Furniture Today - July 28, 2003

Collector cabinet and clock makers often target a similar consumer demographic, but these days they are doing it through different approaches. Clocks are attracting shoppers through updated styles and mixed media, while curios are drawing interest with functionality, like sliding glass doors and touch lighting.

• Special Report
• Market Report
• Case goods resources get aggressive in S.F.
• Contemporary looks star in upholstery
• S.F. Mart party draws crowd
• Value, quality key elements in leather
• In motion, not merely a rerun of High Point
• Youth producers think small with bed designs
• Style leads casual dining
• New lines stir interest in specialty bedding

• People Today
• England to direct sales, marketing for Arpel
• Ammons named IHFRA's marketing director
• People on the Move
• People on the move

• Opinion Today
• Can upholstery dodge the offshore bullet?

• Business Today
• FBI sales drop 4.1% in 2Q
• Quaker sales, profits plummet in 2nd qtr.
• Sears Canada revenues dip 7.8%
• Chromcraft Revington profits off 26.7%

• News
• SF signals better fall
• Lexington, Richloom set Liz Claiborne lines
• B2B exchanges gaining acceptance by industry
• Classic Leather focusing efforts on just one High Point market
• City of Hope raises $300,000 at golf event
• Sears Home brand replacing Whole Home Furniture name
• Willey growing in Vegas
• Lane opens first dedicated store in U.S.
• FR questions still unresolved
• Rent-Way avoids fine in accounting fraud

• Store Openings
• La-Z-Boy launches 2nd small-market store in Ariz.
• Ikea opens Md. store with 'Jeannie's' help

• Bedding Today
• Trying to get a handle on a tough problem

• Up Front
• San Fran exhibitors react to antidumping petition
• Trade coalition adds four more producers
• Textile groups seek import protection
• Industry hails FR revisions
• Lynch resting on Thurmo-Pudic bed
• Boyd shuts down; trio works to fill orders
• Bermex taps Walker
• Durinick joins Broyhill
• Legacy names Boone VP