Home Textiles Today - February 27, 2012

NEW YORK - The effect of JCPenney's new, pared down pricing policy created the most dramatic shift in this year's annual HTT Market Basket Survey.

• Business Today
• Holiday Sales Brighten Comps
• Mum on Martha, Macy's Says Textiles Solid in Fourth Quarter
• Home Depot Bests Expectations
• Walmart's Home Department Scores First Comp Gain Since ‘09

• Cover Story
• Adding Towels to the Grocery List

• Design Today
• In-Store Review

• News
• Kalaty Rug's New Manhattan Showroom Open for Business
• Commonwealth Home Fashions Readies for Market week
• Lenzing Presents New Eco MicroModal Fiber
• Nourison Names Baker, Forwood Regional Sales Managers
• Global Home Show Returns During Market
• IFDA Launches Blog
• Karastan Adds to English Manor Collection
• Harmony Art and Organic Cotton Plus Achieve GOTS Certification
• Govola, McNally Named Top Reps at Surya
• Versailles Celebrates 25 Years With Promise of More Growth
• GoodWeave Certifies Rug Importers as Child-Labor-Free
• Market Week Panel to Offer Career Advice
• Traditions By Pamela Kline Sold to Company President
• Sears to Cut 100 Employees at HQ
• Dering Hall Opens Ecommerce to Public
• Bloomingdale's to Launch Hugo Boss Home
• Casa.com Makes Debut
• Vystar Aligns With McGee, Smith for Vytex Textiles Entry
• Mytex Broadening its Scope
• Springs Gets Colorful with Pantone Partnership
• HTT Sponsoring Material ConneXion Open House for Market Week

• Opinion Today
• Why $2 Cotton Could Be the Best Thing To Ever Happen to the Industry
• The Little Things

• People
• Sanitized AG Appoints Urs Stalder ceo
• Anna's Hires Knapp, Promotes Negrete
• Tommy Bahama recruits Van Alphen as vp of creative services

• Retail News
• TJX: We're Going to Be Bigger