Furniture Today - May 19, 2003

Attendance and business were better than expected at both the Proposte show here and the Scoperta fabric show in Chiasso, Switzerland, this month. Both started slow but were up to normal attendance levels or better by the second day. Not surprisingly considering the Iraq war and the SARS contagion, attendance was down from the Middle East and the Far East, but those area...

• News
• Drakeford opens corp. showroom
• Roadway Express offers security shipping service
• Carls gala helps fight cancer
• Thomasville, A&...eaming up to showcase Bogart
• Dinaire to show contract line at Vegas hospitality market
• ProfitSystems releases latest integrated software
• Cory opens Fla. distribution center
• GLM joining fight against design piracy
• Sauder to buy Studio RTA
• American expanding flagship
• Mattress Giant ads: Time to 'Catch some Z's'
• Vietnam agreement unsettling for textiles
• Sears sets 5 Grand pilot stores
• River still open to furniture investments
• Obituaries
• Edward A. Shook, industry veteran

• Supplement
• News Watch
• Stanley revs up entertainment
• Bush realigns management group,appoints VP to coordinate strategy
• Wolf launches SOHO desktop line
• Kleist, Fridley join Ameriwood team as part of refocused furniture effort
• Selling Secrets
• Showy looks moving at high end
• Category Close-up
• Executive desks enjoying resurgence

• Opinion Today
• Don't let SARS scare scuttle Toronto shopping

• Bedding Today
• My retail bedding foray proves exercise in futility

• Special Report
• Piovano rises from ashes of fire
• Secrets of top sales associates
• Whimsical shapes, lively colors create upbeat atmosphere at Scandinavian fair

• Store Openings
• Bacon's addition features galleries
• 2 La-Z-Boy stores open in Mich.
• Catawba mall has Amish furniture
• House of Denmark debuts 6th unit
• Sofa Selections installs Clayton Marcus upholstery gallery in Pa.
• Kids Are It adds La-Z-Boy youth
• Kemper installs Broyhill gallery
• Talsma unveils Bassett gallery

• People Today
• Sealy Inc. names two to finance posts
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Up Front
• A few Danish producers forge China ties
• Lucky Toronto buyer can win free furniture
• Copenhagen draws more
• Sears revamps home management
• New ads bolster 'It's a Sealy' effort
• Jamestone expands, hires new VP
• American Decorative Fabrics names Jack Cobb president
• Amyx Inds. liquidating
• Four Hands promotes Briggs
• Malaysia draws buyers
• UFA events set for May 31–June 3
• Leath opens first Milwaukee store
• Ikea breaks ground in Philly

• Business Today
• Simmons net income up 46.6%
• Leon's sales dip 2.8%, profits off 33.3%
• Klaussner releases Jennifer Convertibles liens
• Bush posts 1Q net loss of $13.1M
• Valspar earnings slip 6.9%, sales up 1.4%
• Foamex 1Q sales up 4.4%; net loss is $8.1M
• Sleep Country Canada's sales increase 8.8% in 1Q
• O'Sullivan postpones release of 3Q results
• Berkshire retailers see 36.7% dip in profits
• Select Comfort stock offered at $13