Home Textiles Today - December 1, 2003

Strong sales and effective cost management led Cost Plus, Inc., to yet another quarter of record earnings results. The specialty retailer posted net income of $900,000 in the quarter, as opposed to a net loss of $700,000 for the third quarter of 2002. The company also set a record for earnings for the first three quarters of the year — $6.

• Business Today
• For Restoration, a rough road
• Jo-Ann plumps up 3Q profits
• Home Depot cleans up in 3Q
• Stein Mart stumbles in third quarter
• Saks staggers under expense load
• SG&A squeezes ShopKo profits
• Private label leads reset as ShopKo tweaks mix
• Analysts optimistic despite so-so October
• BJ's margin slide pinches earnings

• News
• Diversity office formed
• Tweel buy finds the dec side of life
• Baker named to 7-yr. term on F.I.T. board of directors
• Retail briefs
• Regal Fabrics grabs Miami converter
• As prices rise, demand ebbs
• A bigger Bon Ton tags smaller markets
• For the record
• A retail tree grows in Brooklyn 'hood
• Karsten taps Rearer
• WPS realigns sheeting production; 300 cut
• Springs shuts Lyman finish operations
• McLain leads product development
• Marimekko marks young, funky 50
• Mohawk inks link with Laura
• Acetate yarn prices head north
• Brylane boss has close company ties
• Frichtl now an independent

• Opinion Today
• Hit-and-run retailing
• Out in the classroom

• Special Report
• Update 03
• Batting the blahs out of basics