Furniture Today - January 6, 2003

Bomar Trimming is coming to Showtime this week with a new team member and a collection it says is much anticipated. Tina Bracciante has joined the trim specialist as product manager. Bracciante, previously the corporate trim buyer for Calico Corners, is at Showtime to help launch Bomar's Waverly collection of trims, tassels and tiebacks that coordinate with Waverly's wovens an...

• Bedding Today
• Metal beds provide great add-on sales

• Business Today
• Consumer Confidence declines in December
• Masco settles Behr class action suit
• Natuzzi says sales to rise 5% in 2003
• November furniture indicators
• Financial results

• News
• AF&Y develops acrylic-like yarn
• Palmer expands N.C. operations
• Manufacturer springs from humble retail beginnings
• WHFA plans to 'Tame the Beasts'
• Former Raymour exec founds store design firm
• FMG opens Web site
• Florida Furniture closing
• Levitz, Seaman's to consolidate buying
• Unifi exhibits at Showtime for first time, joins sponsors
• Z-Tex offering new FR finish
• Glen Raven showing 100+ new patterns
• Milliken launching washable collection
• HFIA offers Web Site Builder
• Sealy plays big role in area food drive
• Dallas retailer wins Old Charm trip
• Style Trend group elects Beck
• Mastercraft moving facility to Hickory, N.C.
• Bush receives Best Buy's Bravo award
• La-Z-Boy opening in Fla. benefits 8 local charities
• RTG picks e-commerce company
• McCreary Modern fills sofa order for Camp David
• FurnitureFan to continue Bose giveaways at shows
• Microfibres expanding faux suede offerings
• Menard sponsors sailboat race
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Opinion Today
• CIT's Oelschlaeger: 2003 looks like turnaround year

• People Today
• Stein named to new post at Kingsdown
• TOP Supplies taps Rowland
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Special Report
• Toronto winter introductions
• Material witness
• Canadian Report
• Toronto market to be largest ever
• OFMA to honor Shermag's Racine
• Retail buying groups unveil new programs

• Store Openings
• Bay Furniture opens 6th unit
• 2 La-Z-Boy Youth areas debut
• Art Van, U. Loft team up
• Klaussner showroom opens in Catawba Furniture Mall

• Supplement
• Global Textiles Today
• Start your engines!
• Design protection: an ITMA priority
• Traditional with a twist
• Partnerland
• Showtime fabric spotlight
• Showtime Introductions
• Heimtextil fabric spotlight
• Heimtextil introductions
• Showtime sources
• Heimtextil sources

• Up Front
• Retailers, producers anticipate brisk activity at Toronto market
• Ethan Allen opens 1st China store
• Cory Home Delivery expandsits 'Safety First' campaign
• Mohawk Home appoints Quist
• BDO: Factory shipments to rise 3% to 4% in 2003
• Charleston Forge on grow
• Bacon's revamps flagship store
• Shenzhen flexes furniture muscles
• Tietex reorganizes into Interiors, 3 other divisions
• FMG Symposium set for Feb.
• Byers joins Wearbest Sil-Tex