Home Textiles Today - October 20, 2003

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., parent company of handgun maker Smith & Wesson Corp., this week launched an endeavor to expand its product lines into new categories, including home goods. For its newest division, Smith & Wesson Interactive Management LLC, the company introduced its Crossings catalog, a standalone catalog and Internet commerce business unit that c...

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• Cotton prices to surge as demand grows more
• Slipping in September
• Warm weather chills October gain
• Burlington Coat Q1 loss at $17M

• Fabrics Today
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• Meriturn to acquire Johnston Inds.
• Swatches
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• News
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• Retail briefs
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• New GLM show fills out house and home week
• 'New America' Kmart ads in Series
• Fontenot confirmed as WPS ceo
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• Sure Fit moves into bedding, window
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• Rug line is Furstenberg's first foray into home
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• Cecil Saydah sets up new shop in Bluegrass country
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• Opinion Today
• Foreign lands, familiar problems
• What wrong with this picture?

• Special Report
• Executive Compensation Report: Retailers
• Target, Kohl's paid execs biggest bucks
• Executive Compensation Report: Vendors
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