Furniture-Today 1998 - Abstracts

Furniture-Today 1998
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2-Day builds Pooh line.Home furnishings industry 
3M opens High Point Innovation Center.Home furnishings industry 
3M revamps to promote Scotchgard.Home furnishings industry 
Aaron Rents buys back five stores.Home furnishings industry 
Accounting fix may cut Guilford Mills income.Home furnishings industry 
Acquisition-minded Fingerhut set to buy N.J. catalog merchant.Home furnishings industry 
Aktrin predicts 5.7% increase in Canadian shipments for 1998.Home furnishings industry 
A La Carte presents CMN with first donation.Home furnishings industry 
All of the right elements.Home furnishings industryMark T. McMenamin
American Drew adds to sales team.Home furnishings industry 
American Furniture adds superstore in Pueblo, Colo.Home furnishings industry 
Americraft to represent Chatham.Home furnishings industry 
Apparent market grows 14.2% in 1997.Home furnishings industry 
Art Van to open 27th store in Nov.Home furnishings industry 
Bad Boy opens fourth store.Home furnishings industry 
Baker eyes summer launch for ex-Bassett BR factory.Home furnishings industry 
Bassett develops credit card for stores.Home furnishings industry 
Bassett embraces crib mattresses.Home furnishings industryLianne Finger
Bassett Mattress revamps sales staff.Home furnishings industry 
Bekaert Textiles breaks ground on N.C. ticking plant.Home furnishings industry 
Belmore gets new position with Doblin.Home furnishings industry 
BenchCraft names senior VP.Home furnishings industry 
Benchmark finds rugs a natural.Home furnishings industry 
Berkline splits marketing, msdg. group.Home furnishings industryShiela Long O'Mara
Bombay appoints two senior VPs.Home furnishings industry 
Boomers drive growth.Home furnishings industry 
Broyhill promotes 4 senior executives.Home furnishings industry 
Burlington will sell yarn unit to Carolina.Home furnishings industry 
Canadian exports top C$1B; U.S. market the main target.Home furnishings industry 
Canadian shipments to U.S. soar 28% in half.Home furnishings industryMichael Knell
Carroll, Garden State Tannery merge.Home furnishings industry 
Catalog quietly promotes Ikea phone-order business.Home furnishings industry 
C&F beds new Potter license.Home furnishings industry 
Charitable activities play key role at Jordan's.Home furnishings industry 
Choice Seating repositions.Home furnishings industry 
Claude Gable closes Geddie Place factory.Home furnishings industry 
Colonial Mills reorganizes service efforts.Home furnishings industry 
Comfort Seating off to a strong start.Home furnishings industry 
Computer tags aid Home retailers.Home furnishings industry 
Cone Decorative Fabrics taps Engle.Home furnishings industryCarol Sloan
Connie Post expanding store designs to Europe.Home furnishings industry 
Continental merges with Spectex.Home furnishings industry 
Conventional stores reclaim sales growth title in 1997.Home furnishings industry 
Cort Business Services to acquire Michigan chain.Home furnishings industry 
Cort buys unit from Aaron's.Home furnishings industry 
CPSC team visits Burlington House Uph.Home furnishings industry 
Crown quiet on baby biz merge.Home furnishings industryAlan E. Wolf
Culp splits into four divisions.Home furnishings industry 
Design South authentication program to include palette.Home furnishings industry 
Dillard's adds Mercantile.Home furnishings industry 
Dining specialist Pastel moves into bedroom.Home furnishings industry 
Discovery center hosting 'non-event.'Home furnishings industry 
Disney springs into new mill pact.Home furnishings industry 
Domain designer achieves $1 million a year through relationship selling.Home furnishings industry 
Dorel swallows Okla Homer Smith.Home furnishings industry 
DuPont joins with Mexico's Alpek.Home furnishings industry 
EA phasing out Knob Creek brand.Home furnishings industry 
EFI buys polyester company.Home furnishings industry 
E.J. Victor to develop Central Park collection.Home furnishings industryBrian Carroll
El Dorado expands, remodels Miami store.Home furnishings industry 
England/Corsair, Genesis reach settlement.Home furnishings industry 
Ethan Allen fiscal year earnings jump 46%.Home furnishings industry 
Expressions plans expansion.Home furnishings industry 
Fairy-tale ambience tells Highland House story.Home furnishings industry 
