Home Textiles Today - October 28, 2002

They came. They saw. They liked. How much will they buy? That remains to be seen. In the meantime, HTT polled retailers from several channels — department stores, catalogers, mid-tier chains, discounters and boutiques — to learn what stuck with them after they went home from the recent New York Home Textiles Show and marketplace.

• Business Today
• Quaker grows profits as one-time charges pass
• Retail sales heat up with cool weather
• Kmart cuts its losses during September

• Fabrics Today
• Valdese raises $25,000 with Old Glory sales
• High Pt. gets away from same-old, same-old
• Bolton bolts for post with Lanscot-Arlen

• News
• Park B. Smith creates new pleat system without hooks
• Pillowtex taps into past for new intros
• ABC Carpet on the move
• Joy & Jake expansion begins at Bloomies
• Garnet Hill lifts the veil on spring collection
• Retail briefs
• For the record
• Martha gets jump on the holidays
• Out of Africa, into U.S. market
• Denali Home is thrown into home textiles fray
• McFarlane joins ABC
• New Dan River label eyes older youngsters
• Tessile extends quilts to juveniles
• Calvin extends reach with bath rugs
• Free-standing, full-line store next for Sears

• Opinion Today
• Supplying solutions
• Land of opportunity

• People Today
• Depot adds Costello
• Karastan Rug creates new post
• Revere ceo retires after 28 years
• Wal-Mart consolidates buying responsibilities
• Onstead Jr. named ceo at Garden Ridge

• Quarterly Results
• featured
• Mohawk 3Q profits get boost from Dal-Tile biz
• Pillowtex slides back into red as sales slow