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Article: Metal beds updated to sharpen price points.
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- Furniture-Today
- Article date:
- November 3, 2008
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By Thomas Russell
HIGH POINT - Metal bed vendors showing at market here tailored their product mix to the slow economy, with limited introductions or slight changes to existing goods to help sharpen some price points.
At the same time, they offered a value story in styles and finishes that appear to be striking a chord with still-cautious retailers.
Domestic iron bed manufacturer Wesley Allen showed five new models compared with 11 a year ago. Each received interest from retailers, but the two most popular models were the Malibu, a $999 contemporary bed with a slight sleigh-shaped tilt to the headboard, and the Catalan, a Spanish-influenced bed ...