Furniture Today - June 16, 2003

Casual dining producers are developing a new niche business with dining tables and chairs at taller heights. The typical casual dining set has a table that is 30 inches tall and chairs with seats 18 to 19 inches high. But several companies received a strong response to High Point introductions in April that were six inches taller.

• News
• Buying groups anticipate strong turnout for Calgary
• Corrections & Amplifications
• PMI ready to source upholstery
• Coja sets 21-day program
• Furnitureland South, Lexington link with FurnishNet
• LBC wins advertising awards
• Mathis Bros. buys Evans
• Weak dollar hurts European manufacturers
• Harlem to raze original store for new flagship
• FDC showcasing chairs of famous people
• NHFA, Exim Technologies aim to connect industry
• SFM to honor rug makers Capel brothers
• England's gallery program expanding
• Solutia ads feature England group
• N.C. Web furniture seller blocked from taking orders
• Stronger euro stings European leather mfrs.
• Obituaries
• Obituaries
• Bedding Benchmarks
• Therapedic hosts Far East meetings
• Simmons names Grohs rep of year

• Opinion Today
• Letters to the Editor
• Letters to the Editor
• A strange world where burglars steal ... furniture!

• Business Today
• Culp's 4Q sales drop 16.8%
• Home sales show gains in April; other indicators mixed
• WSJ salutes Singleton, Havard for stock selections
• Bureau revises methodology on furniture factory employment
• Jennifer moves to Amex

• People Today
• Louisiana reps salute outstanding buyer, store
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Special Report
• AFMA study: Home takes on new meaning for consumers
• Quaker's Liebenow: Counterfeiters beware
• Market Report
• Canadians call for June show overhaul
• Hundreds hail Tepperman as OFMA's Retailer of Year
• It wasn't all luck for 'the luckiest man alive'

• Bedding Today
• Chicago dept. stores offer much in bedding

• Up Front
• Holliman says deflation pains self-inflicted
• Calgary expects strong turnout
• Sealy ships new Posturepedics
• Bosworth joins Thomasville
• AFMA plans to revamp organizational structure
• AFMA to develop marketing campaign
• Consumer buying report available
• Fairfield promotes Posey
• AAdvantage moves to larger facility

• Store Openings
• La-Z-Boy adds youth area at Texas store
• N.J.'s Silvert's Furniture has Berkline gallery
• Consignment store relocates
• Flexsteel gallery installed by Fla.'s Tegge Furnishings
• Kittle's adds ULC youth line