Home Textiles Today - October 14, 2002

It's become one of the unofficial signs that market is at last upon us, and Rita and Art Engel's annual pre-market party gave scores of industry insiders a chance to kick back and relax for a few hours before all of the hard work begins. Each year the affable Rita and Art and their colleagues at Crossways/Hillside Travel host the party at the penthouse of the Beekman Towers to...

• Business Today
• September sales soft as consumers are cautious

• News
• Pacific adds showroom for market
• Tactel ups performance of bath rugs
• Park B. Smith creates new pleats
• Industry bids farewell to Croscill's Osborne
• Revamped Nicole Miller gets new look
• LNT rolls out Waverly
• Donna layers in new looks
• Price is right for Springs
• Hancock store-within-a-store puts focus on home
• HFPA slates Nov. meeting
• Haywin, FUBU reach for new highs
• Northwest grows showroom for throws, pillows
• Abboud looks to clean up with towel deal
• DuPont broadens appeal as easy-care treatment
• Tommy hits new 'Crest' with 600-count sheets
• Messina & Zucker expands with area rug intros
• Springs houses many brands
• Glenoit to unveil new floor mats
• Mohawk implements executive changes

• Special Report
• If a movie was made about your life, who would you choose to play you?
• Trends
• Tropical looks reflect casual living trend
• Sphinx to open new showroom
• Basic bedding 'fashions' a new image
• Texture is key feature
• Suppliers go natural
• Licensed designs take center stage
• Lace looks come back