Home Textiles Today - January 24, 2005

In what is expected to be a hot year for mergers and acquisitions across a spectrum of industries, it appears as though some key retailers will be in on the action. Last week, The Wall Street Journal and other business publications revived the Federated-in-talks-to-buy-May-Co. story in the wake of May Chairman and CEO Gene Kahn's abrupt resignation.

• News
• Retail Top Guns Chart '05 Course Home Helps Ethan Allen
• Rug Mills Debut Stainmaster Area Rugs
• Burlington Rug: 'We're Still Here'
• Target Gets Bazaar
• Walker to Head Textile Museum
• NRF Survey Says Retailers/Customers Not In Synch
• Figuring Out What The Consumer Wants
• WPS to Emerge in March
• Retailers Must Get Reptilian
• Coteminas Gets Distribution
• HSN Anticipates 1,500-Channel World
• Retail Briefs
• Dan River Slated to Run Again
• Study: Retail Employees Looking For Better Work
• NRF Predicting a Bear of a Year Sales Increased 5.7 Percent
• Study Reveals Retailer Priorities
• MSO Pulling Plug on Online, Catalog

• Opinion Today
• Where There's Smoke …

• People Today
• Turnils VP Lumbatis Dies
• SVP Johnson Leaves Big Lots
• Famous Home Fashions Addresses Growth
• Chris Madden Magazine On The Way