Bill Could Target Chemicals Used in Furniture

Proposal expected to be introduced in U.S. Senate

An aide to Senator Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., said Tuesday that a bill that would likely affect some chemicals used in furniture could be introduced as early as next month.

Lautenberg has submitted similar bills twice since 2005 to reduce the exposure of workers, children and other consumers . . . → Read More: Bill Could Target Chemicals Used in Furniture

Select Comfort Rebounds to $35.3 million Quarterly Profit

Airbed manufacturer and retailer Select Comfort recorded a profit of $35.3 million in the fourth quarter, reversing a net loss incurred in the same quarter in 2008.

Rooms To Go Plans to Open 16 New Stores

Expansion will take place over next 18 months

With two new distribution centers in place and hints that the economic climate is improving, Rooms To Go plans to open 16 new stores over the next 18 months, its biggest growth push in at least the last three years. Jeff Seaman”Jeff Seaman”

Jeff Seaman, CEO of the . . . → Read More: Rooms To Go Plans to Open 16 New Stores

Furniture Factory Orders Rose 10% in November

Backlog also increases

 

New orders for residential furniture in November were 10% ahead of the previous November, according to the latest survey by the accounting firm Smith Leonard.

The results, published in the firm’s monthly Furniture Insights newsletter, followed October results that showed orders were flat with the previous October. That marked . . . → Read More: Furniture Factory Orders Rose 10% in November

Simmons Relaunching Beautyrest Line

Will roll out new models at Las Vegas MarketATLANTA — Bedding major Simmons is rolling out a new flagship Beautyrest line that is the culmination of three years of research and features new coil designs, feels, aesthetics and styles.

The line, to be introduced at the Las Vegas Market next week, was designed with the . . . → Read More: Simmons Relaunching Beautyrest Line