Home Textiles Today - November 9, 2009

While Iconix Brand Group Inc. did not meet its guidance expectations for the third quarter, the company generated record revenues and net income for the period. An unspecified credit issue with a large licensee and over-projected sales volume for the Op brand at Walmart hampered results, the company said.

• Business Today
• October Comps Better than Expected
• Tuesday Morning Posts Loss
• Unifi’s 1Q Highest Quarter in Seven Years
• Retail Sales Show a Healthy Pulse in October

• News
• Polo Ralph Lauren to be Honored at NRF 2010 Convention
• Suppliers Expect Regional Focus at Hospitality Show
• Licensing Association Plans Seminar
• Family Dollar Targets Trade-down Shoppers
• Four Retailers Raise Expectations
• 7 W Hosting Speakers at NYC Baby & Kids Fair
• NYIGF to Debut New Marketing Campaign
• United Feather & Down’s Borghese Line Headed for Hospitality
• Retail Briefs
• Bath Concentrates on Value, Sustainability and Technologies
• Frette to Furnish N.Y. Hotel
• BigResearch, NRF Share Holiday Survey Results
• Martha Stewart Signs Exclusive for PetSmart
• Pending Home Sales Rise for 8th Straight Month
• HTT Correspondent Brent Felgner, 57
• Firm Projects No Holiday Sales Decline
• Arlee Donates Pet Beds to Humane Society
• Needleman Steps into Leadership Role at Peacock Alley
• Eye on the Environment
• Newsweek Ranks Mohawk Among “Greenest” Companies
• Valley Forge Edges Corporate Bigs for Green Award
• Consumer Watchdog Okays Oeko-Tex Certification Process to Detect Lead
• Kohl’s Earns Second Green Power Partnership Honor from EPA

• Opinion Today
• Get a Move On
• By the Numbers

• People Today
• Hollander Hires Jannice Cameron
• Eckert marks 10th Anniversary at Outlast
• Rizzy Rugs hires Welch, Barta
• Lichtenberg Buried at West Point
• Charles Adams to Head Sales at Victor Group
• JCPenney Announces Management Moves
• Welspun Promotes Petricoff, Adds Pianowski