Furniture Today - April 21, 2003

One of the hottest tickets in motion furniture these days is home theater seating — and consumers don't even need a home theater in order to enjoy it. All it takes is a large-screen television, a DVD player, and a modest-sized family room or great room. And judging by the huge number of showrooms that displayed home theater seating at the recent High Point market, motion...

• News
• Carls opening to benefit cancer center
• Carroll elected Hall of Fame president
• FurnitureFan develops two mfr. Web sites
• Pulaski plans to cut 70 jobs in clock plant
• Bobowski joins ISPA as VP, CFO
• New VP for Serta's Masterpiece to push upscale line's benefits
• ATMI praises federal moves to curb imports
• Tilley joins Thomasville
• 3 bedding majors disclose FR plans
• Nation: We should make safer bedding
• California sets public hearings this week
• Producers: FR law could hurt business
• Yarn maker Unifi cutting 400 more U.S. jobs
• Natuzzi ad campaign generates 1,000 leads
• Pa. House begins search for new chief
• Corrections & Amplifications
• Discounts available for San Fran
• Stanton Carpet appoints Malone sales manager
• South Cone sets tribal line for Oct.
• Cebu show called better than expected
• Cebu's furniture industry seeking government help
• Cargo Transporters wins safety award
• Kids Today Conference will examine key issues
• Leda honors top sales reps
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Bedding Today
• Will furniture stores give up bedding dominance?

• Business Today
• Jennifer 2Q revenues dip 5.8%
• Stanley's sales rise 2.9% in 1Q
• Valspar cuts earnings estimate
• Financial results
• L&P's sales edge up, net income drops 12%
• Sealy's 1Q sales slip 1.2%, net income up
• Flexsteel's sales run flat in 3Q
• Select Comfort sales jump 26%

• Opinion Today
• Letters to the Editor
• Letters to the editor
• More about people than about furniture

• Up Front
• Church leaving Clayton Marcus for Southern
• Maine Cottage opens Charleston store
• Container shipping increases looming
• Store employees do rep jobs
• DMI to make Betty Crocker line
• Legends taps Dockter for import program
• DuPont may have buyer for its textile subsidiary
• Nourison names 2 execs
• 5 receive Celia Moh awards

• Special Report
• Imports resume climb
• U.S. exports decline 10%
• About the numbers
• Warehouse clubs big winner in bedding distribution survey

• People Today
• Soban gets Whitewood quality assurance post
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Store Openings
• La-Z-Boy installs youth areas in stores in Ill., N.Y., Va., Wash.
• Studio 70 expands showroom
• Massood opens big Thomasville store in northern New Jersey