Home Textiles Today - February 17, 2003

Still a relatively new industry segment for retailers, the Internet is growing up fast, becoming an essential part of core marketing strategies. And since selling online is as much about convenience as it is fashion assortments, many retailers find that home textiles do well online.

• Business Today
• May Co. profits fall 10.2% in Q4
• Retail sales slip in Jan.
• ICAC predicts spike in cotton price

• Fabrics Today
• Swatches
• 'Made in Spain' is plainly in the main

• News
• For the record
• Museum's designs find a textiles home
• Cuddledown warms up to wholesale
• Buffett in Burlington bid
• Design Network debuts doormat set
• Nourison bolsters hand-hooked line
• New symposium to color NYC's world in May
• Strouds to vendors: check's in the mail
• IFDA schedules Circle of Excellence gala
• Lintex Linens/Cobra strikes deal to add sheets to the mix
• A.L. Ellis/Patriot gets new showroom
• Federated absorbs Direct; catalog, site return home
• Crown Crafts' results tipped by dock lockout
• Turkish show slated for May
• Retail briefs
• Linens making room for Liz
• Peking Handicrafts broadens assortment
• Linen Barn to shutter last 15
• DuPont extends its Stainmaster to rugs
• Retail comps chill to early Feb. freeze
• Mohawk turns in a triple play with accents
• Scoperta '03 focusing on innovation
• Extracts adds educational programs
• Time is not on their side
• Against the tide, WPS sees 4th qtr. progress
• Kohl's pops the question
• Bardwil Linens adds to kitchen mix
• Fairness, care urged in pending trade pact

• Opinion Today
• It's a small world after all
• Offshore, and out of the box

• People Today
• Jo-Ann grabs three leases in TX
• GLM adds sections to gift shows
• Pier 1 hits 1,000 stores
• Ashford Court names McLaurin acct. mgr.
• Wurl to lead home, hardlines at ShopKo
• Warner Bros. names gm

• The Facts
• Bedding
• Mid-line stores win bigger share