Home Textiles Today - December 6, 2010

As Jan. 1, 2005 will be remembered by the industry as the day the last barriers to unlimited imports fell, October 2010 will be recalled as the moment when China's factories slammed the doors closed, albeit temporary.

• Business Today
• November a Winning Month for Key Retailers
• Thanksgiving Week Recorded Strong Comps
• Consumer Confidence Hits Five-month High
• NRF: October Fourth Consecutive Month of Retail Sales Gains
• Gordmans Raises 4Q Projections
• Pier 1 Imports Sees Double Digit Sales Gains in 3Q
• BJ's Updates Guidance for 2010 after Strong 3Q
• Lowe's 3Q Below Expectations But Encouraging
• Target 3Q Sees Shoppers Adding "Indulgences" to Cart Along with Groceries
• TJX's Inventories to Get Leaner
• Home Depot's Small-Ticket Sales Make Gains in 3Q
• Walmart U.S. 3Q Sluggish, Hindered by Home and Apparel

• Fabrics Today
• Showtime II
• Showtime I
• Showtime

• News
• Organizations Ready Showtime Events
• Wal-Mart Offers to Take 51% of Massmart
• FAO Schwarz Launches New Baby Room Décor Program at Babies "R" Us
• Polyester Surge Causes Stitch in Textiles
• Global Goes Local at Showtime
• Portico Expands at Sears Canada
• Belk Investing $150 mil in IT
• JCP Creating New Retail Business
• Hard Numbers About a Soft Product
• What Retailers are Saying

• Opinion Today
• Cotton Pickings
• The Fabric of Or Lives - And It Isn't Just Cotton
• A Global Crisis

• People
• Valley Forge Exec Receives ICON Award
• Sorgeloos Named President-Elect at HFPA Meeting
• Kohl's Promotes Four Top Execs
• William-Sonoma's Lester, 75
• Sleep Studio Adds to Sales Force
• Donald Lorberbaum,75, Longtime Springs Exec