Home Textiles Today - January 5, 2004

Showtime is not all about the business of seeing new products from dawn to dusk. This Showtime offers a number of social events, public and private, as well as seminars. Market Reception The market reception, Monday, Jan. 5 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., is hosted by the the ITMA Educational Foundation Sponsors: Cotton Inc.

• Business Today
• VISA sees shifting shopping patterns
• 11th hour buying spree falls short
• Job worries sap key consumer confidence

• News
• Hellenic relocates before market
• Retailers look for Santa's gifts
• The look of luxe is in their eyes...
• Stressed mess in '04; all roads lead to home
• Merger gives Scripps 100 pct of TV shopping network
• Aegean Apparel heads to the beach
• P'tex veterans file lawsuit
• Senior execs depart, Richloom realigns
• Shaw inks deal with the Olsens
• Retail Briefs

• Opinion Today
• The China syndrome
• How low can they go?