Home Textiles Today - November 13, 2006

It's not a groundswell by any stretch of the imagination. Nor is it more than just a mere glimmer of change. It, however, is the sign of a beginning of change in thought process among the mainstream supplier base in home textiles. The dramatic shrinking in the numbers of the major retail power players in home textiles is finally causing some supplier types to rethink their busine...

• Business Today
• Upstairs Chains Outperform Discounters
• Consumer Confidence Cooled in October
• Cotton Price Acceleration Seen
• Discounters in Comp Sales Rally

• News
• Amy Lichstein Signs with Chris Stone
• TexStyle Recruits Cacella
• New Merchandising Onslaught Looms for Martha Stewart
• Blau Gallery Offers Rugs
• Kohl's 3Q Profits Boom
• Calvin Klein Rug Wins Award
• JC Penney Reports Profitable Trends
• Networking with EWHT
• Kris Deaton Returns to Macy's West
• Holiday Catalogs: Home Textiles Close-up
• Icahn's WestPoint Making Progress
• Brookstone Moves into Soft Home
• Liz Claiborne to Acquire Kate Spade
• Dan River Hires Mandell for Licensing
• Federated-May Fit Grows, But Shows Scant Profit
• Cotton's Livingston to Retire
• Retail Briefs
• Trading Up is Key for Mattress Pad Makers
• Pottery Barn Bed + Bath Goes Brick-and-Mortar
• F. Schumacher to Merge Branding

• Opinion Today
• Hot Times for Home Textiles

• People Today
• Steel Associates to Promote GLM Shows
• Springs Sells Rug Business
• HFPA Meeting to Cover Chargebacks
• Holiday E-sales Up
• Judy Altmeyer Remembered
• Bob's Taps Former TJX Exec