Home Textiles Today - July 21, 2003

Specialty stores continued gaining market share in home textiles during 2002, with an increase of two percentage points in share of the Top 50. The retailers moved up to 22 percent of Top 50 sales, compared with 20 percent in 2001. Despite the decline of Strouds, prior to its dissolution this summer, specialty stores also recorded the highest sales percentage increase among dis...

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• Mohawk beats Street, affirms outlook in Q3
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• New luxe levels in Pierre D's line-up
• Arvind jumps from shirts to sheets
• Colorful fresh prints light up at Showtime
• DuPont looks ahead to 'smart' products
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• IFDA event to examine window, floor markets
• Mixed profit story as Sears pares its forecast
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• Opinion Today
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• People Today
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