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JUST IN: Sleep Accessories in Furniture Stores , The study, just completed, presents the views of almost three dozen furniture retailers around the country, the vast majority of whom have annual sales of more than $2 million. And some big players are on the list of respondents, too; 21% of the furniture respondents had sales last year of $20 million or more.

Furniture Today's Economic Forecast for 2012 , Furniture Today polled industry analysts and economists to develop a forecast for 2012. Figures included in the report include: • Consumer spending on furniture and bedding • Housing starts • Existing home sales • New home sales • Mortgage rates • Real gross domestic product • Consumer price index • Unemployment • Personal disposable income • Prime interest rate

Furniture Today Retail Planning Guide 2012 , Furniture Today's Retail Planning Guide 2012 includes our economic analyses of the year that was 2011 and our outlook for 2012. The report is divided into five main sections: Economic Outlook, E-Intent, Distribution Report, Industry Outlook and Rankings.

Furniture Today’s 2011 Furniture Product Sales Estimates , This exclusive report estimates 2011 retail sales figures for 18 product categories, including bedding, master bedroom, youth/other adult bedroom, casual dining, entertainment furniture, desks, stationary sofas, reclining chairs and motion sofas. The report also provides total consumer spending for furniture and bedding from 2002 through 2011, as well as a retail roundup for 2011 and a look towards retail in 2012.

Furniture Today's Distribution Channels Report , Furniture stores still sell more furniture and mattresses than any other distribution channel. But the furniture store channel, which includes traditional, manufacturer-branded and lifestyle stores, is barely hanging on to its majority status.

Furniture/Today’s Consumer Views: Occasional Tables , Durability is the most important feature consumers are looking for when shopping for occasional tables. That's the opinion of seven out of ten consumers answering Furniture/Today and HGTV's 2011 Consumer Views Survey.

Furniture Today’s Secret Shopper: Metro: Miami | Product: Youth bedroom , Furniture/Today's secret shoppers searched the Miami metro for youth bedroom furniture in September. Results reflect the information gathered by the shoppers, all females under age 40, during each store visit. Broken Arrow, Okla.-based Shoppers, Inc. recruited the shoppers.

Bedding Yearbook - 2011 , Our annual Bedding Yearbook provides a compilation of key mattress reports we publish each year. In addition we include key players on the mattress landscape. On the producer side, we list the Top 15 Bedding Producers, a closely watched list that tells retailers which manufacturers are moving up and which ones are moving down. On the retail side of the business, we list the Top 25 Bedding Retailers, a mix of bedding specialists, furniture stores, department stores, warehouse clubs and others.

Furniture Today’s Consumer Views: Spotlight on Entertainment Furniture , It's all about the style as seven out of ten consumers look for style and design elements when shopping for entertainment furniture. That's a key finding from Furniture/Today and HGTV’s 2011 Consumer Views Survey. The exclusive results report style as the most important entertainment product feature among consumers.

Furniture Today’s Upholstery Style Survey 2011 , Furniture/Today's exclusive report provides market share data for percentage of units sold in 2010 for both the styles and fabrics for stationary sofas, motion sofas, reclining chairs and home theater seating. Results are presented by low, middle, upper-middle and high price points. Market share data for fabric constructions including chenilles, jacquards and dobbies, leathers and suedes, microdeniers, prints, textures, velvets and piles and vinyls by price points are also presented.

Furniture Today - The List 2011 , The List includes all of Furniture Today's 2011 exclusive rankings, including both retailer and manufacturer rankings. Rankings include the Top 100 US Furniture Stores, Fastest growing Top 100 Furniture Stores, Beyond the Top 100, Top 25 US Furniture and Bedding Retailers, Top 25 Bedding Retailers, Top 25 Sources for the US Furniture Market and Top 15 US Bedding Producers.

Fall High Point Market Overview, October 2011 , Each High Point market, Furniture/Today's edit and research team put together a market overview. It's a compilation of the macro-economic indicators, such as unemployment, housing starts, consumer spending, mortgage rates and personal savings rates, influencing the furniture industry. It's also a style round-up of product introductions new and hot at market.

eIntent: A measurement of traffic, brands and products through online furniture sites , This exclusive 4-page report analyzes the online visitor traffic to furniture store websites for January through September 2011, as well as the top-performing furniture brands online. It also discusses the important of effective search engine optimization.

