THE COMPANY. The Company is a leading vertically integrated manufacturer, retailer and wholesaler of made-to-order upholstered furniture and accessories. At December 24, 2000, the Company operated ninety-nine furniture showrooms under the Krause's (eighty-three showrooms) and Castro Convertibles (sixteen showrooms) brand names in fourteen states, with fifty-seven of those showrooms in California and in the New York City metropolitan area, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Customers can choose from more than sixty styles and forty sizes of sofas, incliners, recliners, sectionals, sofabeds and chairs, which they can customize with eight hundred fabrics and fifty leathers. The...