Home Textiles Today - November 11, 2002

This year's holiday catalog offerings from specialty retailers cover all the bases, from European opulence to heartland heartiness. Promotional price points aren't getting as much of a workout as they did during last year's holiday season — at least as a selling focus. Some catalogers have beefed up the information quotient.

• Business Today
• Majors send mixed 3Q signals
• October was not tricky for retailers

• Fabrics Today
• Swatches
• Fabric guru Major enters Furniture HOF

• News
• Retail briefs
• Sue Steiner dead at 66
• Barry sees challenging holiday season
• Steidtmann offers holiday cheer to needy retailers
• Capel grows with felt, debuts doormats
• Bloomies home store lays groundwork
• Retail viewpoints vary from FGI conference
• Orunet paws at untapped potential of dog market
• Soft-Tex gains brand name in Ther-A-Pedic
• Martha unveils latest holiday collection
• Up and down year baffles retailers
• Maga Sabao accessorizes at NY show
• Kohl's under fire in MA
• Franco extends Mumm to bedding
• Springs adds Cat in Hat for bed, bath
• Fingerhut relaunched for holidays
• Levy: retailers, suppliers are out of touch
• NICHE selects 2003 award finalists
• WPS unveils redesigned website

• Opinion Today
• One man's trash...
• In search of a merchant

• People Today
• Kennebunk Home adds Sandy as dir. of design
• Couristan vet Gilbert passes at 99
• IFDA Holiday Gala is scheduled for Dec. 3
• Dan River grows board
• Coldwater Creek consolidates job duties