Furniture Today's Secret Shopper: Metro: Washington, DC | Product: Formal Dining , Furniture/Today's secret shoppers searched the Washington, D.C. metro for formal dining in August. Results reflect the information gathered by the shoppers, all females under age 40, during each store visit. Broken Arrow, Okla.-based Shoppers, Inc. recruited the shoppers.

Furniture Today's 2011 Bedding Distribution Channel Report , Furniture/Today's exclusive 2011 Bedding Distribution Report reveals 2010 bedding market share through seven distribution channels. Figures are based on 2010 retail sales of conventional mattresses and boxsprings, as well as foam bedding, futons, airbeds, adjustable beds and waterbeds.

Furniture Today Secret Shopper : Metro: New York | Product: Occasional Tables , Furniture/Today's secret shoppers searched the New York metro for occasional tables in July. Results reflect the information gathered by the shoppers, all females under age 40, during each store visit. Broken Arrow, Okla.-based Shoppers, Inc. recruited the shoppers.

Furniture Today's Top 25 Bedding Retailers 2011 , The Top 25 Bedding Retailers collectively enjoyed a strong year in 2010, posting an 8.8% gain in bedding revenues. That august group, which generated more than $5 billion in bedding revenues last year, featured 10 retailers who posted double-digit revenue gains. And four standouts — the Ashley Furniture HomeStores, Sears, Bob's Discount Furniture and Tempur-Pedic — managed to achieve 20%-plus bedding revenue gains. Furniture/Today's exclusive Top 25 Bedding Retailers report ranks the retailers based on their bedding revenues.

Furniture Today Secret Shopper: Metro: Phoenix | Product: Mattresses , Furniture/Today's secret shoppers searched the Phoenix metro for mattresses in June. Results reflect the information gathered by the shoppers, all females under age 40, during each store visit. Broken Arrow, Okla.-based Shoppers, Inc. recruited the shoppers.

FurnitureToday's Top 25 Furniture and Bedding Retailers, 2011 , The nation's largest retailers specializing in home furnishings and bedding - or at least counting on these categories for the primary chunk of their overall sales - were in command in 2010, with sales increases that outpaced those of top department stores and other more varied merchandise rivals.

Bedbugs: New Survey Reveals Women's Bedbug Concerns , Women, bedding's key consumers, are very aware of bedbugs, see the bedbug problem as being a serious one in the country, but are confident that problem can be controlled. Those are some of the key conclusions of a survey of women consumers conducted by Furniture/Today in partnership with Medelia Inc., a business strategy firm headed by Delia Passi. Passi, a speaker at Furniture/Today's recent Bedding Conference, and Furniture/Today posed bedbug questions to a panel of women who shared their thoughts on key bedbug issues. Approximately 250 women answered a variety of questions. This is the first time that Furniture/Today has surveyed an exclusively female audience on bedbug issues.
Furniture Today's eTailer Report, 2011 , Online retail sales are quickly climbing, with recent figures showing total sales, excluding travel, grew a remarkable 450% during the last decade. How does that increase compare with overall furniture and bedding sales? The following three growth rates highlight the online channel's dominant position within retail and its ever-strengthening position within furniture

2011 Logistics Podcast , Furniture Today's Editor-in-Chief Ray Allegrezza held a very successful Logistics Conference in June at Atlanta's AmericasMart. The event featured a fast-paced, fact-filled agenda that explored what's going on with ocean freight, home delivery and warehousing. In an effort to make the content available for those that couldn't attend, we are offering audio podcasts of the various sessions.

Furniture Today's Secret Shopper: Metro: Atlanta | Product: Recliners , Furniture/Today’s secret shoppers searched the Atlanta metro for recliners in May. Results reflect the information gathered by the shoppers, all females under age 40, during each store visit. Broken Arrow, Okla.-based Shoppers, Inc. recruited the shoppers.

Furniture Today's Beyond the Top 100 - 2011 , Furniture/Today's exclusive report, Beyond the Top 100, lists 100 independent furniture stores that are significant players in their respective markets. This list is by no means comprehensive. Many more than the 100 furniture stores listed here are strong retailers within their communities. This survey does not rank companies, nor is it a continuation of the Top 100 U.S. Furniture Stores, which published in the May 23, 2011 issue.

