Home Textiles Today - August 2, 2004

As the only retail channel showing an increase in market share, specialty stores continue their march to dominate the home textiles business. The specialty store channel increased its share by 2 percentage points, increasing its presence on this year's Top 50 Retail Giants ranking from 22 to 24 percent.

• Business Today
• Business briefs
• Interest rates spook housing market
• Weak demand hurts Quaker
• Sunshine spurs same-store sales
• Home builders staying optimistic
• Consumer confidence hits two-year high

• News
• Fall collections expand Saks' Jane Seymour line
• Target Corp. may be pursuing Zeller's
• Grissinger joins Springs
• Pierre Deux readies holiday offering
• Peacock Alley names Fine sales vp
• Retail briefs
• Kmart, retailers have hidden value in land
• Quaker consolidates
• Garden Ridge showing best comps in years
• Target ends an era with sale of Mervyn's
• Going back-to-school in style
• Auction to determine fate
• Penney pushing spa-theme
• Whisper Soft to launch new bedding line
• Neuburger line to benefit research

• Opinion Today
• It's beginning to look a lot like...
• Shopping on instinct

• Special Report
• Retailing Giants
• BBB and Kohl's strong across the board