December 18,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Bedding on December 19, 2011
Mattress manufacturer Gold Bond's Cool Response Gel collection will feature CertiPUR-US-approved polyurethane foam materials and carry the CertiPUR-US seal.
Cool Response is part of the Hartford, Conn., company's EcoSense line of eco-friendly, made-in-the-USA mattresses.
"As more and more consumers become environmentally conscious, the materials used in the products they buy become equally as important," said Gold Bond President Bob Naboicheck. "The CertiPUR-US seal offers consumers looking for eco-friendly sleep products the confidence of knowing that some of the components used to make the collection is not only cooling and comfortable but has passed strict environmental, health and safety standards."
The CertiPUR-US program is a voluntary testing, analysis and certification program that was developed by members of the global foam industry in response to an increase in substandard imported foams. Items that carry the CertiPUR-US seal contain flexible polyurethane foam products that have been tested and certified by an independent laboratory to be sure they meet the strict standards of the CertiPUR-US program for physical performance, indoor emissions and environmental stewardship.
Mattresses made with materials that carry the CertiPUR-US seal may be marketed as providing low emission VOCs for indoor air quality and made without ozone depleting CFCs, PBDE fire retardant, formaldehyde, prohibited phthalates, mercury, lead and heavy metals.
Gold Bond currently ships to 40 states and five countries, and its products are available at more than 400 retail showrooms.
December 16,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on December 17, 2011
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z5626065145&z=1250249030
A comfortable room is key when you're fighting the "C" word. Kids with cancer often spend more time in their own rooms than outside or at school while going through treatment.
Just ask LaNiece Williams. The south St. Louis 16-year-old is battling a rare cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma, which attacks the connective tissue. When the Make-A-Wish foundation asked LaNiece to name the one thing, the one place, or the one person she wished she could have, see, or meet, she wished for a new room.
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December 15,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on December 16, 2011
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z5625545861&z=1250249030
Wendell's Furniture expects to open in Plattsburgh's Champlain Center Mall in March. It will occupy the 17, 000 square foot space that used to house Borders Books and Music.
Wendell's has three locations in Vermont including its flagship store in Colchester. The retailer is opening the New York store in response to the amount of North Country shoppers who visited their locations in the Green Mountain state.
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December 15,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on December 16, 2011
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Grand Home Furnishings celebrated 100 years by its 58-year-old tradition of handing out bottles of Coca-Cola to customers.
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December 15,
2011 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on December 16, 2011
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z5620984889&z=1250249030
There are those little signs out front that read "Retiring forever." Then there are the banner signs in the windows "Bob's last sale," and "All things must go." It's not a joke. It's not a sales gimmick. After 35 years of selling furniture in Hanover, Bob Morris is calling it quits and closing his his store permanently.
"A lot of people might think we're not really going to close, until we actually start the going-out-of-business sale and then they'll realize we are closing," said Morris, who opened his store on Baltimore Street in 1976.
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