Furniture Today - October 8, 2001

RER Furniture, a manufacturer of high-quality, solid-mahogany furniture based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will debut under two brand names at the October market. One brand, Broughton Hall Ltd., will show traditional English bedroom collections in space 1-559 of Plaza Suites. Styles include 18th century, campaign, Regency and Louis Philippe.

• Bedding Today
• Spring Air claims victory in "mattress challenge"

• Business News
• Bassett posts loss; sales drop 21.8%
• Flexsteel's sales dip 5.1% for year, earnings off 61.5%
• Hooker's third-quarter sales down 17.8%

• Insider's View
• Home, family have new importance in our lives

• News
• Metal bed source Carolina Furnitureworks to debut
• Thunderbird returning to High Point
• AICO doubles H.P. showroom
• Stanley helps furnish triad McDonald house
• Samuel Lawrence implements SAP system
• Rug vendors foresee traffic dip at N.Y. show
• AVB/BrandSource convention views new TV ads
• Hurtado completes high-tech facility
• SHFA honors Willis and family with area at Virginia Beach park
• Krause's options fade
• Exhibitors wonder if buyers will show
• WithIt plans series of October market events
• Banker will assess economy
• Chadwick will speak at Sunday service
• Karel sets 2002 holiday show in N.J.
• Primo Designs gears up for 1st High Point show
• Gautier boosting market showroom 50% at 220 Elm
• IFM joining parent Standard on 7th floor of IHFC's Main
• Glider rocker specialist Crinar making High Point market debut
• Wade brings French lines to market
• No-minimum orders set at John Thomas
• Studio 99 moves to larger space
• Drexel to debut two Lillian August eclectic bedrooms
• Modus boosts plant capacity
• Richter to celebrate opening of new HP building Oct. 19
• British Century to introduce 'mini-gallery'
• Nichols & Stone moves showroom
• Joan completes sale of division
• YHFE to launch Web site with job locator function
• Lane pulls plug in Virginia, aims to grow import lines
• Lane names Ray Allori to new distribution post
• Obituaries
• Peter Glen, speaker, author
• Herbert Haimsohn, retailer

• Opinion Today
• Let's tell consumers: Now's the time to buy!
• Nobody wants self-imposed defeat
• Seasons of market provide reassurance
• Letters to the Editor
• Letters to the editor

• People Today
• Diamond promotes two
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Store Openings
• BFD store opens in Illinois
• HH Cupp expands gallery
• Thomasville adds N.M. store
• 3 stores join Jennifer chain
• King store includes Justice gallery

• Up Front
• Rosenberg is Levitz/Seaman's CEO; Grund leaving
• Industry continuing to aid Sept. 11 victims
• Her car makes patriotic statement
• Vegas tax rebate vote delayed third time
• Wolf sets 8th store in York
• Security letter draws mixed reaction
• Former owners buy back Aspen Furniture
• Ayers heads Spring Air L.A.
• VanNoppen is VP of sales at newsletter specialist
• Knowlton joins King Koil
• Valencia furniture market plans to expand 40% by 2004
• Temporaries back inside SFM in Jan.
• Lexington closing N.C. wood plant