Furniture Today - May 06, 2002

Comfortable, familiar designs stole the show in the youth category at last month's International Home Furnishings Market with manufacturers playing it safe with the new products they introduced. Traditional Louis Philippe, Shaker, Victorian, cottage and Mission influences were seen across the market, and manufacturers said the category fared well with retailers looking for you...

• News
• Serta, Decorize honored among Sears' top vendors
• Bassett salutes Wimbs
• Ethan Allen to close Vt. case goods plant
• Universal honors 4 reps
• NC imports seminar set for May 15
• Premarket a week early to avoid Yom Kippur clash
• Martha flooring ready now, furniture in October
• Krause's to shrink to 10
• Buyer for Leather Center?
• Buffett rests easy with latest investment
• DuPont to cut 10% of workforce
• ShopKo honors Dawson Furniture
• Obituaries

• Insider's View
• April market a winner for partnering, planning

• Opinion Today
• Pitching hopes, dreams in Never-Never Land
• Grading the new market transportation system
• Microfiber: Could it self-destruct?

• Business Today
• Rent-A-Center profit up 87%
• Aaron earns $5.9M despite costs

• Special Report
• The world of leather

• Bedding Today
• Churchill won WWII from his twin bed

• International
• Imports drop 1% in '01
• Canada, Mexico pace 16% drop in exports

• People Today
• Concord, N.C., store honored as Badcock's best
• Dealer meeting unveils new product
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Store Openings
• Bernie & Phyl's to expand unit
• Family Furniture debuts 5th store
• Fisher opens Norwalk store
• French Heritage adds 8th shop

• Up Front
• Authority budget: $1.5M
• Landlord acquires The Home Co. assets, plans to revive business
• BenchCraft restructures management
• ABC plans 2 stores, adds Silk Trading fabric gallery
• Candidate Dole makes market visit
• La-Z-Boy taps Pilgrim for Bauhaus
• City ruling might save San Fran Mart millions
• Vaughan-Bassett plant switches to making parts
• Moyer to head Balta USA
• Mettler CEO at Macy's West
• NHFA sets sales seminar
• Not cars, not rugs: Sealy ads tout bedding
• Pulaski's Crawford to retire