Home Textiles Today - October 15, 2007

Challenged by the usual array of market pressures — from retail consolidation and consumer woes to price deflation and cost creep — suppliers of soft window treatments are responding in a variety of positive ways. Here and there, evidence of advancement can be found. Among the leading indicators are: a flair by buyers for fashionable statements and contemporary styl...

• Business Today
• Value Chains Advance
• September Comps Stay Soft
• Costco Posts Solid Results
• Luxe Living to Debut in Vegas
• Retailers Retreat on 3Q Plans

• News
• Slower Traffic at High Point
• Williamsburg Business Gift Site Debuts
• WestPoint Creditors Grapple with Icahn
• Retail Briefs
• Brazil, Latin America in Cherokee Crosshairs
• Muzekari Joins Westlake
• Ugly Couch Contest a Hit for Sure Fit
• Iran Rug Ban to Have Little Effect
• Kohl's Seeks Clarity in Home
• Suppliers Set Table for Holiday
• Home Helps Margins at Family Dollar
• Meijer Launching Cannon in Bed and Bath
• Covington Firms Up Finances
• Made In Italy Campaign Underway
• Global Sources Adds Shows
• April Cornell Charity Website Launched
• September Sales Show Cautious Consumer
• Lenzing Opens Fiber Plant in Nanjing
• Radici Expands Atlanta Showroom
• Jaclyn Smith Home Formed
• Holiday Decorating Bigger in Bed and Bath
• Sharadha Dials up MicroCotton Marketing

• Opinion Today
• Escape the Sea of Sameness
• Wal-Mart Waxing, not Waning

• People Today
• Fabric Exec Cherenson Dies
• Craftex Mills Promotes Team
• People Briefs
• Thomasville President Resigns
• Retail Forward's Russo to Address HFPA
• American Textile to Open Dallas Facility

• cover story
• Weaver's Keeps it New After 150 Years