HIGH POINT — Occasional tables slightly outpaced overall home furnishings and bedding growth in 2016 in terms of sales. According to Furniture Today’s research, overall industry sales were up 2.7% this year to $104.8 billion. Occasional tables rose 2.8% to $5.5 billion, representing 5% of total industry sales. While its …

HIGH POINT — As the motion upholstery category continues to grow, the search for the winning advantage heats up as major players jockey for position against price pressures and increased demand for customization, power functions and faster delivery. At the promotional to moderately priced levels, the mix of “bells and …

HIGH POINT — Furniture retailers looking for a surefire area to grow business might want to consider investing in area rugs. Furniture Today estimates the category’s 2016 sales at $5 billion, up 4.2% from 2015’s $4.8 billion in sales. Once again, that rate of growth outstripped the home furnishings industry’s …

LAS VEGAS — Comfortaire will introduce its 2017 line-up in a newly branded showroom in Building C, space 1536, at the upcoming Las Vegas Market, Jan. 22-26. Comfortaire’s flagship bed for 2017 is the S3. The new products consists of three series of air supported sleep systems, each featuring new …

HIGH POINT — One part of the home that has enjoyed an increasing amount of attention is the outdoor room, and that is supported by the growth estimates for 2016 in the outdoor category that is rivaling interior furniture in style and comfort and raising the bar in performance. Furniture …

LAS VEGAS — International Market Centers announced that the Las Vegas Market now has partnerships in place with 28 industry associations for the upcoming Jan. 22-26 market. The newest associations include CRAFT (Craft Retailers Artists for Tomorrow) and the Real Estate Staging Assn. They, along with the market’s other partners, …

BOSTON — Spring Air President Rick Robinson, who died Dec. 19 of natural causes, will be remembered this week in a private family ceremony in Jacksonville, Fla. Rick RobinsonThe family has requested that condolences take the form of cards and include a description or memory of Robinson. The cards should …

CHICAGO – Easy storage and shipment are keys for online and traditional retailers these days, Fashion Bed Group says. This is Fashion Bed Group’s new tri-fold mattress foundation.And so the supplier of bedding accessory products has developed a new folding mattress foundation set to launch this January at the Las …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF), set for March 8-11 at the Putra World Trade Center and Matrade Exhibition and Convention Centre here, is set to feature 500 companies at its 2017 event and expects to draw an estimated 20,000 buyers from 140 countries. About 70% …

SWANSEA, Mass. — Cardi’s Furniture is planning to open its first New Hampshire store here, according to a local report. The retailer, with full-line and mattress specialty stores throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island, will open a 65,000-square-foot showroom in part of a former Walmart location on Lafayette Road, the Newburyport …