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Abstracts: Serta Sheep rank with Pepsi, Nike, says Ad Age. Vintage ads explore familiar themes. Mattress Giant ads: Time to 'Catch some Z's.'(advertising campaign)
Abstracts: Serta: start FR standard soon. Sleep Country school donation largest so far. Serta contributes beds to Honduras orphanages
Abstracts: Serta to add sleep shops. Serta signs licensee in Thailand. Serta Canadian licensee opens 133,000-sq.-ft facility
Abstracts: Serta to Senate: FR sells well. Serta sleep set withstands ignition test. Serta converting to FR
Abstracts: Service Merchandise puts furniture in the spotlight. Renters Choice closes Thorn purchase. Wal-Mart axes its furniture store test
Abstracts: Shadow Mountain readies gallery program. Metal beds ring buyers' bells. Shadow Mountain adds rustic seating program
Abstracts: Shadow Mountain readies gallery program. Trend-setting designs on tap at Mandalay Bay. Laneventure targets high-end consumers with new program of performance fabrics
Abstracts: Shanks has only Henredon store...for now. New store, star designer draw crowds. Wickes opens first store of the future
Abstracts: Sharut adding leather line. Leather players thinking globally, acting locally. Leather resources tout warehouse programs
Abstracts: Shaw flooring, Martha 'divorce'. Oriental Weavers merges divisions, appoints Riley. Feizy makes management changes
Abstracts: Shaw Rugs returning to '99 Surfaces show. Rugs regain momentum. Shaw Rugs sets push into big-box channel
Abstracts: Shaw showcases mass-market thrust in N.Y.. Big boxes pull rug from under tradition. Shaw gaining in mass market
Abstracts: Shaw showcases mass-market thrust in N.Y.. Oriental Weavers integrating U.S. divisions. Couristan, Haima building giant China rug plant
Abstracts: Shaw's retail stint short. Colonial Mills reorganizes service efforts. Mahdavis begins production at 250,000-sq-ft. Georgia plant
Abstracts: Shaw to sell retail group to Maxim. Rug & Home takes on cross-merchandising. Contemporary jazzing up rug scene
Abstracts: Sheep may safely graze. Home again in Greenfield Village. Jamestown, the early years coming to America, part II
Abstracts: Shepherd will develop Expressions sales systems. Stitching a Huswif. Paper ornaments from Old Economy
Abstracts: Shermag 2Q profits drop 80.5%. Shermag 4Q earnings dip 13%. Canadian dollar hits Shermag
Abstracts: Shermag doubles 3Q net income. Shermag posts 18.7% sales gain for year. Shermag earnings surge 42.3%
Abstracts: Shermag posts hefty losses. Shermag revenues off 3.1%. Wood intros play it safe: smaller collections tweak tried-and-true styles for April
Abstracts: Shermag sets wood factory. Shermag sales up, earnings down. Pilliod's Alabama plant will assemble imports
Abstracts: Shermag shifts some production to China. Leon's earnings jump 20.2%. Culp sticks with China plan despite spread of SARS
Abstracts: Shipments up 3% in '05. Fun colors add punch to youth. Z-line turns up the heat in RTA
Abstracts: Shipping rates climbing. U.S furniture imports by product category, major source countries, Jan-Dec.2004. Vietnam factories gobbling up more U.S. hard woods
Abstracts: Show biz: gift markets. Disney, Baby Einstein launch 'Disney's Little Einsteins' DVD. Regal + Lager caps off busy summer with exciting introductions
Abstracts: Showroom complex set for October 2004. Canadel building warehouse. Sangiorgio to show line in Green Drive building
Abstracts: SierraPine hires Black, promotes Gregory. Stephanie, senior VP, Rowe. Rowe hires Lucas, promotes Corso
Abstracts: Sihweil joins Butler Specialty. McAdams joins Vermont Tubbs. Skipper joins Habersham
Abstracts: Silver to step down at Bauhaus in April. Upholstery vendors won't stand for slower business. Starr to head Natuzzi Americas
Abstracts: Simmons Canada 2Q sales dip 5%; net income off 27.5%. Sleep Country Canada's sales increase 8.8% in 1Q. Sleep Country Canada's revenues rise 4.3% in 2Q
Abstracts: SimmonsE dirty laundry leads to new, clean over. Vacuum-packing doubles bedding container capacity. California Bureau considering new CPSC approach
Abstracts: Simmons, King Koil affirm support for ISPA. King Koil changes name to Comfort Solutions. King Koil teams with Jaclyn Smith
