Home Textiles Today - December 6, 2004

To the editor: Recently, Home Textiles Today published an issue that paid tribute to 25 people who helped shape the industry favorably during the past 25 years. There was one omission — namely, Ephraim Bloch of Perfect Fit Industries Inc., who created, invented and pioneered more accomplishments in the domestics industry than all of the people mentioned combined.

• Business Today
• Confidence Continues Slide In November
• A Weak Black Friday for Retailers
• Departments KO Discounter's Sales

• Fabrics Today
• Heritage Plans Some Tweaking for ITC
• Alexander Julian Inspired by Apparel
• Swatches

• News
• PHI Grows Licensed Artist Roster
• Cody Home Expands
• Simba Brings Online Custom Towels to U.S.
• Janelle Lampp, Surya Create Branded Line
• Lillian August Store Highlights Dec Pillows
• JCP's Erb to Retire After 36 Years
• Soft Furniture Hard to Ignore
• Long-time Bloomie's Exec Dies
• Keeco Moves To Larger Digs at 295
• Home Source Develops MicroCotton Sheet
• Natco Acquires Jefferson Home
• CBK Inks Cristina Deal; Boosts Space

• Opinion Today
• Selling Christmas
• Wal-Mart's Costly Gamble

• People Today
• Hall to Lead Mascioni's U.S. Subsidiaries
• Ross Names New SVP, CIO
• Sphinx Hires Belardi, Harlow Resigns