Furniture Today - August 26, 2002

While case goods manufacturers at market here reported attendance was on the light side, showrooms with a focus on price, service and/or new product were pleased with order-writing activity. Suppliers at promotional price points said they are particularly well positioned in these times of economic uncertainty.

• News
• E-mail ads keep LaDifférence in touch
• Tour de Furniture raises $25,000 for Red Cross
• Jordan's takes it to the Imax
• Karel brings markets to the masses
• Martha proves hit at preview
• Bombay's top exec out
• Sears Canada completes Eaton's conversions
• Tropitone taps Gremmer, Homestead
• HomElegance expands warehousing
• Restoration taps Salamone
• Harris heads WithIt officers
• Tempur-Pedic revamps sales
• NHFA to examine human resources
• Karel exhibitors: Thumbs up
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Up Front
• Elvis shaking up sales
• Liz Claiborne sets Carpet One program
• Retailers write orders in Calgary
• Hekman, Woodmark merge mgmt.
• Vegas vote postponed again
• La-Z-Boy boosts Bauhaus, will drop HickoryMark
• Dockworkers talks to resume today
• Furniture, fabric key Bloomie's autumn promotion, Provence
• Magnussen promotes Cook
• Schubert joins Fine Furniture

• Opinion Today
• Don't look in the wrong end of the telescope
• Maybe we're doing something right after all
• Department stores revert to cash cow

• Supplement
• Motion Upholstery
• Producers look for ways to continue the ride
• Leather Upholstery
• Mfrs. banking on consumers' lust for leather
• Bedding
• Category continues to be star at retail
• Bedroom
• Bedrooms represent ultimate in 'cocooning'
• Youth Furniture
• Imported product increasing in mfrs. offerings
• Formal Dining
• Formal dining category very much alive
• Casual Dining
• Versatility keys casual dining success
• Occasional
• Opportunities to excel abound for vendors
• Home Office
• Economy woes don't erase SOHO opportunities
• Stationary Upholstery
• Imports now mainstream worry

• Insider's View
• Ever thought of a blind auction in your store?

• Store Openings
• Classic Interiors expands in Harrisburg
• Turk Furniture installs Berkline gallery
• Raymour opens superstore in Clay, N.Y.

• People Today
• Schweiger makes staff changes
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Special Report
• Market Report
• Upholstery makers moving to spur sales in tough climate
• Varied youth offerings turn heads in Tupelo
• Elvis who? Ireland in the house
• Market Report
• Master Design sets new product strategy, goals
• Retail Giants
• Top 25 retailers sales edge up
• Dept stores: 10 see increase
• Top dept. stores results mixed
• Buying groups have solid foothold
• Many groups follow the hardware model

• Bedding Today
• Financial reports offer insights on key players

• Business Today
• Dorel 2Q earnings soar 48.1%; sales rise 9.8%
• RTO 2Q revenues rise 8.3% as losses turned into profit
• Bombay 2Q sales rise 3.1% as net loss grows to $3.3M
• O'Sullivan sales slump 8.4% in 4Q
• Heilig-Meyers posts June operating loss
• Investment fund's dip could hurt Bassett's 3Q profits