Furniture Today - January 21, 2002

Reclining chair producers have made considerable marketing hay in recent years over chairs that have more bells and whistles than the average Las Vegas casino. In their seemingly endless search to differentiate themselves from the competition, producers have added everything from massage units to coolers to laptop computer hook-ups.

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• Business Today
• Bassett cuts net loss in 4Q
• Ethan Allen 2Q sales, profits drop; improvements seen ahead
• Mattress Discounters gets financing, makes payment
• RAC same-store sales expected to grow 9.7%
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• News
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• Rhodes' Chicago move
• Hickory Springs foam plant earns ISO mark
• Greensboro woodworking expo set Feb. 14-15
• Canadian credit service created
• Harounian to make Royal Doulton brand rugs
• Century promotes two
• Shane joins Robert Allen Group
• Rosenberg firm, retailer pay to settle suit over sale
• AFMA to offer security workshops in February
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• Alexvale taps De Bonis, Eller

• Opinion Today
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• Toronto Report
• Quality, detail credited for case goods action
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• Canadian marketgoers celebrate
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• Strong dollar, promotion efforts draw U.S. buyers
• Cut-rate airfares on tap for June

• Up Front
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• Crate & Barrel's Segal elected chairman of NRF
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• Jordan's tells all on Web
• Natuzzi has new logo for 'U'
• Ch. 11 possible for Guilford Mills
• Master Design to close factory in Mississippi
• Baker joins PeopLoungers
• La-Z-Boy stores see strong gains in November, December
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• ATMI restructures to cut costs
• Divania taps Kayser for new VP of merchandising position
• Furniture Discovery Center names Flynn exec director