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Cecile B. Corral

Cecile B. Corral has been a product editor with Home Textiles Today since late 2000. She covers the area and accent rug, kitchen textiles, table linens, beach towels, decorative bath and decorative pillow categories, as well as some retail subjects.


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Caught in the middle of the marketplace

March 28, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

When Williams-Sonoma Inc. -- which HTT this year ranked as the 10th largest home textiles retailer in the country -- says it is bracing itself in 2008 for what it expects to possibly be the "worst" selling year with memory (roughly 30 years), you know it's time to worry.

I listened to and reported on the six-nameplate upscale home furnishings and furniture company's fourth quarter and yearend earnings call this week, and the picture it paints based on recent shor...Read More



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Kohl's coming to Miami

March 4, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

Good news for me (and bad news for my husband): Kohl’s is heading to
Miami.

During Kohl's fourth quarter and yearend earnings call last week, execs
announced that in the fall it will for the first time enter into the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale metro markets. 

Ironically, I've been seeing Kohl's advertisements on television for
many months now. I can't say exactly which channels or during which
programs since I have Comcast's "Basic I" cable hookup with access to
any of 75 channels or so.

But, according to Kohl's ...Read More

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Rich niche bewitched?

January 25, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

 

It seems the high-end consumer, the non-working lady of the house with a wallet bedecked in credit cards and a back account replete with accessible cash, is doing what was once unthinkable -- thinking twice before she makes expensive, unnecessary purchases.

 

Unity Marketing’s Luxury Consumption Index this week reported that luxury consumer confidence at the onset of this New Year dropped to a record low – to...Read More



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Persian Rugs OK despite embargo against Iran

December 28, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Despite the tense relations between the U.S. and Iran, carpets and other textile floor coverings are about the only product the U.S. can legally import from the Persian nation.

The report

That's good news for the industry.

There are at least
...Read More

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Target c'est triste

December 3, 2007 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

A quick Christmas shopping store traffic comparison for you

I went to Target this past weekend, the first weekend in December. Saturday at 9:30 a.m., to be specific.
And what I saw -- or rather, didn't see -- left me shocked.

The place was dead.

I aced the third parking space from the front door. A lonesome shopping cart was conveniently next to my car waiting for me (only to get dumped moments later upon my kids' demands for one of these kid-friendly carts with the little truck features and the phony steering wheels-- you know the one.)

I knew right away I would not accidentally run over the feet of any fellow shoppers while I attempted to maneuver this bulky behemoth cart, simply because there wasn't anyone really to ru...Read More



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