Home Textiles Today - January 15, 2007

Vince Hankins has been named director of new business development for Glen Raven Custom Fabrics, the makers of Sunbrella performance fabrics. In the newly-created position, Hankins will be responsible for the identification and development of new product and new market opportunities for Glen Raven Custom Fabrics.

• Business Today
• Cotton Demand, Price Stabilizing
• Manufacturing Back in Growth Mode
• Same-Store Sales on Pace with January Plan

• News
• Decorative Fabrics Set Tone at Heimtextil
• Peacock Alley Launches Couture
• Sears Holdings Comps Down, Stock Up
• Glen Raven to Buy Two Distributors
• Extreme Linen Hires Guise, Designers
• Down Lite and PrimaLoft Team Up
• Homespice Décor Bows Supernova Rugs
• Traffic Down, Business Up at Heimtextil
• Jessica McClintock Develops New Lines
• IFDA/NY Announces Board
• Nourison Champions Wool, Adds Liz Claiborne
• ITG Selling Mattress Fabrics Unit to Culp
• Evans Resigns from JCPenney
• Retail Briefs
• For the Record
• Louisville Bedding Debuts the Fire Defender
• TJX Home Goods Takes Country Living License
• Sharadha MicroCotton Goes Green
• Kas Names Two in Sales
• Blanket Founder Charles Owen Retires
• Polo Ralph Lauren Forms Branding Group
• N.Y. Home Textiles Show has International Flair
• Vamaltex Launches Macal
• Pendleton Provides

• Opinion Today
• Think Globally— Act Globally
• Give 'em the ol' Razzle-Dazzle

• People Today
• Jackson Resigns from Wal-Mart
• Khan, Lueder Join Nostalgia
• ADL to Honor Wanek, Laneve
• Commonwealth Founder Levenson Dies
• People Briefs

• Special Report
• Atlanta Area Rug Market
• Atlanta Rug Market Beckons Buyers
• Rug Suppliers Unveil New Looks
• Rug Report
• Product Enhancements Buoy Area Rugs