The Thursday Show: A New York trade show shakeup. Plus: The return of the sleeper sofa

Dennis Scully· Host0:00

[upbeat music] This is Business of Home. I'm Dennis Scully, and welcome to the Thursday show. Later on, I'll be speaking with Julia Haney Montanez about New York's design week, but first, we're gonna catch up on the news, including big news from ICFF, a surprise foam shortage, and why sleeper sofas are making a comeback. To do all that, I'm joined by Business of Home's executive editor, Fred Nicolas. Hi, Fred.

Fred Nicolaus· Host0:33

Hi, Dennis. How's it going?

Dennis Scully· Host0:34

Great. How you doing?

Fred Nicolaus· Host0:35

Doing good. It was good to see you last week. We, uh- To see each other in person, yes. We met up in the clouds as well. [laughs] [laughs] This, uh, this really great event thrown by the, uh, the DLM, the Design Leadership Network. They do it at this, uh, restaurant, or it's, it's more than just a restaurant. It's at the very top of a downtown skyscraper, a place called Manhatta. I lo- I love going there. You really see the whole city. You hear from real estate guru Leonard Steinberg. You get a New Yorker writer weighing in on AI slop. It was a great event all around.

Dennis Scully· Host1:07

[laughs] It, uh, it was a great event. It was, uh, it was thoroughly enjoyable, a, a, a, a very productive day. You got to hear from some Substackers as well, and, uh, and then at the end of the day, some giants in the industry came together and told us about their early childhood. I mean- It was- Right?

Fred Nicolaus· Host1:24

[laughs] It was good, yeah. [laughs] There w- I feel like we're wading into inside baseball here, but P- Peter