Federated disbands buying team.Home furnishings industry 
Federated launches Macys.Com.Home furnishings industryCarol Sloan
Flexsteel's fiscal '98 earnings climb 26% to $7.6M.Home furnishings industry 
Former Sealy execs form new firm.Home furnishings industry 
FROG prepares for growth in user base.Home furnishings industry 
F/T updates site, adds e-mail listing.Home furnishings industry 
Furniture First revamps corporate structure.Home furnishings industry 
Furniture key category in Ward turn-around.Home furnishings industryCarole Sloan
Gallery Arben to open in Moscow.Home furnishings industry 
Gallery, Rockaway retain titles as top performance champions.Home furnishings industry 
Glider rockers set to move in '99.Home furnishings industrySusan Andrews
Gliders move up in styling, price.Home furnishings industrySusan M. Andrews
Globe acquires Detroit corporate housing firm.Home furnishings industry 
Group to buy 70% stake in Simmons.Home furnishings industry 
Habersham dealers get market preview.Home furnishings industry 
Hard-to-find design books on furniture listed, sold.Home furnishings industry 
HAT, GLM offer seminar.Home furnishings industry 
Hickory Springs buys Superior Foam, Ultra-Flex.Home furnishings industry 
H.M. Richard's to build larger uph. factory.Home furnishings industryShiela Long O'Mara
Hoechst is renaming FR polyester.Home furnishings industryCarole Sloane
Holland House files Chapter 11.Home furnishings industry 
Home office: maturing but still on the grow.Home furnishings industryKim Shaver
IHFMA's Barentine to retire; High in line.Home furnishings industry 
Importer alliances expand rug options.Home furnishings industry 
Johnny Janosik expands with new store, 3 galleries.Home furnishings industry 
Joint venture bringing Italian resin line to U.S.Home furnishings industry 
JSF Inds. buys building on Main St.Home furnishings industry 
Karel plans relocation in mid-June.Home furnishings industry 
Kavanagh marks 125 years.Home furnishings industry 
Kay's football promos stir healthy sales gains.Home furnishings industry 
Kelly and Cohen emerges from Chapter 11.Home furnishings industry 
Kid Safe: infants and parents can breathe easy.Home furnishings industry 
Kincaid thanks all employees with event.Home furnishings industry 
King Koil grows with Mattress Giant.Home furnishings industry 
Knauers retiring from retail.Home furnishings industry 
Koo Koo embellishes bath.Home furnishings industryAlan E. Wolf
Las Vegas retailer targets special niche through display.Home furnishings industryVicky Jarrett
Laura Ashley lightens up.Home furnishings industryAnne Jordan
La-Z-Boy launches California store, Wisconsin gallery.Home furnishings industry 
La-Z-Boy offers new seating groups.Home furnishings industry 
La-Z-Boy unveils N.C. store, Ill. gallery.Home furnishings industry 
Leased departments offer furniture stores a way into business.Home furnishings industry 
Leather goes mainstream.Home furnishings industry 
Leggett & Platt realigns Consumer Products Unit.Home furnishings industry 
Levitz remodels New Jersey unit.Home furnishings industry 
Levitz to drop GE Capital for Household.Home furnishings industry 
LifeStyle relocating to High Point.Home furnishings industry 
Lilly expanding Guardsman repair network.Home furnishings industry 
Luxury fare in the family way.Home furnishings industrySusan Andrews
Market press center consolidates.Home furnishings industryKim Shaver
Marks to lead Badcock.Home furnishings industryClint Egnel
Mart owners on buying spree.Home furnishings industry 
Master Design enters BR.Home furnishings industry 
Mattress Giant names EVP.Home furnishings industry 
McKinstry's marks 140 years of quality, service.Home furnishings industryVicky Jarrett
Mfrs. win skirmish.Home furnishings industryRupert Welch
Mohawk Inds. set to acquire World Carpets.Home furnishings industry 
Moosehead: a giveaway with 'teeth.'Home furnishings industry 
Motion from a retailer's view.Home furnishings industry 
Natural latex bounces back in premium bedding.Home furnishings industry 
Nejad to offer hand-tufted rugs with Flexback.Home furnishings industry 
New buyer deepens Star's commitment.Home furnishings industry 
New driections sales up 14.7% for year.Home furnishings industry 
New Dutailier glider rockers really move.Home furnishings industry 
New stores promise 'nicer experience' for customers.Home furnishings industry 
