Furniture Today - January 13, 2003

Two more retailers have signed up for Drexel Heritage's store program, bringing the scheduled openings to a dozen for this year. Willis Wayside in Virginia Beach, Va., and Saxon-Clark Furniture and Design outside Orlando, Fla., have both committed to building and opening Drexel Heritage Home Inspirations stores this year.

• Bedding Today
• Sealy facing $50M hit but will strike back hard

• Business Today
• Bassett turns profit for year
• DMI posts 2.9% sales gain in 1Q
• Bombay up, Havertys down in December
• Corrections & Amplifications

• News
• AFMA details standards on Web site
• Fabric show wins applause
• Pa. store launches Ikea's growth surge
• Michael Graves designing Glen Eden rugs
• Indian rug exhibition set for Atlanta market
• OWA readies merchandising programs
• Snow couldn't snuff Cotton Inc. celebration
• Davis to head Great American Group N.Y. office
• Tom Seely wins W.Va. safety award
• Laslo to design line for Ferguson Copeland
• Leather Italia-USA readies entry-level line for Tupelo
• Cunning leaving NTC position
• NTC sets forum for Feb. 16–18
• New design mag targets West
• Tri-State HFA salutes Neff, Epperson
• Thomasville sues Ashley over Grand Geneva design
• FBI's import organization changes name
• Corrections & Amplifications
• Davis expands in Tupelo, adds leather
• King Koil reorganizes
• Carolinas Expo set for Feb.
• Story overstates Ikea founder's doubts
• Decorize adds three senior execs
• Cebu furniture makers seek government help
• Hooker closes Bradington-Young purchase
• H.P. market renews transportation contract
• Site airing complaints against Kane's shut down
• Manley gets Progressive operations post
• Rent-Way credit rating slips
• Rose to receive SFM Gold Pass award
• AWFS disputes wood dust, cancer linkage
• Current joins Loomcraft
• Bedding Benchmarks
• Bedding coverage expands
• Arizona sleep shop hits new high in price
• Hypnos brings royal line to U.S.
• Curnutt heads international sales at Hickory Springs
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Opinion Today
• We work in an industry that really does care
• Economic forecasting: Why we're always wrong
• Showtime: Whines of the times

• People Today
• Liebenow on trade advisory panel
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Special Report
• Regional market introductions
• 2003 forecast: Slower growth ahead for economy, industry
• Market Report
• Positive attitudes evident at Showtime
• What to do about design piracy
• Cotton Inc. sees more texture, softer color palette ahead
• Leather arena looks for uptick
• No cover charge here
• Product Trends
• Rug introductions
• Rug Report
• Rugs go mainstream as fashion accents

• Supplement
• SoHo Today
• Firstline finds growth in furniture
• The little Internet dealer that could
• Opportunity knocks
• Costco explores SOHO
• RTA maker Carina expands factory by 50% to improve through-put
• SOHO vets develop Turbo desktop line
• Buying teams change at 2 superstores
• Hooker ships PGA Tour collection
• Robb & Stucky plans PGA promotion
• Office superstores still waiting for solid SOHO rebound
• Office Depot spotlights furniture in Big Book

• Up Front
• Mexico's Segusino shuts doors, to liquidate
• Vegas work to start in March
• 6 AFMA employees resign in cutback
• Women to bare it in SF
• Harvey joins SofaTrend
• Stores get boost during Canada's Boxing Week