Home Textiles Today - May 19, 2003
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The beach is back, with more for less
The days of the flat 30" x 60" rectangular beach towels are rolling away with the tide. Like so many other mature textiles product categories, particularly bath, the beach towel business is surviving yet another summer with an emphasis on more for less — larger dimensions, heavier weights and sharper designs offered at economical price points.
- Business Today
- Kohl's cools off in first quarter
- Profits down, sales up at TJX
- Profits off 48% at Federated
- Weather, slow Mom's day hit sales
- Sales drop punishes profit at May
- Dept store, catalog biz bleed Penney 1Q profit
- Cards get credit for Target profit in Q1
- April decline surprises
- Wal-Mart income up 14.1% in 1Q
- News
- Hanover will unload non-core businesses
- Nourison's world runs round 'n round
- TJX still in love with HomeGoods
- Zampino signs on at Levinsohn
- Thomasville facility will keep it all home
- Venus Home appoints regional sales mgr.
- Hunter Douglas breaks ground
- Hertz named vp at ShopKo
- Roy Clothier passes at 64
- WestPoint promotes two sales execs
- Arrow bolsters marketing, sales
- Lemmey leads Hasbro retail, license effort
- Pillowtex review leaves possible deals in doubt
- Federated will expand home
- Retail briefs
- Heidemann takes Sears home
- For the record
- Opinion Today
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