Home Textiles Today - May 14, 2001

NEW YORK — Last year was tough on American retailing, and not much better for retailing executives, many of whom saw their pay and bonuses shredded, along with their company's sales and profits, in a broad-based slowdown in consumer spending. And there was lots of pain to go around, with better than half, 23 of 41 retail executives, taking a haircut in this year's HTT Retail Executive...

• Business Today
• April sees same-store sales drop
• Rating rocks WPS stock
• Final week skews April sales results
• Guilford sales down close to $17M in 2Q

• Letter to the Editor
• Letter to the editor

• News
• Retail briefs
• WPS, Parkdale ink deal for logo
• CMI to exit gray goods business
• Forum to explore textile copyright issues
• For the record
• Victorian Heart adds Joy Marie
• Sears emphasizes full-line stores
• Waites to launch bedding
• JCPenney home plan: item merchandising
• Town & Country honors founder with design awards for students
• HD updates website, DSS system
• Divatex bucks trend by broadening lineup
• Frenchtex extends marble line
• Nautica charts new retail waters

• Opinion Today
• Culture shock
• Time for change?

• People Today
• Milliken gets honored at NC State
• Stein Mart board approved
• Bonnie Hayes exits Town & Country
• Welspun garners two Indian awards
• Anichini's Dollenmaier receives VT award
• Delia's names new president
• Nutt moves up at Rich's/ Lazarus/Goldsmith's
• WestPoint adds two to board of directors

• Special Report
• Taking stock: Retail execs feel economic pinch