Furniture Today - October 1, 2001

Since Sept. 11, this industry, virtually with one voice, has been asking itself a critical question: "Where do we go from here?" Furniture/Today believes the answer should be clearly audible and predicated on reason and sound business judgments, not on emotion. Based on those criteria, we believe there can be only one answer: "We go forward, and we go forward immediately.

• Bedding Today
• Simmons encore focuses on a less-motion story

• Business Today
• Consumer confidence takes largest drop since Oct. 1990
• Rowe reports $1.1M loss in 3Q
• Kimball Int'l expects earnings between nine and 13 cents
• Vaughan's sales, income decline
• Financial results

• Insider's View
• Lane's legendary leaders and the realities of today

• News
• New Beautyrest line features taller coils
• City of Hope fund-raisers rescheduled
• FurnishNet signs bedding retailers
• Levitz, Seaman owner likely to get Furniture.com assets
• FDC looking for Brinson successor
• Ralph Lauren readies four new collections
• APWTrade part of growth plan
• 51 finalists compete for ASFD's Pinnacle Awards
• Chicago event benefits DIFFA
• Decker joins Riverside
• Investment firm gets stake in American Furniture
• Wilson joins importer as sales, marketing VP
• Furniture makers fend off computer viruses
• Badcock to host FHFA meeting
• Industry leaders share feelings, offer support for relief efforts
• Lexington adds Timberlake to youth lines
• Citigroup requests donations
• MD/DC HFRA event to aid relief efforts
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Opinion Today
• 2 ways to do, and go out of, business
• Let's rethink and improve Canada's summer markets
• Why Erie Sauder belongs in industry's Hall of Fame
• Missed opportunities in U.S. stores

• Special Report
• Business good at Decosit
• Decosit's international social scene
• Hot looks at Decosit
• Market Events
• IHFC Web site has market info
• Plaza Suites opens Oct. 18
• Super Sunday on tap at IHFC
• Lamb to discuss trends
• ShowPlace plans parties, food service
• Block party set for Sat.
• Travel Quest services on tap
• Hamilton Square to feed, entertain market attendees
• NHFA, IHFC ready full slate of seminars
• Accessory buyers and designers offered range of workshops
• C&D to serve 'taste of the South'
• MMPI plans to mark opening of Plaza Suites, host Internet Cafe
• New At Market: Home Office
• New At Market: Home Office
• New At Market: Metal Beds
• New At Market: Metal Beds
• New At Market: Motion Upholstery
• New At Market: Motion Upholstery
• New At Market: Occasional
• New At Market: Occasional
• New At Market: RTA
• New At Market: RTA
• New At Market: Wicker and Rattan
• New At Market: Wicker & Rattan

• Up Front
• Riverside readies Doolittle line
• MMPI blood drives, fund-raisers continue
• Flexsteel sets Christopher Lowell line
• Mathis unveils Drexel store
• Timing pays off for R.C. Willey
• Friedman, Weiman teaming up for clean, contemporary line
• DeSantis joins Natuzzi
• Lilly named Serta chairman
• Hickory Mark taps Cody