Furniture Today's Top 100 Furniture Stores - Updated for 2011! , Furniture/Today's exclusive Top 100 listing ranks furniture stores by 2010 sales of furniture, bedding and decorative accessories, including fabric and furniture protection and warranties.

Top 15 U.S. Bedding Producers 2011 , Furniture Today's ranking of the Top 15 Bedding Producers ranks companies according to 2010 U.S. wholesale bedding shipments. Returns, as well as shipments to Puerto Rico are excluded. Contract shipments are included in figures. Adjustments, including sales allowances and incentives, are also included and are reported in the notes when available.

Furniture Today's Secret Shopper: Metro: Minneapolis | Product: Entertainment , Furniture/Today's secret shoppers scoured the greater Minneapolis metro for entertainment furniture in April. Results reflect the information gathered by the shoppers, all females under age 40, during each store visit. Broken Arrow, Okla.-based Shoppers, Inc. recruited the shoppers.

Furniture Today's Fastest Growing Furniture Stores - 2011 , The exclusive report includes: *Top growth leaders in furniture sales, based on net sales increases and percentage increases *Top growth leaders in units, based on the number of units and percentage increase in units *Top growth leaders in equivalent-store sales *Top growth index leaders *Complete list of companies featured in the report, with this year's Top 100 ranking.

Furniture Today's 2011 Consumer Buying Trends Survey, Part 2 , This exclusive presentation provides an in-depth look at who bought and plans to buy bedding, motion sofas and entertainment furniture.

Furniture Today's Secret Shopper: Metro: Los Angeles | Product: Motion sofas , Power is the hottest motion trend in the greater L.A. market, with 14 out of the 20 stores shopped by Furniture/Today’s secret shoppers offering power on the sales floor. Other motion trends include drink holders, storage consoles and sofas that recline to a horizontal position, shown by half or more of the L.A. stores. Only two of the stores shopped, Ashley Furniture HomeStore and Jerome’s, carry motion sofas that offer massage.

Furniture Today's Top 25 Furniture Sources for U.S. Market - 2011 , Estimated furniture shipments for the 25 largest furniture sources to the U.S. market totaled $10.25 billion in 2010, an increase of 7.8% from 2009 shipments of $9.5 billion for the same group.

Furniture Today's 2011 Consumer Buying Trends Survey, Part 1 , More than 33 million U.S. households bought furniture and bedding products in 2010, spending a combined $83.5 billion. In 2011, 34% of U.S. households — 38 million — plan to buy furniture and bedding. That’s one of the findings from Furniture/Today’s 2011 Consumer Buying Trends Survey. The exclusive data provides nationally-representative purchase incidence figures for 14 products, as well as demographic characteristics of households who bought and plan to buy each category.

2011 Retail Giants of Bedding , Furniture/Today's special bedding issue highlights four retail giants of bedding. The 2011 winners of this award are BedzzzExpress, Back To Bed, El Dorado Furniture and Nebraska Furniture Mart.

Furniture Today's Consumer Views: Spotlight on Stationary Upholstery , Which stationary sofa features are most important to consumers? Which fabric colors and styles do consumers prefer? This and more is answered in Furniture/Today's exclusive 2011 Consumer Views Survey.

Furniture/Today's Secret Shopper: Metro: Dallas | Product: Master bedroom , The results are in and Design Within Reach is Dallas’s top store, receiving a near-perfect score on the salesperson index and an excellent overall store rating. Our secret shopper would return to buy because of DWR’s “well-designed furniture.”

Furniture Today's 2011 Imports/Exports Report , After two years of declines, U.S. furniture and bedding imports came surging back in 2010 with a 21% increase. Foreign furniture factories geared up during the year, partly to meet the moderate recovery in U.S.demand but also to satisfy the backlog created after the overseas plants sharply curtailed shipments in 2009.

