Furniture Today - November 24, 2003

The casual dining category is growing with the addition of new, complementary pieces. Once the kid brother to formal dining, casual dining now covers much more than dinettes and baker's racks. The tables and chairs come in many styles and are surrounded by a growing assortment of pieces, such as small chinas and buffets, wine racks and servers.

• News
• Leahy gets fabrics post at Waverly Lifestyle
• Guest Cottage launch set for '04
• Giacomelli named VP at Divania
• Ross buys Burlington, says debt cut drastically
• Ross group fighting dumping
• Furniture Express opens first leather and bedding shop
• ChosnFriends adds factoring services
• GERS signs Jordan's for CreditConnect
• Simmons sells for $1.1B
• Thomasville team lays out strategy
• Simmons management will stay
• Hendricks shares details on growth plan
• Diamond buying 2 Unclaimed Freight units
• Thomasville's ads, stores to send consistent message
• Century to buy Highland House designs, product
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Bedding Today
• Fires lead to tragedies that we must address

• Opinion Today
• Antidumping: Industry's most divisive issue ever

• Store Openings
• Pedrojetti's has Natuzzi gallery
• In Home Furnishings expands
• House of Denmark adds 6th unit
• Rent Rite opens 90th in S.C.
• Kemps launch 6th Aaron store
• Three stores join Ohio mall

• Up Front
• NHFA continues legacy of service
• Alan Rosenberg dies at 54
• Retailers cut ties over petition
• Coalition scores victory with China textile quotas
• Govt. extends deadlines on questionnaires
• Mattress regs in limbo?
• Market group gets $50K
• Chromcraft taps Talley
• Select Comfort aids fire victims

• People Today
• Lane promotes Files to advertising director
• Niroflex appoints Glasgow sales mgr. for Giovanni line
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Special Report
• Alternate channel sales near $20 billion a year
• AFMA seeks $20-30 million for advertising initiative
• Prillaman honored for distinguished service
• AFMA guests party in style
• Shoppers focusing more on quality and durability
• Spain's producers gear up
• Upholstery factories boosting capacity

• Business Today
• Bombay posts small loss as 3Q sales increase 18.9%
• Flexsteel sales up 9.8%, net income slips 8.2%
• Rent-Way sales inch up, loss cut
• Keller losses mount

• Supplement
• 2003 Bedding Yearbook
• Producers share views on sales performance
• Warehouse clubs big winner in bedding distribution survey
• About the numbers
• Damant: Flammability issues demanding immediate attention of bedding producers
• Underwriters Labs offers mattress flammability testing
• Sleep Council sets four workshops on flammability for February '04
• The ins and outs of mattress flammability
• Key flammability terms
• Flammability timeline
• Three groups — one mission
• Testing labs burn the midnight oil
• Key testing resources
• Basofil gears up for FR fiber push
• New rules offer opportunity to sell safety
• Majors enhancing high-end offerings
• How sales associates sell high-end bedding
• Consumers boosting spending on luxury bedding
• Select Comfort tightens grip as top retailer
• Sealy posts another strong year in 2002
• High-end Sealy, Spring Air brands enjoy double-digit sales increases in 2002
• Global Textiles Today
• Performance fabrics making big waves
• Soft hand, vibrant colors drive sales