Home Textiles Today - January 6, 2003

Clawing their way back modestly — despite the debilitating effects of reverse auctions and other pricing pressures from cash-strapped and sales-deprived retailers — composite sales of the nation's Top 15 home textiles producers edged up by 2.3 percent during 2002, to $7.

• Business Today
• Confidence back down in December
• Home goods firms among NYSE's best
• Late surge can't save retail sales
• Starts, new homes up in Nov.
• Business briefs

• Fabrics Today
• Exotic feels, far lands influence Showtime

• News
• Home Source bows new branded line
• Coldwater Creek lessens home in merch. mix
• Ashford Ct. preps open kiddie lines
• Lowe's names hot colors
• Mohawk makes Forbes list
• Mohawk Home in 3-yr. pact with Sarah Nicol
• Retail briefs
• Crown Crafts, Eddie Bauer to do infants
• Down To Basics bows point-of-sale fixture
• Designer beds, PL drive Bon Marché
• Pantone show at Showtime
• Momeni enlarges space
• Croscill bolsters design, overseas corps; adds two
• Sunshine finding a niche in 'insurance' for U.S.
• JoAnn adds feedback to F.A.S.T. satisfaction
• Market dates crimp design timing
• Bellino says ABC boutique doing well

• People Today
• Sure Fit hires new vp, sales
• Barth and Dreyfuss ready for move to 261
• Louisville loses design chief
• Welspun export pres. resigns
• Global Direct signs up sourcers
• Stoughton sets up new company

• Quarterly Results
• featured
• Kmart posts $368 million 3Q loss

• Special Report
• Supplier Giants: Top 5
• It was two steps forward, one back