Home Textiles Today - January 20, 2003

Oriental Weavers recently hired Gerald Weaver as its regional sales manager for the Southeast. He reports to Steve Stultz, vp of sales and marketing. Most recently, Weaver was an independent sales agent for OWA. Prior to that he was a regional vp for OWA, but he left the company and then returned.

• Business Today
• Sears Canada income up 36.7% in 4Q
• Cone seeks recap for Mex.
• Lands' End lifts Sears' 4Q profits
• Kmart posts happy holiday numbers
• Manufacturing climbs out of recent funk
• Retail up 1.2% in Dec., with no help from home
• Dept. stores push Redbook up 2.0%

• Fabrics Today
• Hilb buys Heritage House
• Pleasant surprises at Showtime
• Swatch

• News
• Federated shuffles Southern stores
• Retail briefs
• Style leaders split on color at Heimtex
• Quaker posse wins again
• Sat. Knight bath biz returns to Jenny and Jeff
• Adamson says no more Kmart closings needed
• Blanket suppliers look to China
• Huffco adding facilities, new showroom
• Ga. Tufters to double importing
• Shimizu: It's time to say goodbye
• ShopKo reorganizes management
• Fashion, juvenile build on flannel's cold-weather base
• Shaw moves higher-end, extends Kathy Ireland
• Bush's textile cure: Freedom in exports
• Terrisol adds beach towels to Kids line

• Opinion Today
• Big boxes, dept. stores slip on rugs
• Kmart's loss isn't everyone else's gain

• People Today
• Hollander promotes two in basic bedding div.
• WPS svp of stores resigns
• Cotton Inc. names assoc. director, retail mktg.
• Family Dollar succession

• Special Report
• NRF Annual Convention
• Analysts urge end to comp reporting
• Retailer sessions offer 'ideas that change the world'