Spring 2011 Market Overview , Furniture/Today's editorial team worked together to provide the most important economic indicators impacting this business segment, including what's happening with unemployment, housing, foreclosures, mortgage rates, consumer confidence, retail spending, personal savings rates, consumer credit and furniture imports.
Furniture/Today's Secret Shopper: Metro: Detroit | Product: Casual dining , The Detroit metro is a great place to buy furniture, earning high marks by Furniture/Today’s team of secret shoppers. Twelve of the 20 stores shopped received an overall score of five out of five, which translates as excellent, while another four stores scored four out of five as their overall store rating.

Consumer Buying Trends, 2011 , In this exclusive 83-page report, Furniture/Today presents the most detailed information available on 19 home furnishing products, including 14 furniture categories, plus outdoor furniture and the home accent categories of area rugs, lamps, mirrors and framed art. On a product-by-product basis, U.S. households told Furniture/Today what furniture they shopped for last year, what they actually purchased, how much they spent and what types of furniture they plan to buy in 2011.

Furniture/Today's Secret Shopper: Metro: Boston | Product: Stationary Sofas , Furniture/Today’s army of secret shoppers scoured the Boston metro for stationary sofas in December. Results reflect the information gathered by the shoppers, all females under age 40, during each store visit. Broken Arrow, Okla.-based Shoppers, Inc., recruited the shoppers.

Furniture Today's 2011 Bedding Forecast , Furniture Today's exclusive 2011 Bedding Forecast provides bedding unit predictions for 2011 and the predicted dollar value of bedding shipments for 2011. And according to the data, the bedding industry will enjoy modest growth this year.

Furniture Today's Bedbugs 101: Everything you need to know about bedbugs but are too disgusted to ask , This exclusive report includes: 20 facts about Bedbugs; Bedbug statistics from a nationwide phone survey of more than 1,000 adults conducted by Infogroup/ORC on behalf of Enforcer Brand pest control products; Comments from leading bedding executives concerning bedbugs; A roadmap for marketers looking to connect with consumers concerned about bedbugs, based on data from Furniture/Today's exclusive HGTV Bedding Consumer Survey

Furniture Today's Economic Forecast for 2011 , Furniture Today polled industry analysts and economists to develop a forecast for 2011.

Furniture Today's 2010 Furniture Product Sales Estimates , This exclusive report estimates 2010 retail sales figures for 18 product categories, including bedding, master bedroom, youth/other adult bedroom, casual dining, entertainment furniture, desks, stationary sofas, reclining chairs and motion sofas. The report also provides total consumer spending for furniture and bedding from 2002 through 2010, as well as a retail roundup for 2010 and a look at retail in 2011.

Fall Market Overview October 2010 , This exclusive report provides current insight into what’s going on within the furniture industry. Our editorial and research team worked together to provide the most important economic indicators impacting this business segment, including the most recent data on unemployment, housing and mortgages, consumer confidence, imports and more. As well, a preview of retail strategies can be found in this report.

Furniture Store Performance Report: Merchandise Mix, 2010 , Furniture/Today’s exclusive merchandise mix report offers insight on what’s happening in today’s furniture business environment and presents store executives with an idea of how they measure up against the industry. In particular, this report, part two of the annual survey, focuses on the sales floor of furniture retailers-including sales and selling space data as well as lines and SKUs. Using the report as a guide, executives can review the data and set goals for their own store.

Furniture Store Performance Report: Store Operations, 2010 , The results of this exclusive survey provide a quick look into the store operations of furniture retailers representing more than 8,800 retail storefronts. The report offers a composite view of operations, including revenue sources, expense allocations, online options, sourcing data as well as efficiency measures.

FurnitureToday's Top 25 Furniture and Bedding Retailers, 2011 , The nation's largest retailers specializing in home furnishings and bedding - or at least counting on these categories for the primary chunk of their overall sales - were in command in 2010, with sales increases that outpaced those of top department stores and other more varied merchandise rivals.

Furniture Today's Consumer Views: Spotlight on Sleep Accessories , Do sleep accessories contribute to a better night’s sleep? It depends on which accessories you are talking about, a new consumer survey reveals. Sheets get the nod, but mattress encasement products aren’t viewed as contributors to that sometimes elusive better night of sleep.

Furniture Today's Consumer Views: Spotlight on Home Office , $4.8 billion – that’s the dollar amount U.S. consumers spent on home office furniture last year. Taken together, the product categories of desks and other home office accounted for 7% of the total furniture and bedding market in 2009. Other home furniture products include desk chairs, bookcases, hutches, filing cabinets and credenzas.

