Furniture Today - June 10, 2002

C.F. Tompkins, a small furniture retailer in the Boston suburbs, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Offering higher end merchandise and personalized customer service, the company has evolved from a horse-drawn wagon to two small stores here and in Danvers, less than five miles away.

• News
• Serta Salt Lake City is top factory for 2nd straight year
• Serta Vancouver is honored in Canada
• Liquidator moves Calif. headquarters
• Pace succeeds Thody at Simmons Canada
• Mexico fights for share
• Investor set to buy 50 stores
• Foamex to raise prices
• Corrections & amplifications
• Mfrs: If they came, they bought
• Cantrex members share ideas and fun
• OFMA lauds Leon
• OFMA would prefer QFMA run summer market
• HOM raises $18,000 for arts
• FROG user conference set for Sept.

• People Today
• Hooker honored with lifetime Eagle award
• IWFA names Booker Man of the Year
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Opinion Today
• Letters to the Editor
• Letters to the Editor
• Choosing sides in a very interesting ball game
• Here's a new resource you can help launch
• Things may get tight in fabric arena

• Business Today
• May sales move up at Havertys, Pier 1, Bombay
• Culp's sales rise 7.2% in latest qtr.
• 1Q revenue up 15.3% at Simmons Canada
• Financial Results

• Up Front
• Smaller Canadian dealers see need for summer show
• Drexel Heritage puts new managers in place
• HOM opens largest store to date
• Star to add big Houston store
• Councill has new owners, CEO
• Bassett program reaps rewards
• Florida Furniture files Ch.11
• John Pullin joins Bernhardt
• La-Z-Boy hires Simmons
• Tietex outbids Richloom for Burlington uph.
• Easter gets Showplace promotion

• Special Report
• Fastest Growing Furniture Stores
• Super Stores sales soar
• Retail Strategy
• Restoration Hardware repositions, retrofits
• SOHO players watch technology
• Innovations on horizon
• Consumers need reason to return to office segment
• TVs, etc., advancing quickly
• Designers watch electronics trends
• DVD sales outpacing VCRs

• Bedding Today
• Wal-Mart can be player as retailer of bedding

• Store Openings
• Lacks installs Lane gallery
• Stores debut La-Z-Boy youth line
• Comfort Zone adds Broyhill
• Lacks Valley has 3rd Lane gallery