Furniture Today - August 22, 2005

From on-screen catalogs to automated delivery scheduling, furniture retailers are turning to technology to increase profits. That includes everybody from the Top 100 chain with its own IT department to the single mom-and-pop store limited to a few pieces of software. With retail growth on the rise, executives are now able to devote more of their budgets to enhancing the techno...

• News
• Obituaries
• Joseph D. Byrnes, veteran sales rep
• Douglas aims to become one-stop product source
• Whitewood on the grow
• 2 Mfrs. Dump Premarket
• Vegas hurts Tupelo traffic
• The Brick rolls out 6 sleep shops
• RTG to reopen some Rhodes stores
• Canadian exhibitors say they'll return to Vegas
• IFDA forum will explore historic preservation
• Calgary market looks for boost from better business conditions
• The Brick: Growing on many fronts
• Sleep Country Canada enters Winnipeg market
• Sleep Better offers online purchasing
• Fire marshals push Calif. upholstery safety regs
• Sacramento retailer Naturwood joins Delivery Solutions client list
• Correction
• Flexsteel 4Q sales off 2.3%, profits drop 43.2%
• Bush names outsider CEO
• Wrench to lead FBI retail development
• Culp will close two N.C. yarn plants
• Sczubelek EVP at L&P Consumer unit
• Noonoo to cease operations
• Foamex may file Chapter 11
• U.S. sends $6M to High Point
• October Vietnam market expects more exhibitors
• BDO: Orders rise 3 months in row
• Serta sheep step up, in pink, to fight breast cancer
• Freudenberg offers FR composite line
• China Direct passes on plant stake
• Bedding Benchmarks
• Restonic moves to new world: Plymouth, Mass.
• Serta sleep set withstands ignition test
• Serta spreads the word about advantages of fire-resistant bedding

• Bedding Today
• Old Beautyrest mattress gets makeover in touching saga

• Opinion Today
• Overseas trips often fraught with mishaps

• Special Report
• Salary Scorecard
• Masco chief tops '04 salary scorecard
• How the salary scorecard is compiled
• Retail Giants
• Wal-Mart remains No. 1 retailer; RTG is 2nd
• How the numbers were compiled
• JCPenney maintains top spot; Bloomies up 12.4%
• Federated, May, Saks make major moves in 2004
• Target grabs No. 2 spot as sales grow 14.1%
• Asia Report
• Vietnam ready to grow
• Sustainable woods pose cost issues for Vietnam's indoor furniture makers
• Better ports, roads needed ... soon
• Vietnam factories gobbling up more U.S. hardwoods
• Crate & Barrel implements 4R's inventory software

• Industry Numbers
• Bombay posts $9.4M loss, citing transition
• Simmons sees solid 2nd half
• BMTC, Leon's, Sleep Country Canada post 2Q sales gains
• O'Sullivan creditors allow time
• Shermag revenues off 3.1%

• Store Openings
• Norwalk adds Ky., metro N.Y. stores
• Calif. BFD, Lane units set
• Squan teams with Klaussner

• Editor's Desk
• Markets and their customers

• People Today
• Hanfling named president of Swavelle
• People on the Move
• People on the Move