Home Textiles Today - September 30, 2002

This year's Pitti Immagine Casa was different in a number of ways. They included a new venue, a broader base of exhibitors beyond the classic top-of-the-line Italian home textiles producers and a global economy that did not energize design creativity. But with the show's new venue, the exhibitors were able to make their presentations enhance the product introductions.

• Business Today
• Cone confirms 3Q earnings forecast
• Retail sales soften in September
• Housing slides back in August
• Mohawk increases 2nd-half estimates
• Index declines again but pace slackens
• Pillowtex avoids default of debt with amendment

• News
• Joint program drives window growth
• Guilford issues new common stock
• Glenoit reorganization plan approved
• Purcell-Letchinger adds it up
• Hudson adds foam pillow
• Yves Delorme bows new fashion
• ShopKo's Urbanology shop targets Gen X/Y
• Villency adds flagship
• CHF ready to spread its wings
• Dan River on plan with upstairs biz
• CHF backs bath biz with new coordinates
• Ashford Court into rugs
• Textiles show dates confirmed through 2005
• Retail briefs
• Ann Gish enters retail arena with FL location
• Waverly inks rug deal with Nourison

• Opinion Today
• Road trip
• Four ledes in search of a column

• People Today
• 2003 Tex-Styles scheduled
• Dollar General bumps up several executives
• IFDA slates career panel
• Maffei-Toolan ascends to vp, design at Waverly
• New post at Whisper Soft
• Value City taps Glasser
• Dan River promotes Wetmore to vp post
• Saks Dept. Stores adds Eskenasi
• Springs appoints Teague to lead window design

• Quarterly Results
• Bed Bath pushes 2Q sales, profits up

• Special Report
• Midwest Textiles Association
• Charity Outing shoots over par with $50,000
• Solid Color Market Preview
• Focus shifts to tweaking color palettes