Home Textiles Today - December 19, 2011

NEW YORK - It might not have been the most robust year for sales, but many retailers pushed ahead with brand-building and store expansion efforts.

• Business Today
• NRF Boosts Holiday Forecast
• Pier 1 Reports Solid Quarter
• Comps Sluggish in December's 2nd Week
• Big Lots Earnings Take a Dive in 3Q
• November Retail Sales Rise 4.5%
• Basics Buoy Third Quarter at Dollar General
• Big Lots: Home Key in 4Q

• News
• Unfolding the Ten Greatest Sheets of All Time
• Greatest Constructions
• Louis Hornick
• Words of Wisdom from HTT's Carole Sloan
• Huntsman, Ramatex Align Toward Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals
• Nebraska Furniture Mart Closes on Dallas-area Property
• Orian Rugs Relocates Atlanta Showroom, Doubles Space
• HFPA Young Professionals Plan Market Event
• Regal Home, Jay Franco to Produce Isaac Mizrahi Home Textiles
• Glen Raven Earns Best of Year Award from Interior Design Magazine
• Tangerine Tango' is Pantone's 2012 Color of the Year
• De Leo Textiles Launching First Outdoor Fabric Line
• Natco Ramps Up USA-made With New Loom
• Heimtextil to Kick Off Winter Fair Season
• Sure Fit Expands Through Acquisition
• HD Buttercup Adds Millworks shops
• Calico Corners Expands Designer Fabric Program
• Walmart Sees Cotton Settling
• JCPenney and Martha Join Forces

• Opinion Today
• Presents of Mine
• Wonderland

• People
• Retail Pioneer Fred Meijer Passes
• Luana Davis joins Morgan Fabrics as vice president
• Kaleen Promotes Grey Christie
• Nourison taps Waters to Cover sales in East Texas, Lousiana
• Target Creates New Exec Role
• Revman's Sheldon Good, 47