Furniture Today's Case Goods Style Survey 2010 , Furniture Today's exclusive report provides market share data for percentage of units sold in 2009 for both the styles master bedroom, youth bedroom, formal dining and casual dining. Results are presented by promotional, lower-middle, upper-middle and high price points. The style families represented include Casual/Lifestyle, Contemporary, Country and Traditional.

Furniture Today's Online-only furniture retailers, 2010 , Furniture Today’s exclusive report lists 25 online-only home furnishings retailers.

Furniture Today's How gender issues affect the mattress sales process , Female sales associates, seen by some in the mattress industry as better able to connect with female consumers than their male counterparts, are in the minority in the bedding specialty stores, but are better represented on furniture store sales floors.

Furniture Today's Consumer Views: Spotlight on Recliners , Question: What entices consumers to spend more on a recliner? Answer: Stain-resistant fabric. In fact, stain-resistant fabric would entice nearly six out of ten consumers to pay more for a recliner covered in it. That’s one of the key findings from Furniture Today and HGTV’s new Consumer Views Survey. In January, more than 8,000 U.S. consumers responded to our online survey linked to HGTV’s Ideas weekly e-newsletter.
Furniture Today's April High Point Market issues (print) , Did you miss the High Point Market? Or maybe you just want to see what you might have missed while you were there. Furniture Today is offering print copies of all five issues distributed at the market. If you're looking for a comprehensive review of the market highlights, then these issues have you covered.
Furniture Today's Consumer Views: Spotlight on Master bedroom , U.S. consumers spent $7.7 billion on master bedroom furniture in 2009. The category accounted for 11% of the total furniture and bedding market and 22% of the entire case goods and occasional market. In 2010, 13% of consumer households plan to purchase master bedroom furniture.
Furniture Today's Buying Trends: Casual Dining , The exclusive consumer data derives from two surveys fielded in partnership with HGTV: Furniture Today and HGTV's The 2010 Consumer, which received responses from 8,554 U.S. consumers in September 2009; and Furniture Today and HGTV's 2009 Consumer Views Survey, which received responses from 4,906 U.S. consumers in January 2009.

Exclusive Spring 2010 High Point Market Overview , This exclusive report offers an in-depth look into the current state of the furniture industry. Our editorial and research team worked together to provide the most relevant factors influencing this business sector, including the most recent data on unemployment, consumer confidence, home sales, imports and more.

Furniture Today's 2010 Special Report on Imports/Exports , Furniture Today’s exclusive import data includes the largest source countries of U.S. furniture imports, as well as the top furniture products shipped to the United States. Export data includes the largest buyers of U.S. furniture exports and furniture exports by product category.

Furniture Today's Sleep accessories: Add-on sales opportunities , Here’s the set up: Consumers are sitting on their wallets. The housing market is lackluster. Unemployment is high. And, in our sector of the economy, mattress sales have been plummeting. What’s a smart retailer to do? Easy. Sell more sleep accessories.

Furniture Today's The 2010 Consumer , In order to better understand how the recession has affected the consumer’s overall spending habits and shopping and buying habits for home furnishings in particular, Furniture Today, in partnership with HGTV, fielded an online survey in September. The survey launched as part of HGTV’s Ideas newsletter.

Furniture Today's Economic Forecast for 2011 , Furniture Today polled industry analysts and economists to develop a forecast for 2011.
Furniture Today's 2011 Bedding Forecast , Furniture Today's exclusive 2011 Bedding Forecast provides bedding unit predictions for 2011 and the predicted dollar value of bedding shipments for 2011. And according to the data, the bedding industry will enjoy modest growth this year.
Furniture Today: A decade of the Top 100 (1999 - 2009) , This look at a decade in the history of Furniture Today's Top 100 is based on 11 years of research, reporting and insight by the newspaper's market research team and Senior Retail Editor Clint Engel. From a baseline in 1999, the report looks at the collective performance of a changing roster of the largest furniture store companies operating in the U.S. over the next 10 years.