Abstracts: Simmons' Ling makes list of 50 notable innovators. Simmons' parent: Company 'has made substantial progress'. Hofmann enjoying his new life in mountains
Abstracts: Simmons names Ling to product innovation post. Simmons names Grohs rep of year. Simmons names EVP
Abstracts: Simmons net income up 46.6%. Simmons sales jump 21.7%. Simmons '02 sales up 9.4%
Abstracts: Simmons offers tools to hike sales. Latex International riding soaring sales curve. Savvy marketing helps specialty sleep sales soar
Abstracts: Simmons picks DuPont FR high loft. Spring Air to show in Las Vegas this summer. Lady Americana heads to Vegas
Abstracts: Simmons plant tops $100M mark. Bedding mfrs. look for alternatives to foam. Conventional producers respond to visco's call
Abstracts: Simmons plant tops $100M mark. ISPA cites progress on all 7 strategic goals. Archdale or Trinity? Sealy HQ is hard to pin down
Abstracts: Simmons promoting line through doctors, grocers. Heilig-Meyers exits NASCAR. Furniture a hit at CES
Abstracts: Simmons realigns, trims sales force. Simmons sales, earnings slide. Simmons executives benefit from buyout
Abstracts: Simmons retains adviser to sell 104 Western stores. Simmons to build factories in three states. Post creating new format for Dormia stores
Abstracts: Simmons sales surge 20%: profits take hit. Memorial day saves May. Katrina crushes business
Abstracts: Simmons sales up 7.9% in '04; wholesale shipments jump 9.1%. Simmons sales jump 21.7%
Abstracts: Simmons, Sealy among winners of market Perrys. International Bedding Corp. restructures management. Better Bedding focuses on roots
Abstracts: Simmons sets $15m ad drive for HealthSmart. Simmons introducing visco-elastic 'sang' bed. Simmons patents 'no-flip' design
Abstracts: Simmons settles lawsuit with IBC. Her best friend's house. Winston festival to screen 110 films
Abstracts: Simmons turns profit as sales drop. Simmons first quarter sales soar 25.2%; net loss narrows. Select Comfort reports 1.5% sales gain
Abstracts: Simply Together upgrades sofas. Flexsteel sets Christopher Lowell line. Playing it safe in wood
Abstracts: Singapore to build complex with year-round showrooms. Importer Kemp is consolidating into High Point facility
Abstracts: Single-source networks. Furnitureland South goes SOHO. Top execs leave Pier 1's Cargo division
Abstracts: Single-source networks. Furniture stores to watch. Top performers
Abstracts: Single-source networks post 12.1% sales increase. South, west driving growth. Single-source networks post 12.3% increase
Abstracts: Sklar Peppler launches branding campaign. P.J. Kids opens textile showroom in N.Y.. Canada's Home, Magi Seal launch program
Abstracts: Sklar-Peppler to buy Oregon uph. mfr. 3 seminars on tap for S.F. winter market. Calgary exhibiters write orders; traffic down
Abstracts: Sleek, bright sofas add fashion to motion. Little 'middle ground' in motion. Motion showrooms busy taking orders
Abstracts: Sleep Country Canada closes Ariz. deal. Raymour acquires N.Y's Futurama. Sleep Country to buy Montreal specialty chain
Abstracts: Sleep Country Canada enters Winnipeg market. Cantrex appoints Masse president, GM. OFMA honors Mark Dufresne
Abstracts: Sleep Country Canada enters Winnipeg market. Sleep County adds 3 stores in British Columbia Interior. Higher foam costs hurt Simmons Canada
Abstracts: Sleep Country profit up 50.7%. Sleep Country Canada posts 3Q gains. Easyhome double profit in '04
Abstracts: SleepLogic takes wings. Sleepmaster files Ch.11. Schweitzer retires as Sleepmaster CEO
Abstracts: Sleep, study, storage still important to youth bedroom. Genius Jones on cutting edge. Woodmark upgrades, broadens seating line
Abstracts: Sleep, study, storage still important to youth bedroom. Trendy touches add spark to youth. Classic feminine looks sweeten youth offerings
Abstracts: Sleep Train charges on. Sealy IPO rakes in $448M. L&P lowers projections
Abstracts: Sleep Train opens first of at least 20 SF stores. Calif. sleep shop giant emerges. RTA major O'Sullivan files for Chapter 11
Abstracts: Sleeptronic offers a value 'S' brand. Metal beds tap Europe for inspiration. Valtekz debuts with high-end faux skins
Abstracts: Sleepy Hollow succeeds with service. Bankrupt HomeLife seeks $32M from vendors. Buyers look for a boost
