Furniture Today - February 23, 2004

Lexington Home Brands will introduce its newest licensed line, the 140-SKU Liz Claiborne Home, next month at High Point's premarket. Dealers will see a market-ready showroom presentation and can place orders on the entire collection. Bob Stec, Lexington president and CEO, said extensive consumer research by Liz Claiborne gave designers a leg up in product development.

• Bedding Today
• Readers offer thoughts on white ticking ... and Pam

• Business Today
• Tempur-Pedic '03 sales soar 60.8%
• Select Comfort's '03 sales surge 36.5% to $458.5 million
• O'Sullivan 2Q sales drop 17.5%
• Amisco earnings up 39.5% in 4Q
• BMTC 4Q sales rise 8.4%

• Flammability Report
• Suppliers, producers touch bases

• News
• Steel price hikes worry bedding execs
• Claiborne collection follows consumers' lead
• Furniture activity rated good at Nationwide winter show
• Keynote speaker touts positive attitude, energy
• Rising steel prices affect bedding
• Bauer to make PGA line
• Winans to focus on larger stores
• Maison & Objet attendance up 8%
• Natuzzi awards trips in contest
• Raymour & Flanigan's Goldberg family honored
• Panel: Industry must use its strengths
• Quaker Fabric posts stronger margins in 4th qtr.
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Opinion Today
• China is becoming financial powerhouse
• Where in the world is your Christopher Casablanca?
• Choosing partners in the name game

• People Today
• Mancina to direct Rowe's PR
• RC Furniture taps Shafer for merchandising post
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Special Report
• Consumer Buying Trends
• Out with the old!
• Stationary sofas
• Loveseats
• Stationary chairs
• Motion sofas
• Sectional sofas
• Sofa-sleepers
• Flammability Report
• Seminar draws crowd to examine new regs
• Morris: 'We need your help'
• Lab puts burning issues to the test
• Suppliers: Look for the right mix
• Solutions are out there, Kemp says
• CPSC is working diligently
• Retail Profile
• French Heritage on growth track

• Store Openings
• La-Z-Boy adds two galleries
• Thomasville has 4th Philly unit
• USA Baby launches Fla. store
• Florida La-Z-Boy store debuts

• Up Front
• Buying group tops $1 billion in sales
• Hooker exits antidumping group; five others join
• Chinese deny yuan revaluation coming
• R.C. Willey is Reno bound
• Tupelo buyers eager to order
• Stickley acquires Cibola assets
• A-Z Media reorganizing; Craft heads media branch
• South Sea/Fairfax taps Crover
• JCPenney banking on Chris Madden line
• Penney's online sales rise 50%