Furniture Today - September 29, 2003

Promosedia once again lived up to its reputation as the premier showplace for chair designs. The show, held here this month, drew more than 16,000 visitors from some 80 countries who came to shop the more than 6,000 seating introductions, primarily from the Friuli region of northeast Italy, known as the chair capital of the world.

• Special Report
• Top Canada bedding mfrs. grab 76% share
• Big bedding retailers boost 2002 sales 10.4%
• Fitness duo backs new Bedford line
• How the lists were compiled
• Six upholstery merchandisers honored
• Favata works mainstream
• Allen thinks outside the box
• Goss thrives on change
• Memory key for White
• 'Space-saving' becomes youth mantra
• Hood starts with frame
• Kinney draws on strength of team
• New at Market
• Motion furniture
• Bedding
• RTA
• Rugs
• Area Rugs
• Home office
• Metal beds

• Bedding Today
• ISPA event aflame with interesting moments

• Opinion Today
• Just how many Vegas markets will there be?
• The ins and outs of China sourcing
• Oct. market to combine opportunity and anxiety

• Business Today
• Rowe posts 3Q net loss despite sales uptick
• Masco raises 3Q earnings prediction
• Cone files for Ch. 11 as prelude to Ross buy
• Flexsteel tender offer draws 92% of DMI common stock

• News
• Bassett honors top stores, people
• H.P. market services firm adds Web site
• Canadian woodworking show will open Oct. 31
• ProfitSystems aims for 'total connectivity'
• Havertys, FBI end pact
• Dorel acquires Carina
• 57 designers compete for Pinnacle Awards
• Magnussen Home adds online catalog
• Scramble suits 'em to a tee
• Drexel's Tuscany line will include bed coverings by Sferra
• Rattan importers merge to boost Whitecraft brand
• Bob Timberlake backing groups antidumping effort
• Gabberts lays off employees in Dallas, Minneapolis
• Rent-A-Center acquires 11 stores in Missouri
• Bob's Discount taps Parker and Cosenza
• Wray hosts QVC decorating show
• Obituaries
• Obituaries

• Up Front
• Star taps Lynn as president
• Jordan replaces Nelson as d-Scan chief
• Therapedic readies luxury line
• Hancock & Moore to buy Councill, reopen factory
• Shaw creates Living brand
• Workbench begins liquidation
• Staats leaves Highland House
• Carson's promotes Stout
• Carpenter joins Collezione
• Smith new VP at Legacy