Home Textiles Today - October 16, 2006

Los Angeles — Paul Billig, an industry veteran of over 40 years, died earlier this month; he was remembered in a ceremony at Sholom Memorial Park in Sylmar, Calif. Billig started his career with United Merchants selling piece goods and later worked for Croscill for 20 years, establishing its West Coast operations.

• Business Today
• Cotton Crunch Accelerates in Asia
• Most September Comps Up
• U.S. Manufacturers Feel Contraction
• 'Class' Over 'Mass' in Early October Comps

• News
• Restoration Hardware to Bow Bed & Bath Book
• Textiles Vendors Invited to Shanghai Event
• Yves Delorme Augments Table Linens
• Sleep Pillow Makers Innovate to Win
• Retail Briefs
• Mervyns Opens First Stores Since '04
• IFDA to Sponsor Negotiating Seminar
• Home Textiles Broaden Profile at High Point
• Home Source Readies Supply Chain For Next Step
• Backdating Brouhaha Bags Bed Bath & Beyond
• Jaunty Rolls Out New Looks
• Women of the Trade Calendar to Raise Funds
• Designer Butera to License Home Furnishings
• Senator Obama to Deliver Keynote at K.I.D.S. Gala
• Grosso Joins Allure Home Creations
• Jaclyn Smith Rugs Bow at High Point
• Tuscarora Debuts Supima Yarns
• Global Home Textiles Projects Big Turnout
• Ross Stores Buying 46 Sunbelt Stores
• Sferra Gets Serious in Hospitality
• Kravet Flaunts Joseph Abboud Decorative Fabrics
• Wilbur Ross Acquires Indian Worsted Mill
• London Luxury Gains Visibility
• Soft-Tex Takes Royal Velvet License
• January Gift Fair Events to Run Concurrently
• Holiday Gifts Return to Traditional
• Kohl's Raises Comps, Store Count, Strike Points

• Opinion Today
• Direct-to-Consumer Revolution
• High Quality Textiles at High Point

• People Today
• Cacella Resigns from Sure Fit
• Kakassy to Rep Mancini by Valdese
• Rice of Barrow Industries Dies
• Doherty to Head Hollander Operations
• Samper Exits Sears for Apparel Firm
• Top Marketer Named at Himatsingka
• Howard to Oversee Operations at AAFES