Home Textiles Today - February 7, 2005

The board of directors of Lowe's Companies, Inc. has approved a share repurchase program of up to $1 billion. The program is intended to be implemented through purchases made from time to time in either the open market or through private transactions, in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission requirements.

• Business Today
• January Sales Miss Target
• LNT Beats The Street
• Discounters Deliver on Same-Store Sales
• Manufacturing Slows

• News
• Sears Turns On the Sun
• Cupid to Ring Registers
• Pillowtex LLC Looks to Clear Brand Confusion
• HFPA Wants Industry Opinion
• Only 'Mini' to Some
• Executive Women to Talk Quota
• Bloomies, Williams-Sonoma to be Honored
• McNeil, Ostro Join Beacon Looms
• CHF Debuts Kim Parker Kids
• Consolidation: The Next Wave
• Burlington Calls it Quits
• Mascioni Focusing on Quality
• Retail Briefs
• Marriott Takes Bedding to the Next Level
• LNT's Moore Seeks Momentum
• Home Depot Advertising Gets Creative

• Opinion Today
• All Together Now
• Standing Out

• People Today
• NRF Presents Reconstituted Board
• Trendex Makes Sales and Ops Moves
• Van Horn New CIO at Jo-Ann
• Pratt Falls from FIT, Retiring
• LIMA Show Revamped
• ATC Promotes Ruttenberg, Guidry