Home Textiles Today - September 23, 2002

Brentwood Originals has announced the promotion of both Tom Rose and Craig Torrey to the position of national sales manager. Both previously national accounts managers, Rose and Torrey are the lead management team to the majority of the company's national accounts and will report to president Loren Sweet.

• Business Today
• Retail sales ride Sept. roller coaster
• Mid-Atlantic manufacturing picks up
• Business briefs
• Biddeford moves into new facility
• Business briefs

• News
• Restructuring not well-received on St.
• WPS tells new color story
• Retail briefs
• Pillowtex taps Sara Lee executive
• WPS tells new color story
• Divatex hooks Basso home line
• P'tex plans coming out party for Royal Velvet
• Chereskin moves further into home
• Hemingway moves to larger High Point showroom
• Retail profits plummet amid soft U.S. economy
• Restructuring not well-received on St.

• Opinion Today
• Name droppers
• Discounting "discount"

• People Today
• Cotton Inc. hands out designer awards
• Arlee Group bolsters product development
• Dollar General's Turner exits amid investigation

• Quarterly Results
• Kmart posts loss of $377M
• Pier 1 drives 2Q profits up 59.9%

• Special Report
• European Show Coverage
• The luxe life —excess makes an exit
• Exhibitors accentuate evolving strengths
• Retail Report Card
• Retail profits plummet amid soft U.S. economy
• Retail composite driven down as sales growth slows
• Name game