Home Textiles Today - March 10, 2003

The 2003 annual meeting of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI) will be highlighted by a keynote speech from Grant Aldonas, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. The ATMI's annual meeting is scheduled for April 2 to 4 in Coral Gables, FL. Aldonas will address those assembled on April 3 during the meeting's first general session.

• Business Today
• Housing drop-off strikes in January
• Retail sales still below freezing mark
• Hancock ups profit in 4Q
• Kohl's profit up nearly 20% in 4Q
• Dillard's turnaround suffers setback
• Snowy drifts buried shoppers' will to spend

• Fabrics Today
• Still tough times in '03, just a little less so
• Hancock aims to keep 'em in stitches
• Swatches

• News
• Retail briefs
• Scala has designs on new direction
• Cwirko out as Mohawk shuffles sales
• Showroom changes at 295 Fifth
• Klear-Vu bows stain-resistant chair pad
• New SC warehouse boosts shipping capacity for Divatex
• Letter to the editor
• Springs to appeal Blind Maker ruling
• Sure Fit building up from slipcover roots
• Jay Franco recruits G.I. Joe for bath line
• Woolrich taps licensing vp
• Sphinx hire to tackle mass, specialty
• For the record
• Kmart searches for 'stability' in its base
• Veratex in solid-color towel deal
• Martin leaves WPS to form own company
• Aceco goes wild with beach towel line
• Martha will ratchet back catalog, Internet division
• Biederlack taps three for product slots
• Couristan adds territory; assigns Baltwood manager
• Longtime execs launch towel biz
• Kohl's rocks into California

• Opinion Today
• New kid on the block
• The sounds of silence — only louder

• The Facts
• Soft Window Coverings
• Retail tug-of-war leads to market share standoff