Bedding Yearbook - 2011 , Our annual Bedding Yearbook provides a compilation of key mattress reports we publish each year. In addition we include key players on the mattress landscape. On the producer side, we list the Top 15 Bedding Producers, a closely watched list that tells retailers which manufacturers are moving up and which ones are moving down. On the retail side of the business, we list the Top 25 Bedding Retailers, a mix of bedding specialists, furniture stores, department stores, warehouse clubs and others.

Furniture Today's Furniture & Bedding Distribution Channel Report 2009 , Furniture Today’s exclusive 2009 Furniture and Bedding Distribution Report reveals 2008 furniture and bedding market share through 11 distribution channels. Figures are based on 2008 retail sales of all residential furniture and bedding product categories.

Furniture Today's Consumer Views: The Internet , Buying furniture online, once viewed as unrealistic and unsafe, is now commonplace. Estimates from comScore put furniture and bedding’s 2008 online sales at about $4.6 billion or 3.5% of all e-commerce retail sales. Total online retail sales, excluding travel, event tickets and digital downloads, totaled $132.4 billion in 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Rating Sleep Surfaces: Furniture Today and HGTV Bedding Consumer Survey , Previous consumer research has revealed comfort as the No. 1 feature consumers look for when choosing a mattress. But, which construction types do consumers think are the most comfortable? This exclusive consumer data reveals which types of beds consumers currently sleep on, the kind of night’s sleep consumers get with their current type and which type consumers think is the most comfortable and why.
Furniture Today’s Upholstery Style Survey 2011 , Furniture/Today's exclusive report provides market share data for percentage of units sold in 2010 for both the styles and fabrics for stationary sofas, motion sofas, reclining chairs and home theater seating. Results are presented by low, middle, upper-middle and high price points. Market share data for fabric constructions including chenilles, jacquards and dobbies, leathers and suedes, microdeniers, prints, textures, velvets and piles and vinyls by price points are also presented.

2009 Furniture Store Performance Report - Merchandise Mix , This exclusive presentation provided market share data based on sales and selling space in 2008 for 15 different furniture product categories (including bedding, master bedroom, youth bedroom, cribs and other infant furniture, formal and casual dining, RTA, entertainment centers, desks and other home office, occasional tables and other occasional furniture, stationary upholstery, motion upholstery and motion chairs). For these same product categories, retailers were queried about the number of lines they carried and the number of SKUs they had on display in 2008.

FT and HGTV Consumer Views Survey: Spotlight on Dining , This exclusive research focuses on casual dining and formal dining buying experience, including where consumers would first go to shop, how much they expect to pay, and several dining-specific areas where consumers want more information, including the issues of construction and quality.
2009 Retail Giants of Bedding , Special issue explores people, places that make bedding industry unique.

Home Accents Today and Furniture Today's April 2009 Market Overview , This report offers an exclusive, comprehensive look into the current state of the furniture industry. Our editorial and research team worked together to provide key external drivers of our business sector, including the results of our recent survey of retailers, manufacturers and sales reps regarding strategies and plans for weathering the current economic downturn.
Furniture Today and HGTV Consumer Views: Spotlight on the Econony , This exclusive consumer research focuses on the economy. Information includes how the economic downturn has affected furniture buying and redecorating plans, as well as which rooms consumers plan to redecorate this year and which furniture products they plan to shop for.
Furniture Today's Asian Connections 2009 , The financial meltdown in the U.S. has caused significant challenges for furniture manufacturers in and outside China. Due to decreased demand, hundreds of furniture factories are said to have closed in China alone in the past year and more plant closings are expected in 2009.
Furniture Today's Mattress Sales Booster Manual 2009 , This exclusive analysis provides a three-step approach to help retailers boost their bedding sales and increase their sales tickets. The three steps include: focusing on the consumer, embrace specialty sleep and add accessories to merchandise mix.

