Home Textiles Today - November 27, 2006

Home furnishings were a factor in the strong gains at The TJX Companies, Inc., which reported third-quarter net sales of $4.5 billion, up 11% over the same period one year ago. Sales increased 8% at the big Marmaxx division, which includes apparel-heavy T.J. Maxx and Marshalls.

• Business Today
• Target Booms as Banker
• Heavy Costs Weigh Down Linens 'n Things
• Crown Crafts Shows More Profit
• Sears Outshines Kmart in 3Q
• Wal-Mart Cuts Inventory to Boost Profits
• Consumers Embrace Essentials

• News
• Chris Stone to Debut Amy Karyn Collection
• Shaw to Exhibit in Vegas
• Three Rug Makers Update Atlanta Showrooms
• U.S. Exhibitors Heading to Heimtextil
• Textiles a Positive at Pottery Barn
• Target: 'Turned the Corner' on Home Lines
• Merchant Paquette Joins Nourison
• Cost Plus Seeks Smarter Home Mix
• Li & Fung Acquires Homestead
• JLA Home Signs Candice Olson
• Realtors See Home Prices Drop
• Matouk to Debut Lulu DK Bedding
• Fashion Leading Utility at Stein Mart
• Glen Raven's Petot Directs 'New Frontiers'
• Retail Briefs
• Pier 1 Mum on NYSE Inquiry
• Jo-Ann Tightens Seasonal Strategy
• Vipac to Mark 60th Anniversary
• Nourison Promotes Two
• Lustig Joins ITG Interior Fabrics Unit
• Lorelli Resigns from Latex Int'l
• HFPA to Write Production Standards
• Hanover Direct Selling Out to Chelsey Direct
• Soft Home Rebounding at BJ's
• Home Categories Sizzle at Ross Stores
• EXPO Names Nourison Partner of the Year
• Mohawk Unveils Kaleidoscope Rugs
• Wedge Resigns as BJ's Top Exec
• Sears Holdings Loses Canadian Vote
• Home Lags as Dillard's Logs Quarterly Turnaround
• Fred's Not Happy for Holiday
• Glen Raven Names Hunnicutt Brand Manager

• Opinion Today
• Santa Claus Steals Holiday Sales
• Imitate the Action of the Tiger*

• People Today
• Roces to Head Wal-Mart 'Store Experience'
• Hunter Douglas Taps Andrew Nazari
• People Briefs
• Oriental Weavers Promotes Dennard