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Kids Today The Gear Consumer, 2010 , The exclusive Kids Today and Mom Central Consulting 2010 Children’s Furniture and Gear survey shows car seats, strollers and accessories for car seats/strollers are the top three gear products moms plan to buy in 2010. That’s just one key finding from the exclusive survey. The study also provides information on moms Internet research, important features moms look for when buying a car seat, the first place moms shop for a car seat as well as where moms look for ideas.

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.

Kids Today Juvenile Store Operations and Merchandising Report, 2009 , Kids Today delves into Juvenile Store Operations and Merchandising in its exclusive 2009 Juvenile Store Operations and Merchandise Report. This report gives an overview of what’s going with specialty retailers as well as provides a snapshot of what age groups account for the most sales and what product categories retailers are carrying. It also presents information on advertising methods and what types of advertising specialty retailers are investing in for today’s economic climate.

Furniture Today's Upholstery Fabric & Style Survey , Furniture Today's exclusive report provides market share data for percentage of units sold in 2008 for both the styles and fabrics for stationary sofas, motion sofas and reclining chairs. Results are presented by low, middle and high price points. The style families represented include Contemporary, American country, European country, 18th century and other traditional.

Furniture Store Performance Report: Store Operations, 2009 , Furniture Today conducted an exclusive survey of furniture stores through both a mail and an online survey, beginning data collection in early May. This year’s survey continues a series of store performance surveys spanning nearly two decades, with the last one conducted in 2008.

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.
Casual Living 2009 Fabric Survey , This year’s annual fabric survey outlines what fabric combinations sold best at retail in 2008 on outdoor furniture in terms of color and design on cushions and sling seating and gives retailer’s projections of what they think will be best sellers during the upcoming 2009 season.
FT HGTV Consumer Views: Spotlight on Entertainment , This exclusive research focuses on the entertainment furniture buying experience, including where the consumer would first go to shop for entertainment furniture, the reasons why consumers choose an entertainment furniture retailer and several entertainment furniture-specific areas where consumers want more information, including the issues of technology and construction.
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 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.
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.

FT Case Goods Style Survey 2008 , Furniture/Today’s exclusive report, the Case Goods Style Survey, reflects the 2007 sales of retailers operating more than 1,900 stores in the U.S.
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.
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.
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.

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