Furniture Today - September 08, 2003

Wickes Furniture has opened its store of the future here, and its future looks a lot like Rooms To Go. While the 35,000-square-foot store in the Finley Square shopping center isn't the first to carry a Rooms To Go-inspired line of merchandise or convert to RTG's room-package pricing format, it's the first to do it in a Rooms To Go-like box.

• News
• Mayes' love of Tuscany brought home
• California Bureau considering new CPSC approach
• Sears closing 3 more Great Indoors stores
• Labor Day sales strong
• Chinese manufacturers retain law firm
• Quebec exhibitors anticipate eager buyers
• Herman gets merchandising post at Lane
• Martinelli gets La-Z-Boy sourcing post
• Zollar is La-Z-Boy International GM
• Cantoni taps Briody as GM for L.A. store
• Pennsylvania's Interiors revamps name and store
• RTO stores do well with higher-priced furniture selection
• DuPont Textiles division changes name to Invista
• FBI not convinced that Chinese are dumping
• June orders up 1%, first monthly gain of '03
• Senatore leaves FMCA; Wood to stay on as EVP
• Hooker promotes Marlowe to worldwide sourcing post
• Clayton Marcus taps McCall
• Ferraguto joins Sherrill in new post
• Hanes promotes Montgomery to furniture market manager
• Showroom complex set for October 2004
• Bedding Benchmarks
• Therapedic line debuts in Thailand
• Therapedic signs Mexico bedding plant
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• People Today
• Classic Leather taps Fuller for marketing post
• People on the Move
• People on the Move

• Bedding Today
• Serta shows leadership with move to FR bedding

• Store Openings
• Iuculanos open 4th La-Z-Boy store on Long Island
• Cedar Hill installs Broyhill gallery

• Special Report
• Bedding Today
• High-end sales growing nicely
• How top sales associates sell high-end bedding
• Sit 'n Sleep takes Rolls-Royce approach
• McCarron: Customers 'deserve the best'
• Shifman creates quality by hand
• Shifman expands facilities
• Majors enhancing high-end offerings
• Excel's Chinese line ready for fall rollout
• Product features include dual-coil system
• Freudenberg sets FR mattress push
• New rules offer opportunity to sell safety
• Elk Technologies launches Web site for VersaShield
• Global Textiles Today
• New day dawns for fabric performance
• Invista, Foss form strategic alliance
• Take a seat: These ain't your mama's fabrics
• Technology expands choices
• Who's who in the performance arena
• Leading performance yarn sources
• Key terms to know in performance fabrics
• Stainmaster test generating a 'good response'
• Outdura expands colors to 25
• Tietex launches SofTek line

• Up Front
• Drexel retailer brings Tuscany home to Florida
• Serta only bedding major opting to make line fire-resistant in '04
• Simmons could go up for sale, cashing in on growth trend
• Bill could change RTO's image
• Furniture/Today to honor Child, Hodgson
• Kingsdown adding to sales team
• Southern new licensee for Antiques Roadshow
• Genrich joins APW Trade

• Opinion Today
• My summer: Beaches, bars, Bruce ... and more

• Business Today
• Natuzzi 2Q profits drop
• Bombay, Havertys report Aug. same-store gains; Pier 1 lags
• Easyhome revenues up 7.3% in 2Q
• BMTC's net earnings grow 36.9% in 2nd qtr.