Furniture Today - February 17, 2003

Mattress flammability involves an array of acronyms and terms that can be confusing if you don't speak the language. Here's a look at some of the key terms and what they mean:

• Bedding Today
• Will FR considerations favor single-sided beds?

• Business Today
• Havertys 4Q profits drop 22.4%
• Rent-A-Center earnings jump
• RAC will close most Rent-Way stores it bought
• Amisco earnings up 36.6% for year
• La-Z-Boy 4Q net income up 6.9%
• Cone Mills has 1st profit since '94
• Rent-Way slashes loss
• O'Sullivan's 2Q sales, operating income slip

• News
• Thomasville rolls out Bogart ads
• Upholstery squeeze
• Standard, Ireland get cozier
• Buffett bidding to buy bankrupt Burlington
• U.S. mills shipments fall for 7th straight year, ATMI says
• Scoperta seeking to extend reach
• Greengrass sets East Coast facility
• Site links design, human behavior
• Globexpo named U.S. agent for new Thailand market
• Greater Midwest HFRA gives awards
• Kentucky IHFRA chapter honors retailer Nell Thorpe
• New fabric souce aiming to gain Altitude with Tupelo market debut
• Z-Tex offers washable fabric finish
• Showtime-West set for March 4–6
• Burton James opens gallery at ABC Carpet
• Macy's employee arrested for selling stolen furniture
• Indonesia takes measures to block timber smuggling
• Harden taps Oughterson
• Spring Air 'spokesbear' stars in new ads
• Englander signs Philly licensee
• Symbol buys Midwest plant
• High Point press kits due April 1
• Klaussner going to Vegas
• Wright heads Cone Jacquards' new management team
• Klaussner sets new Dick Idol line for April
• Manufacturers see solid Tupelo market
• NHFA launches insurance program
• Magnussen expands HP space
• Obituaries
• Obituaries
• Our Community
• Circle donates to Boston's Ronald McDonald House
• Bernie & Phyl gives more furniture to Goodwill Inds.
• A-America backs Seattle Ronald McDonald House
• CT Group golfs for charity
• SEHFA starts scholarship

• Opinion Today
• Why some stores strike me as special
• Letters to the Editor
• Letters to the editor
• Letters to the editor

• Special Report
• Tupelo market introductions
• FurnitureFind.com: More than a survivor
• E-commerce future unlimited, even without the hype
• Learning the key dot-com lessons

• Store Openings
• La-Z-Boy opens store in Ohio
• Brand has La-Z-Boy Youth area
• Hickory mall will house Bernhardt, Broyhill, Kincaid
• England unveils two galleries in Pa.
• Select Comfort adds 11 stores in Jan.

• Supplement
• Bedding Today
• The ins and outs of mattress flammability
• A brief history of mattress flammability
• Sources of flammability products
• Chinese producer eyes U.S. market
• Chinese threat: U.S. producers comment
• Excel offering Chinese bedding
• Key 'things' salespeople should know
• Bedding Inds. of America's 3-fisted punch
• Global Textiles Today
• Paisley power
• Floral splendor
• Dressed up
• Rich traditions
• French accent
• Novel approaches
• Tropical breezes
• Lines and stripes
• Contemporary flair
• Simple pleasures
• Source list

• Up Front
• Miskelly turns up the fun
• Nexia's plan a no-go for now
• OFMA plans June 7–9 Toronto show
• Kimbrell succeeds Klein as City of Hope president
• Crocker is Fraenkel president