Home Textiles Today - August 15, 2005

Officials here recently celebrated the foundation laying for the Shanghai International Home Textile Industrial Park in the Yangpu district, the seat of the city's textiles manufacturing industry. Yangu is populated by more than 200 textiles companies with an export value of $250 million.

• Business Today
• Federated Ups Earnings
• Retail Sales Holding Their Own
• Merger Costs May In Second Quarter

• News
• Swavelle Names President
• QVC Names Merch Chief
• Yves Delorme Launches New Looks
• Rubelli Acquires Donghia Furniture
• Goodbye WPS, Hello WPI
• Glenoit Consolidating Rug Division
• Richloom Fabrics Launches Contract Fabric Line With Liz
• Retail Briefs
• PHI Adds Products
• Kohl's Rolls Out Expansion Plans
• Whisper Soft To Debut Crayola
• P.J. Kids To Be Sold Off to Pay Creditors
• Jeep Signs With Whisper Soft
• Target Seeks Reinvention With Modern Home
• A Sourcing Company Is Born
• Jia Li Textile Courts Urban Girls
• XTB Studios Heads to Gift Fair
• Intertextile Features Design Symposium
• Home a Struggle at Federated
• Dan River Sheds Apparel
• Iconix Sees New Matches for Joe Boxer
• Barrow Hitting Home
• Down and Feather Prices Stable
• Santens Reaches New High, Goes Back-To-School
• Nautica Intros Infant, Makes Splash In Bath
• House to Home Will Address Color, Design
• USA-ITA Appoints New Chairman
• Veratex Unveils New Bedding & Bath
• Mat the Basics Gets Footing
• Bicor Finds Representation
• Material World Will Have Large Program
• Cotton Gets Tough

• Opinion Today
• Creating Opportunity
• Balance of Power

• People Today
• Highland Adds Partner
• Robert Allen Hires Public Relations VP
• Creative Bath Hires Geise For Factory Direct
• Unifi Closing Plant
• JLA Home Hearts Huckabys
• Zemser Returns to Bardwil

• Special Report
• Global Report 2005
• What A Difference A Year Makes