Furniture Today - July 22, 2002

Leather and the three "Ms" microfiber, mesh and mixed media are among the trends gaining steam in the home office chair arena. Consumers are responding to stepped-up styles and features as they spend more time in their home offices and grow more serious about the work they do at home.

• News
• Tax rebate vote delayed
• Kraemer looking to boost Bestway sales
• Mitchell up for La-Z-Boy board seat
• Latex Foam poised to develop new bedding products
• AFMA IT Division readies annual meeting
• CDS offering free service on Internet-based system
• Cory training aims to bolster further growth
• Krause's final chapter
• SF Mart yanks Vegas badges
• Sealy spokeswoman joins President Bush's physical fitness panel
• Valspar promotes 3 to VPs
• Swavelle/Mill Creek celebrates 20th anniversary
• Gorr and Carter get top posts at Brown Jordan International
• Natco's U.S.-made rugs target new channels
• Hand-made rugs hit under-$1,000 price points
• FDC celebrates 10th year
• Talking cushion contest under way
• La-Z-Boy Calif. plant gets ISO designation
• Magnussen expands High Point office again
• Obituaries
• T. Graham Morrison, retailer, rep

• Opinion Today
• Burning issue gives off quite a bit of smoke
• Maybe we auto redefine our consumer incentives
• Taking a global view of fabric arena
• Letters to the Editor
• Letters to the Editor

• Special Report
• Executive Compensation
• 16 industry executives hit $1M mark in 2001

• Store Openings
• Kids Factory installs La-Z-Boy Youth Collection gallery
• Berkline Comfort Gallery added to Pam's Furniture in Minnesota
• La-Z-Boy breaks ground on first new-look store in Michigan
• Bassett Furniture Direct store opens in Chantilly, Va.

• People Today
• Therapedic Eastern Canada honors dealers
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Bedding Today
• 2001 sales figures raise some questions

• Up Front
• Bogart's son impressed by Thomasville approach
• Jim Adams leaves Thomasville
• Costco to test home store
• Rug Market exhibitors feel economy's jitters
• BDO: Double-digit gains likely in fall
• Minneapolis summer show starts July 31
• Henredon revamps team in product, operations
• Sharp joins Marge Carson
• Atlanta renegade returns
• Palliser Rooms revamped; Toronto store set for Sept.
• Rug Market partners with Shabby Chic
• EasyChair Software names Hooverson as president

• Business Today
• Bush sales up, earnings down in 2Q
• Stanley sales increase 4.6% in quarter
• Leggett & Platt 2Q earnings surge 38.1%
• Mattress Discounters misses interest payment
• Sealy sales rise 13.6%; net loss reported