Furniture Today - March 21, 2005

Leather upholstery manufacturers at last week's premarket unveiled new programs from China, new pricing strategies, new leathers and a newfound respect for basic browns. Several European producers, including Chateau d'Ax, Calia Italia, Nicoletti and Schillig, are still designing in Europe but have followed Natuzzi to China to manufacturer their promotional product.

• Special Report
• Upholstered headboards, beds gaining market momentum
• Asia Report
• Cebu by design
• Malaysia's modern mix
• Premarket Report
• Upholstery makers pulling out the stops
• Wood resources see better April than last year

• Industry Numbers
• Easyhome doubles profit in '04
• Hudson's Bay sales decline 7% in 4Q
• Financial results
• Strong 4Q helps Simmons Canada to 9.3% profit gain in yr.
• BMTC sales in 4Q, year flat due to competition, strike

• Bedding Today
• Industry could get burned by wrong use of FR terms

• People Today
• Currey named COO at family business
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Insider's View
• Bedding folks know how to get value story across

• Opinion Today
• Gorillas, baby bears could eat your lunch

• Editor's Desk
• Market designs targeted appeals

• News
• Interactive Health takes iJoy massage chairs on tour
• Masco honors Akzo Nobel with supplier award
• ProfitSystems to demo latest retail software
• ProfitSystems puts library on Web site
• Lawhon gives retailers peek at programs
• Designer line at Powell
• Vegas sets winter dates
• Make mine modern
• Robb & Stucky, FBI team up
• Buffett heralds R.C. Willey in shareholders letter
• Main Street building eyed for prime showroom space
• Schmeling joins Palliser
• Schillig USA taps Stewart
• 828 prize: Beijing trip
• LHFI's Carothers steps down; Scott interim CEO
• F/T adds blogs to Web site
• IHFRA gala honors Paul Long
• Indiana's DIA closing
• Orsborn gets new Lee post
• Castella resigns at Guardian
• NHFA, IHFRA honoring four execs at market
• F¦T's antidumping news wins Neal award
• Shermag closes BR plant in move to boost profits
• Bedding Benchmarks
• FR material suppliers expect busy 2005
• Fortune recognizes Simmons as one of the top workplaces
• Verlo Mattress introduces IntraTouch bedding
• Obituaries
• Baxter Wrightson, manufacturing veteran

• Store Openings
• La-Z-Boy adds Wis., Ohio units
• Thomasville opens Calif., Ohio stores
• Iowa retailer moves, installs Rowe gallery