Furniture Today - April 04, 2005

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• Supplement
• Global Textiles Today
• Glam
• Golden days of Hollywood come alive
• New fabrics give intros a touch of glamour
• Richloom's Carlson directing China office
• 5 questions: ITMA's changing role
• Contemporary
• Easy

• News
• Wyoming group buys Market on Main
• AICO to introduce office line at market
• High Point officials skeptical of WMC plans
• Serta touts stain-resistant, cleanable mattress
• Retailer-mfr. Creative Leather promotes Autrey, Rodgers
• Kelley gets new Schnadig post
• Topping High Point?
• Premarket dates changing?
• Colorful Adler designs for Rowe
• Sealy enters visco with Posturepedic TrueForm
• Palliser to shift some leather mfg. to Mexico
• Raymour acquires N.Y.'s Futurama
• Chrisley succeeds Dondero as Universal president, CEO
• Sears, Kmart see strong bedding business ahead
• Niroflex taps Calabria to fill U.S. sales post
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Editor's Desk
• Myriad learns by listening

• Bedding Today
• Furniture banks provide solution for comfort returns

• Insider's View
• We aren't overstored, we're under-marketed

• Opinion Today
• RTA blazing new trails, but quietly
• If perception is reality, then manage the shopper's perception of your store

• Industry Numbers
• Bombay to restate results
• Hooker 1Q sales up 2.9% as net income drops 27%
• Rowe 1Q revenues off 6.7%
• S&P: Lease accounting could delay reports
• Bestway posts 1Q loss; revenues increase 4.1%
• Natuzzi 4Q sales drop 7.6%

• Special Report
• Market Showrooms
• Exhibitors relocate, expand and open new showrooms for April market
• Imports up 15% in '04
• Latex International riding a wave
• Exports climb 10% in 2004
• About the numbers
• Latex use in bedding jumps 150% in 3 years
• Hot market for visco helps latex too, company says
• New at Market
• Home Entertainment
• Occasional
• Upholstery
• Casual dining
• Leather
• Youth furniture