Furniture Today - June 13, 2005

During an investor conference here last week, Furniture Brands International outlined some challenges it faces and the steps it is taking to meet them. Furniture Brands continues to be the industry's largest manufacturer and importer to the U.S. market, but faces competition from Ashley Furniture, which grew 26% in 2004 to climb to second in Furniture/Today's Top 25.

• Special Report
• Top Canadian Resources
• Top 10 Canadian sources struggle for growth as imports gain force
• How the list was compiled
• Contenders face range of tough challenges
• Industry will look entirely different in five years
• Imports not a big issue for bedding producers
• Imports likely to outweigh exports in Canadian market next year
• Apparent furniture, bedding market up 14.8% in 2004

• Industry Numbers
• La-Z-Boy rebounds from losses
• DWR, Tempur-Pedic, Aaron on best small company list
• Havertys May sales up 6.9%

• Bedding Today
• Therapedic will plant flag 'in the sands of High Point'

• Opinion Today
• Sunday shopping comes to some High Point stores

• Editor's Desk
• On controlling your destiny

• News
• SleepLogic takes wing
• RoomStore aims to grow
• FBI closing more plants
• Martha's new line more modern
• Simmons shelves IPO, citing market
• 2nd Bograd's store opts for casual dress
• Not your average store — or Joe
• With cameras rolling...
• Texture stands in for color in Opal Point upholstery
• Highland House offers shops
• Vegas Sands show will open July 25
• High Point's transit hub construction plows ahead
• Tietex increasing domestic capacity
• Philpott named president, COO of FFDM; Beaston remains CEO
• Sausman is Norwalk sales mgr.
• Walsh joins Trindi as sales VP
• Thompson, Bump launch fabric company
• De Leo, KETS expanding fabric line
• Taylor forms DMT Studio
• Correction
• Obituaries
• Nathaniel Krumbein, Heilig-Meyers