Furniture Today - February 2, 2004

It might be cold outside, but occasional table sales are heating up this winter. Spurred by new items at the October market, business has been on the upswing over the past few months, table resources report. Activity appears to be across the board, from stand-alone tables to those that coordinate with major collections, with much of the action in the $299 to $399 retail range.

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• Fresh look at ticking reveals a White World

• Business Today
• FBI sales rise, earnings fall
• FBI eyes 61 more stores in '04
• L&P 4Q sales up 12.7%, profits jump 20.7%
• Stanley 4Q income spurts 12.2%

• News
• Braithwaite named Selva America VP
• Henredon expects to debut Barry line in spring 2005
• Style-conscious occasional tables run gamut
• City marks Badcock day
• SF market starts early
• Mattress Warehouse stores sold
• AVB adds mattress retailing formats
• Ocean shipping rates likely to rise this spring
• High Point Showroom Assn. names 1st board
• Restonic, Bedford part ways in Canada; new licensee sought
• Dotterer joins Kravet's Portfolio in design post
• Americas Filament raising Dacron prices
• McCracken steps down at Invista
• Cochran gets new sales post at Exact
• Therapedic has new licensee
• Obituaries
• Steve Thom, veteran sales rep

• Opinion Today
• Aching back spurs search for comfortable seating

• People Today
• Logistics company adds 2, promotes Hui
• Broyhill store launched in Miss.
• Kincaid opens stores, galleries
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Special Report
• New technology improving order-tracking

• Up Front
• Weak dollar a challenge for importers
• U.S. factories post more gains
• Austin heads to Vietnam as Maitland president
• Rent-Way pursues critic posting Web messages
• Shermag to revamp Nadeau
• Canada gives DeFehr highest honor
• Ross submits top bid of $90M for Cone Mills
• Valspar normal after fire
• 200 exhibitors on tap for IFAM
• Beck returning to factory where she began career
• Leggett offers digital textile printing
• Western will sell Hickory Springs FR cotton to bedding makers