Home Textiles Today - March 22, 2004

As home textiles suppliers around the world brace for a flood of Chinese-made product following the 2005 quota drop, Chinese suppliers are also scrambling to prepare themselves for the tumult of unencumbered trade. They anticipate cutthroat price competition as the little fishes of the country's industry contend with China's dragons — the handful of large, quality-conscious producers that...

• Business Today
• Ross profits rise 25 percent
• Williams-Sonoma profits up 28 percent
• Stein Mart ups profits by 33 percent
• Penalty puts a crimp in DG's numbers
• Same-stores sales top expectations
• Christmas comes early for Saks shareholders

• News
• Target locks in on domestics
• HSN signs new trend expert
• PJ Kids daring to dream
• Brooklyn Designs gets new sponsors
• Ex-Cell and Tabletops team up
• Beco Industries bringing more presence to U.S. market
• Divatex snags a piece of shag
• Worldly exhibitors head to the show
• Ross will open dd's to grab low-income dollars
• HFI grabs Westgate, Payne
• Barth and Dreyfuss building team
• Kmart hits paydirt — first profit since chill
• A season of change at Dollar General
• Taste of ocean in bedding
• Waverly a'buzz with cross-pollination
• Stein Mart looks to better times in 2004
• Perfect Fit nabs Jockey basics license
• Newport/Layton turns 50 with style
• Disney throws Northwest a license
• Culp and Precision work to meet standard
• Balta U.S. expands New Dimensions line
• Lacey and Dockers rock rugs
• Park Smith believes in Magic Blinds program
• Carpenter expanding facilities
• Retail executives honored at show
• Techmer will head to IDEA
• Springs works to help Lycra bounce back
• Bacova adds friends to Sink Buddies
• With showroom, 828 calls N.Y. its second home
• Hollander names svp, fashion bedding
• Turkish suppliers hit NYC
• Burlington Rug steps into kitchen
• Sheridan advances with nod to past
• Burlington and Cone gel to form ITG
• Retail briefs
• Vervian created to hit neglected market
• TJX promotes senior execs
• Avanti heading downstream
• New Exhibitors at the New York Home Textiles Show
• NRF: Consumers will be prudent with refunds
• For the record
• Melrose to hit market with a range of new products
• Ellery expands to showcase products

• Opinion Today
• Diva delight
• Dollar dreams

• People Today
• Regency taps Pittman to open windows
• Melrose Home adds design director
• Hancock Fabrics trades for Smith
• Hagan plans his exit from DG
• Ellery hires Wilson for accounts
• Stewart resigns from director, CCO posts
• PHI taps Bruce

• Special Report
• Players Scorecard
• Players Scorecard
• Appointments and personnel changes since fall market (as of March 15, 2004)