Nichols & Stone owners buy Brady.Home furnishings industry 
N.Y. contemporary retailer readies mail-order catalog.Home furnishings industry 
Orman Grubb aims to smooth product flow.Home furnishings industryJeff Grubb
O'Sullivan sales up 5%, but income dips.Home furnishings industry 
Picheny to retire from Homemaker.Home furnishings industry 
Pier 1 building California distribution center.Home furnishings industry 
Pier 1 names Girouard pres., CEO.Home furnishings industry 
Play units make stores kid-friendly.Home furnishings industry 
Plaza to include Expressions store.Home furnishings industry 
Preparing the right mix.Home furnishings industry 
Primo expands executive team.Home furnishings industry 
Quaker names Hellwig, Muzekari to posts.Home furnishings industrySheila Long O'Mara
Rainbow expands in New England.Home furnishings industry 
Relax-R creates juvenile division.Home furnishings industry 
Renters Choice posts 34% 2Q profits.Home furnishings industry 
Rent-Way acquires chain of 23 Midwest RTO stores.Home furnishings industry 
Rent-Way, Home Choice close to sealing merger.Home furnishings industry 
Retailer overcomes obstacles to build $15M company.Home furnishings industryLianne Finger
Retailers sign on with GERS automation.Home furnishings industry 
River Oaks aiming to exit Chap. 11.Home furnishings industry 
Robb & Stucky patio plans new location.Home furnishings industry 
Room approach works for Jordan's.Home furnishings industry 
Rosen's gives service an identity all its own.Home furnishings industry 
RTO Enterprises chain maintains lead as Canada's top RTO player.Home furnishings industry 
Rug vendors exploring furniture.Home furnishings industry 
Rush Inds. adds two collections of SOHO product.Home furnishings industry 
Samuel Lawrence revamps sales team, expands capacity.Home furnishings industry 
San Fran unit next, then...Home furnishings industry 
Sauder to debut contract office line.Home furnishings industryRay Allegreza
Schneider forms new fabric mill.Home furnishings industry 
Sealy and Ladd rebound from net losses in '97.Home furnishings industry 
Seaman's to open 2 youth stores in metro New York.Home furnishings industry 
Sea of blue making impact felt.Home furnishings industry 
Sears forms group for direct sales.Home furnishings industry 
Sears names Clifford COO.Home furnishings industry 
Shaw's retail stint short.Home furnishings industry 
Shepherd creates recruiting arm.Home furnishings industry 
Shepherd will develop Expressions sales systems.Home furnishings industry 
Shermag sets wood factory.Home furnishings industry 
Simmons opens Dallas plant.Home furnishings industry 
Simmons settles lawsuit with IBC.Home furnishings industry 
Sleepy's, Barewood select GERS for store automation.Home furnishings industry 
South Cone program to benefit Peruvians.Home furnishings industry 
Stickley hosts 6th annual dealers meeting.Home furnishings industry 
Stoma's wins customers with add-on category.Home furnishings industry 
Storis set to release Version 7.0Home furnishings industry 
Storis signs two Top 100 retailers.Home furnishings industry 
Sunworthy teams with Rugrats.Home furnishings industry 
TASC offers set-up.Home furnishings industry 
Tatelmans ponder ideas for 5th store.Home furnishings industry 
Therapedic donates sleep sets for U.S. luge team.Home furnishings industry 
Thomasville store prospers in Shanghai.Home furnishings industryBrian Carroll, Patricia Hart McMillan
Thomasville taps Steinkamp, Reddick.Home furnishings industry 
Top 10 Canadian furniture & bedding producers.Home furnishings industry 
Top 10 U.S. rent-to-own players in furniture.Home furnishings industry 
Top 15 fabric mills.Home furnishings industry 
Top 25 U.S. department stores.Home furnishings industry 
Top 25 US furniture retailers.Home furnishings industry 
Transamerica takes control of Cantrex.Home furnishings industryKnell. Michael J.
Variety paces merchandising at Wagner's.Home furnishings industry 
V.I.P. launches warehouse, delivery training program.Home furnishings industry 
Wesley Allen boosts quick-ship.Home furnishings industry 
WithIt engages Merritt as executive director.Home furnishings industry 
Women, Western consumers represent major growth target.Home furnishings industry 
Working mother wins Rhodes BMW.Home furnishings industry 
Z-Line provides video assembly directionsHome furnishings industry 
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