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Sealy signs licenses with Downlite, American Textile Co.
HTT Staff, May 25, 2012Archdale, N.C. - Sealy has signed new licensing agreements with two companies to manufacture and market basic bedding accessories. A comprehensive line of sleep products will be offered by Downlite and American Textile Co. beginning early in 2013. More -
Deal will put Macy's brands into China
HTT Staff, May 23, 2012Cincinnati - Macy's will become a stakeholder in China's VIPStore Co. Ltd. and will sell its private label merchandise through VIPStore's new omei.com ecommerce site for luxury and fashion brands. More -
Williams-Sonoma pushes personalized marketing
HTT Staff, May 22, 2012San Francisco - Williams-Sonoma Inc. is moving aggressively with technology that personalizes the offerings that pop up when a consumer visits one of its web sites as well as promotions sent through email. More -
Bevy of seminars planned for Licensing Expo
HTT Staff, May 22, 2012Las Vegas - More than 35 learning sessions will be offered during the Licensing International Expo, which takes place here June 10-14 At the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. More -
KooKoo Bear Kids designs for Roswell Women's Club Designer Showcase Home Tour
HTT Staff, May 21, 2012Atlanta - KooKoo Bear Kids, an online, catalog, and retail store marketer of designer kids' rooms and gifts, was selected to design Atlanta Brave's Relief Pitcher Mark Wohler's kids' rooms in his reconstructed house. The Roswell Women's Club is using the house for this year's Designer Showcase Home Tour. More -
NYIGF lines up events for At Home
HTT Staff, May 21, 2012White Plains, N.Y. - The At Home section of the New York International Gift Fair will host a variety of events during the summer session, which takes place Aug. 18-22 at New York's Javits Center and Pier 94. More -
Celebrity Brands vs Everyday Prices
Home Textiles Today Staff, May 17, 2012VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. - In shopping for solid color towels, will the budget department store consumer be wooed by JLo and Vera or by more simple, everyday prices? More -
Target sets new "Threshold" for home with new private label program
HTT Staff, May 16, 2012Minneapolis - As an improving economic climate encourages Target shoppers to shop discretionary categories, the discount chain is giving a facelift to its private "Target Home" brand with a name change and a revamping of merchandise. More -
Did JCP's everyday pricing message resonate a little too well?
HTT Staff, May 16, 2012New York - After a multi-media campaign touting its new streamlined pricing strategy resulted in a 20% decline in first quarter sales, JCPenney is shifting its marketing to emphasize month-long specials and "best price" clearance items. More
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