Home Textiles Today - July 22, 2002

It wasn't even close last year. Wal-Mart moved into a decisive lead for first place in home textiles sales, besting JCPenney by nearly a quarter-billion dollars. The world's largest retailer benefitted from the addition of 101 new stores in the Wal-Mart division that helped push home textiles sales up 8 percent to $2.

• Business Today
• Auto sales drive retail performance for June
• Same-store sales soft to start July

• News
• Target makes bold statement with Oldham
• LNT store managers take control
• FAB grows with new baby line
• Rug Market expands Blum
• Mohawk, B. Smith ink deal
• cmi repositions sales staff with promotions
• United Weavers grows mix
• Waverly looks to step up service
• Mumm's the word for new Saturday Knight bath designs
• Glenoit to exit Ch. 11
• Retail briefs
• Bed Bath 'mixes' up assortment

• Opinion Today
• Blurring of retail lines
• Growing 'beyond'

• People Today
• Elrene makes plans to accommodate growth
• Warner Bros. promotes Besser to vp post
• Castella joins JCP
• Kmart taps Firment for new senior vp position
• Parisian vp adds duties

• Quarterly Results
• featured
• LNT looks to improve on 2Q
• Mohawk's 2Q gets boost from recent acquisition
• Quaker rebound continues in 2Q
• Sears boosts 2Q earnings with credit

• Special Report
• Retailing Giants
• Specialty retailers add market share
• Who's who among the Top 50 in home textiles retailing
• Retailing Giants: Top 50 home textiles retailers