Home Textiles Today - August 13, 2001

The friendly faces of Sesame Street will soon be seen on a line of baby products made by Hamco Inc. Hamco, a division of Crown Crafts, announced it is introducing a line of soft goods and infant bibs featuring several of the characters from the popular preschool television series.

• Business Today
• Retailers content with July sales
• Lands' End posts $3M profit in 2Q
• Redbook tops target for first time in 2 years
• Manufacturing drops accelerate during July

• News
• Richloom grabs top spot
• Kohl's launches site in time for BTS
• Revman aims high with revised strategy
• Kemco adds national sales mgr.
• Charles P. Rogers steps into bedding
• Century 21 to debut home store
• Ward takes voyage with Maidenform
• Down Lite's new facility slated for '01
• Retail briefs

• Opinion Today
• Universal appeal
• Zeroing in

• People Today
• Manual Woodworkers adds director
• CHF hires stylist for juvenile, tweener bed
• Louisville/ Saydah hires designer
• Anichini adds two to sales staff
• Korhani moves into larger HQ

• Special Report
• Accent & Area Rugs: Total category sales — $5.1 billion
• Kitchen Textiles & Table Linens: Total category sales — $1.1 billion
• Quality not quantity for licensees
• Window Coverings: Total category sales — $4.0 billion
• Bedding: Total category sales — $6.7 billion
• Bath Products: Total category sales — $2.9 billion