Home Textiles Today - September 18, 2006

The venerable Scotchgard fabric protector will be relaunched by 3M, its producer, teaming up with Quaker Fabric for residential, contract, and outdoor fabrics. Scotchgard was taken off the market some years ago in response to concerns about the effect of two chemical ingredients, PFOA (perfluorooctanic acid), and PFOS (perfluorooctone sulfonate), that are pollutants wit...

• Business Today
• Manufacturing Holding Its Own
• Cotton Production Lagging Demand
• Retail Softened in August
• Pier 1 Bullet Harder to Bite

• News
• Oriental Weavers Announces PromotionsWitt, Reynolds and Baird Elevated
• HOM Furniture Opens World Rugs
• Textiles Industry Going Green
• Wal-Mart Welcomes Colin Cowie for Holiday
• New Luxury Textiles Show in Atlanta
• WestPoint to Close Plants, Dismiss 700
• Retail Briefs
• Bloomie’s Home Comes to Bergen County
• Blankets, Throws Thrive at Maison
• Westgate Adding Bath to the Mix
• Jo-Ann Embraces Christopher Lowell
• Helen Gagalis, Tastemaker of Throws, Dies
• Global Competition Heats Up
• Eddie Bauer Home Debuts at LNT
• Home Flat at Retail Ventures
• For the Record
• Feizy to Bow Lifestyle Licensed Rugs
• Biennale Gives Broader View of Luxury
• Decosit Brussels Keeps Quality
• Valdese to Open Showtime Space for Mancini
• EWHT to Host Jobs Outlook Event

• Opinion Today
• Holding a Show for Show’s Sake?
• Strike While the Iron is Lukewarm