Furniture Today - November 03, 2003

Johnny Janosik got off a bus in this small town as a teenager with $1.98 in his pocket. Thanks to a lifetime of retailing, he's got much more than that now, and he is intent on giving a lot of it back to his adopted hometown. Founder and owner of two furniture and bedding superstores that bear his name, Janosik is still in touch with his business.

• Special Report
• Retail Profile
• Advertising makes Janosik a retail powerhouse
• Show Report
• Traffic, order-writing brisk in Valencia
• Upholstery makers face obstacles in U.S. market

• Opinion Today
• Market and the media don't always mix well
• So what about those odd stores you saw at market?
• What consumers tell us about furniture shopping
• Positive market scores a few points

• Supplement
• SoHo Today
• High Point highlights
• Accessory lines offer add-on opportunity
• Hooker scores with big sale event
• Riley Holliday gains space
• Entertaining ideas

• People Today
• Terra do Brazil taps Bassil as sales director
• People on the Move
• People on to the Move

• Business Today
• RTO majors post gains; Rainbow profits drop
• Havertys has double-digit gains
• O'Sullivan sales flat, operating income off

• News
• Relax-R retools gliders for U.S. dealers
• AsiaLink, Cuvée merge
• AFMA annual meeting set Nov. 13–16
• IFDA sale benefits FDC, HPU
• GMAC Commercial Finance forms Retail Finance Group
• Excite them, then sell
• Wildfires bring destruction, disruption
• Kathwari values product, education
• Calvin Klein furniture tie near
• Formal eclectic line, new categories debut
• Textile execs press Bush
• Obituaries
• Leo Cohen, retired retailer
• Bedding Benchmarks
• Spring Air's Eilenfeldt receives YMCA award
• Kingsdown celebrates centennial with charity
• Kingsdown gets patent on Dormo
• UL testing mattress flammability

• Bedding Today
• Bedding add-ons worth selling in their own right

• Up Front
• Industry leaders to address hot issues at F/T conference
• Hendricks expanding scope of FBI store plans
• Keller outlines strategy
• Bill would require federal fire regs
• Finucan joins Simmons
• Bob's gets state honor
• Tempur-Pedic parent plans stock offering
• IFSA, HFIA hold joint market social
• Crate & Barrel's Segal gets design patronage award