Furniture Today's 2008 Furniture Product Sales Estimates , This exclusive report estimates 2008 retail sales figures for 19 product categories, including bedding, master bedroom, youth/other adult bedroom, casual dining, entertainment furniture, desks, stationary sofas, reclining chairs and motion sofas.
FT HGTV Consumer Views: Spotlight on Sofas , This exclusive research focuses on the stationary sofa buying experience, including where the consumer would first go to shop for a sofa, the reasons why consumers choose a sofa retailer and several sofa-specific areas where consumers want more information, including the issues of durability and quality.
Bedding Yearbook - 2011 , Our annual Bedding Yearbook provides a compilation of key mattress reports we publish each year. In addition we include key players on the mattress landscape. On the producer side, we list the Top 15 Bedding Producers, a closely watched list that tells retailers which manufacturers are moving up and which ones are moving down. On the retail side of the business, we list the Top 25 Bedding Retailers, a mix of bedding specialists, furniture stores, department stores, warehouse clubs and others.
Exclusive 2008 Fall Market Overview from Furniture|Today and Home Accents Today , Whether you went to the October High Point Market, or just want to know the current state of the furniture industry, Furniture Today and Home Accents Today's Fall 2008 Market Overview has the comprehensive details you need. Our editorial and research team have combined their efforts to give you a 14-page in-depth analysis of our business sector, including the results of our recent survey of retailers, manufacturers and sales reps on how business has been and what their strategies are for the next year.
FT and HGTV Present "Consumer Voices: The Bedding Shopping Experience" , This exclusive research examines why consumers choose to shop for a mattress in a particular retail channel, the likelihood of shopping in each distribution channel and what consumers would change in the mattress-buying experience.
FT and HGTV Survey: Consumers & Retailers: Making the bedding connection , This exclusive research report bridges the gap between what the consumers want when choosing a mattress and what retailers promote, both on the sales floor and in advertising.
The ABC's of Mattress Selling , This exclusive report provides bedding retailers with an A-Z selling guide to improve mattress sales.
Furniture Today's "Retail Bedding Spotlight" , During March and April, Furniture/Today surveyed bedding retailers about their operations, including bedding merchandise mix by type of bed. This report provides retailers with benchmarks to measure bedding merchandise performance.
The Effects of Globalization on the U.S. Furniture Industry , Between 1992 and 2006, imports of furniture and bedding grew by a whopping 479%. During the same period, retail furniture and bedding sales grew by 117%.

Furniture Today's Latin American Connection , With two slots on the Top 10 list of countries exporting furniture to the United States — No. 4 Mexico and No. 10 Brazil — Latin America continues to play a big role in the furniture sector.
Furniture Today's 2008 Retail Dining Survey - Casual vs. Formal , During November and December, Furniture Today surveyed furniture retailers about their casual and formal dining operations, including mix by table heights and shapes. This report provides retailers with benchmarks to measure their store's dining merchandise performance.

Furniture|Today’s 2008 Economic Outlook , Furniture|Today’s 2008 Economic Outlook Survey was compiled by Furniture/Today’s market research team, delivers a well researched analysis of the coming year in the home furnishings sector.

Exclusive 2008 Fall Market Overview from Furniture|Today and Home Accents Today , Whether you went to the October High Point Market, or just want to know the current state of the furniture industry, Furniture Today and Home Accents Today's Fall 2008 Market Overview has the comprehensive details you need. Our editorial and research team have combined their efforts to give you a 14-page in-depth analysis of our business sector, including the results of our recent survey of retailers, manufacturers and sales reps on how business has been and what their strategies are for the next year.
Furniture Store Performance Report 2008 , Furniture Today's Furniture Store Performance Report provides an overview of furniture store operations and financial results and offers store owners and managers benchmarks to measure their store's performance.
Furniture Today's Consumer Buying Trends - Top 5 Products Purchased , This exclusive consumer analysis is based on the responses of 2,500 households to a survey conducted in November and December 2006.
Home Accents Today and Furniture Today's April 2009 Market Overview , This report offers an exclusive, comprehensive look into the current state of the furniture industry. Our editorial and research team worked together to provide key external drivers of our business sector, including the results of our recent survey of retailers, manufacturers and sales reps regarding strategies and plans for weathering the current economic downturn.

Furniture Today's How To Market Your Furniture In The U.S , The exclusive guide to selling your furniture in the world's largest and most complex market.

Furniture Today's Vietnam Report , A package of articles and reports on the furniture industry in Vietnam.

Delivery to the Customer: Industry Practices and Problems , Industry practices relating to home delivery: how retailers deal with customer complaints, train and pay delivery personnel, save money and increase customer satisfaction.

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