Furniture Today - January 10, 2005

Retail furniture sales rebounded faster than expected in 2004 and will keep rising this year and next, although at a slower pace. U.S. furniture factories, meanwhile, were held to meager gains last year by import growth and pressure on prices but will see bigger though still modest increases in shipments in 2005 and 2006.

• News
• Obituaries
• Beverly Murphy, designer
• Duralee debuts classic florals from archives of Cyrus Clark
• Duralee sets N.C. facility for upscale furniture line
• Platina-Phipps firm partnering with trim makers
• Martinez leaves La-Z-Boy board for U.S. Senate
• Culp updates image
• Section A duties cut
• Serta resigns from ISPA
• Canadian retailers still cautious
• R.C. Willey to build Sacramento store
• Quality issues lead Pa. House to drop Southern Roots line
• Simmons Canada rolling out new coil for no-flip Beautyrest
• Sears Canada to acquire buying group Cantrex
• Keller seeking to sell assets, exit furniture manufacturing
• Nominations sought for new Rising Star awards
• Harlow joins Trans-Ocean as VP
• Le Meuble Villageois names Gingras COO
• Dongguan fair hires Lyndrup to market event to U.S. buyers
• DeLeo Textiles beefs up its sales force
• Correction
• Importers, others help Asian tsunami victims
• BDO: Orders down 3% in Oct.
• Market Authority launches ad campaign for April show
• Our Community
• Bay, Serta, Ashley furnish soldier's home
• City, suppliers contribute to Florida shelter

• Insider's View
• Some things it's smarter not to take for granted

• Opinion Today
• Global developments roil fabric markets

• Store Openings
• England installs Pa., Fla. galleries
• Norwalk's Ga. store brings total to 73

• Industry Numbers
• Dec. sales mixed
• Stock up for 20 companies, down for 24

• People Today
• Baer takes NHFA's helm
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Supplement
• Global Textiles Today
• A brave new world emerges in fabric
• Warm, whimsical fabrics in spotlight
• Under the Tuscan Sun
• It's A Sunny South Beach Kind of Day
• The Distinctive Flair of Menswear
• Thinking Retro in Fresh Ways
• Classic Traditional Statements
• Showtime introductions
• Heimtextil

• Editor's Desk
• Riding the China tiger ... again

• Special Report
• Toronto Winter Market Report
• Exhibitors say Toronto buyers will respond mainly to sharp pricing, exceptional designs
• South Shore's Guy Laflamme part of flagship furniture family
• Toronto Winter Market Introductions
• Toronto Winter Market Introductions

• Bedding Today
• Fearless forecast: 2005 will be big bedding year