Furniture Today - January 7, 2002

The markets continue to be the single most heated subject among Canadian furniture manufacturers, a critical and expensive part of almost every producer's efforts. Furniture/Today's survey of manufacturers showed that opinions run the gamut, although a sizable minority said there should be only one Canadian market, in Toronto in January.

• Bedding Today
• Here's proof: Bedding heading for boffo growth

• Business Today
• Consumer confidence jumps
• Bassett's 4Q sales down 12.3%
• FBI acquisition comes in at $303M
• Guilford Mills facing NYSE delisting
• Pier 1 same-store sales up 14%
• Barcalounger ownership shift completed

• Insider's View
• The intertwined history of 3 leading companies

• News
• Toronto market looks to be largest in 30 years
• Arbek taps executives
• Maison & Objet drops N.Y. show
• Masterlooms promotes VP
• Corrections & amplifications
• La-Z-Boy's strong start
• Canadians ready to buy in Toronto
• Obituaries
• Charles White Jr., retired Thomasville design manager
• Malcolm Wilder, Pennsylvania House rep

• Opinion Today
• Our fruit salad people make this nation great
• Associations deserve and need your involvement
• Harbingers of things to come?

• Special Report
• Décor-Rest: Eyeing further growth in U.S.
• Palliser: Big and bold
• El Ran: Ratcheted for success
• Coja: Vlessing brothers are veterans
• Jaymar: European sophistication
• Legacy Leather: American standards
• Canadian leather stars shine in U.S.
• Canadian Report
• Any merger needs to deal with Canadian reality
• How Canadian producers rate associations, markets
• Toronto Winter Introductions
• Single factory group applauded

• Up Front
• Cantoni adds interactive feature
• Arbek leaves San Fran, will show at factory
• British Century has new name, strategy
• Tilley named to run Pennsylvania House
• Iranian rugs a hit for Momeni
• Koenig to deliver keynote address at SoHo Today conference in March
• Foamex adopts plan to boost profits
• Showplace taps managers
• Claritas statistics available