The store, at 1028 Main St., suffered structural and roof damage from the storm that inflicted extensive damage on businesses and homes across the citys South End. Given its losses, the business could have moved on, rather than rebuilding, Mayor Domenic J. Sarno said at the reopening ceremony in the buildings foyer. They could have gone someplace else, but they didnt want to, Sarno said.
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March 26,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Bedding on March 27, 2012
from http://www.enquirerherald.com/2012/03/27/1863252/sealy-posts-1q-profit-and-shares.html
Mattress company Sealy Corp. said Tuesday it turned a profit in the fiscal first quarter on gains from a new, expensive mattress line, and its stock climbed in aftermarket trading.
Sealy said it earned $1.2 million, or a penny per share, over the three months ended Feb. 26. A year ago the company lost $902,000, or a penny per share, as it spent more on product launches and advertising, and took losses from discontinued businesses in Europe and Brazil.
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March 26,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in on March 27, 2012
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z6182306822&z=1250249029
TRINITY, N.C. -- Mattress company Sealy Corp. said Tuesday it turned a profit in the fiscal first quarter on gains from a new, expensive mattress line, and its stock climbed in aftermarket trading.Sealy said it earned $1.2 million, or a penny per share, over the three months ended Feb. 26. A year ago the company lost $902,000, or a penny per share, as it spent more on product launches and advertising, and took losses from discontinued businesses in Europe and Brazil.Its revenue rose 2 percent, to $312.3 million from $305.5 million. Analysts expected Sealy to take a loss of
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March 26,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Home Furnishings Business in Bedroom on March 27, 2012
The U.S. Department of Commerce has again extended its administrative review of 2010 Chinese bedroom furniture shipments.
In February, DOC had extended the deadline to March 22, but according to a Federal Register notice of the most recent extension, it required additional time to evaluate the arguments and submissions made by interested parties following the Preliminary Results, which had been issued October 24.
By statute, the final results of the 2010 administrative review are due August 19. Because August 19 falls on a weekend, the final results are now due no later than
August 20.