Home Textiles Today - July 20, 2009

For the first time, the top 50 retailers suffered a decline in sales — 6.4%, along with the total home textiles universe that dropped 7.1%, according to the Home Textiles Today'sTop 50 Retailing Giants survey. But the Top 50 slightly increased its share of the market with 93.9% of the 2008 total universe, compared with a 93.

• Business Today
• Tuesday Morning Fiscal Year Sales Off 9%
• June: A Bad Month, but Better than Expected
• U.S. Imports 'Treading Water'
• Comps Down 5.7% in First Week of July
• Family Dollar Stores Makes Gains During Third Quarter

• News
• Las Vegas Market to Hold Trend Seminars
• Who's Who in the Top 50
• Showtime Attendance Posts Increase
• Bardwil Teams with Tommy Bahama
• Retailers to Vote on Best 'Green' Products at Gift Fair
• Johnny Keeton Studios Launches Site
• Lauren Reinvents, Sharpens Pricing
• Walmart Working on Sustainable Suppliers Index
• Mud Pie Intros Tabletop, Holiday Collections
• Shaw Sponsoring Masco Eco-Home Program
• Retail Briefs
• BIGresearch Report: Shoppers Prefer Walmart, Target, Sears and Lowe's
• Discounters, Supercenters Dominate Top 50
• Unifi Adds Fiber
• Top 50 Retailing Giants
• RugMark Replacing Labels
• New State Tax Laws Upset Amazon, Overstock
• Capel, Williamsburg and Others Launch Sweepstakes
• TalkTextiles.com to Serve as Online Glossary
• Dalyn Rug Expands Showroom
• BJ's Smaller in Store Size but Mightier in sku Count

• Opinion Today
• Big Keep Getting Bigger
• The Evolution of the Top 50