Abstracts: Sleigh bells ringing in metal and wood. High-end Hastens line scores for ABC. Metal bed producers covering all bases
Abstracts: Slumberland entering Kansas. HOM pushes envelope in Fargo. Levin moves to push sales past $150M
Abstracts: Smaller units prove stars in home theater arena. Glider rockers look to broaden appeal. Interactive Health takes ijoy massage chairs on tour
Abstracts: Sofa & Chair Co. closing. Cantoni enters Atlanta with Innovations buy. $65M loan not enough to bail out HomeLife
Abstracts: Sofa vendors partner with stores to improve consumer education. Singing the blues...softly
Abstracts: Soft contemporary stirs interest in metal bed. Fabrics dancing to youth beat, casually. Furniture invades tech show
Abstracts: Soft Line: We beat China prices. California Closets line serves variety of household needs. Sauder expands craft line
Abstracts: SOHO hits the hot button Office Furniture USA. 156 franchisees and still growing strong. Bush targets commercial office. New division to provide 'flexible solutions'
Abstracts: Sold on auctions; when a former city dweller went to furnish her country dream home, she found herself going ... going ... gone
Abstracts: So long, San Fran? Hooker getting stock story out to investor community. Quiet market in San Fran
Abstracts: Some Chinese mfrs. say Americans reluctant to buy. Byrd repeal reaction mixed. Where was it made?
Abstracts: Some Chinese mfrs. say Americans reluctant to buy. The challenge of China. U.S. finishers set up in Vietnam
Abstracts: Some like AHFA change, some donEt. Rowe 1Q revenues off 6.7%. Rowe chips away at backlog
Abstracts: Some positive ideas to ride out the doldrums. More key ideas: Pride, craftsmanship, luxury. Furniture industry fulfills many consumers' dreams
Abstracts: Some readers bugged by store's bed bug pix. Sit 'n Sleep takes Rolls-Royce approach. WHFA taps Haimsohn as retailer of the year
Abstracts: Some recent 'advances' we could live without. Like numbers? here's just what you're looking for. Lane's legendary leaders and the realities of today
Abstracts: Some vendors reconsider kids lines. Occasional vendors enjoy strong market. Sligh closing clock plant
Abstracts: South Cone plan aims to preserve Amazon forests, indigenous people. Filipinos face challenges with new spirit
Abstracts: South Cone program to benefit Peruvians. Bomar in larger facility. TFI raises $30,000 for Operation Smile in Philippines
Abstracts: Southern new licensee for Antiques Roadshow. A bit of the new seen in San Fran. Natuzzi ad campaign generates 1,000 leads
Abstracts: Southern to launch Ferrare line. Wrangler Home line debuts. Soft sales cause cuts at factories
Abstracts: South, West hot spot for sales of infant gear. Dawn of digital TV could prove bonanza for furniture. Bedding majors enjoy 9.7% gain
Abstracts: Spanish group: good design a must. Suppliers adjust to lean mfg., fewer factories. Child Craft rebounds from flood
Abstracts: Speaker offers tips on marketing to youth . Home Reserve selling RTA sofas on web site. Rose Hill set to launch RTA upholstery gallery
Abstracts: Specialists still dominant. Leveraging traditional strengths. Beyond the top 100 stores
Abstracts: Specialists vs. full-line stores. Philly company buys Davis building in High Point. Single-source networks
Abstracts: Specialty bedding grew while we slept. Carl Levine dies at 75. Griest leaves president's post at Century's Expressions
Abstracts: Specialty sleep arena foaming with activity. Vegas market features potent bedding lineup. ISPA Expo showcases importance of family
Abstracts: Specialty stores increasing share of $10.7B bedding market pie. Omnia sets container program
Abstracts: Specialty stores increasing share of $10.7B bedding market pie. part 2 Visco 'monster' alive and well at HOM
Abstracts: S&P: Lease accounting could delay reports. Lift, massage chairs on the rise. Bringing home theater to 'the masses'
Abstracts: Spring Air donates bed sets to Ronald McDonald House. Channell new Spring Air Canada president. Simmons lays off 20 at headquarters
Abstracts: Spring Air overhauls flagship, sets coil line. Serta broadens options on Masterpiece luxury line. Simmons expanding promotional lineup
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