Furniture Today - March 4, 2002

This is a big month for bedding professionals from around the world, with two major shows on tap in this country. That's one of the reasons we're serving up this big presentation on key bedding issues. The report you are now holding makes a powerful statement, we hope, about the rich opportunities in the wide world of bedding.

• Bedding Today
• White not always right in mattress ticking

• Business Today
• Aaron revenues up, earnings down
• Pier 1 boosts forecast
• Amisco sales off 11.9% in '01
• Dorel: Kmart won't derail growth

• Insider's View
• Tupelo deserves credit for all its contributions

• News
• Sout Cone works to preserve rainforest
• Helping society, environment part of company's mission
• Taiwan co. to buy Master Design
• L.J. Miller files Ch. 7
• Marshall Mattress patents spring production process
• WithIt names Lyke first full-time director
• Macy's West shifts Nash out of furniture
• Court OKs Wickes deal
• Buyers, orders abound in Tupelo
• Ralph Lauren updates classics
• CFMA endorses FurnitureFan as Web services provider
• Two sales executives leave FurnitureFan
• HOM, Spring Air donate to Sept. 11 charity
• Stanley promotes Smith, Sitler
• Wolinski to head La-Z-Boy educ.
• Sept. show in China already 90% leased
• Seminar topic: competing with imports
• DuPont, Ciba to market, develop new products
• Fortune Brands to produce Thomasville cabinetry
• Ikea hires Miami agency for $40-50M ad campaign
• La-Z-Boy Canada set to add 7 stores
• Design groups ASID, IIDA consider merging
• GERS users to meet in August
• Mathis Brothers celebrates opening of Tulsa superstore

• Opinion Today
• Here's to little things that pay big dividends
• Kmart's woes led me down a discount memory lane
• Famous names offer no guarantee

• People Today
• Palliser taps Nussbaum as Thailand operations GM
• Eau Claire Mattress names Coffield to operations post
• Pa. House promotes Furman
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Special Report
• Leather powers continue to thrive
• Ashley: Shopping savvy
• Chateau d'Ax: Interpreting fashion, style
• Klaussner: Cementing by segmenting
• Natuzzi: Global goliath
• Nicoletti: On its toes
• LeatherTrend: Mexican model
• DeCoro: Value provider
• Market Report
• Wood broadens appeal
• Upholstery dealers stock up
• Retailers get taste of Kathy Ireland Home
• Youth bedroom generates sales
• Motion manufacturers add shifts to fill orders
• Leather's appeal still growing
• United offers leather sofas, recliners
• Buyer Appreciation Award goes to Ivan Smith Jr.

• Store Openings
• MSO debuts 2nd unit in N.J.
• Sleep shop opens in Wis.
• Colder's unveils new location
• 2 add Norwalk home fashion centers

• Supplement
• Bedding Today
• Serta adds fun in Web relaunch
• Spring Air licenses pads, etc.
• Bemco offering dealers year of ads
• Restonic rolls out gallery program
• Consumer scorecard
• From waterbeds to full-line powerhouse
• What makes City so good?
• City's bedding business at a glance
• What is your outlook for business this year, and what will you be doing to spark sales?
• 60 nations gathering for Expo
• BSC: It's OK to go to sleep
• 8 reasons retailers should consider futons
• Specialty sleep keys on solid sales, opportunities
• If you could change one thing in the bedding industry, what would it be?

• Up Front
• U.S. factory orders up 11%
• SoHo Today honors Hooker, R.C. Willey with new awards
• R.C. Willey pursues 2nd Vegas store
• JCPenney revamps catalog
• Industry panel focuses on service as key to competing with imports
• Trillium competition renamed, updated
• McKinnon-Land venture offers FR textile products
• Lang leaves Mattress Giant
• Stanton gets capital infusion
• World Market Center signs 6 more tenants
• Gennett to discuss competition