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• Introducing The King - in queen size
  
  HTT Staff, June 14, 2013
  Hollywood, Calif. - Legends Home Bedding will introduce The Elvis Presley Home Bedding Collection in August under license from Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. - marking the first time since 1999 that Elvis has been licensed in the category.
  
• Surtex Asia ramping up for debut
  
  HTT Staff, June 14, 2013
  New York - The inaugural Surtex Asia surfaces design show, which will take place Aug. 25-27 at the Kerry Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai, is expecting to draw more than 1,500 textile manufacturers attendees from China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
  
• Cotton price 92 cents
  
  HTT Staff, June 14, 2013
  New York - Yesterday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for July contracts was 92 cents. The price on October contracts was 90 cents.

   

  
  
• Retail sales up 5% in May
  
  HTT Staff, June 13, 2013
  Washington - Consumers were in the mood to spend last month, pushing May sales (excluding automobiles, gas stations and restaurants) up 0.6% seasonally adjusted from April and up 4.8% unadjusted year-over-year.
  
• Shopko plans five Hometown stores
  
  HTT Staff, June 13, 2013
  Green Bay, Wis. - As part of its expansion in smaller, rural communities, Shopko will open five new Shopko Hometown units in three states by this fall.
  
• Meijer debuts new supercenters
  
  HTT Staff, June 13, 2013
  Grand Rapids, Mich. - Meijer is opening two new 190,000-sq.-ft. supercenters in northern Indiana today.
  
• Culp sales rise, profits climb sharply in fiscal 2013
  
  Jay McIntosh, June 13, 2013
  High Point, N.C. - Despite mixed results in the fourth quarter, fabric supplier Culp Inc. said its fiscal year ended April 28 was "one of the best years in the company's history" with sales up 5.6% and net income climbing 37.8%.
  
• New European surface design show planned in The Netherlands
  
  HTT Staff, June 13, 2013
  Eindhoven, The Netherlands - More than 70 designers and design studios will participate in the first Evolution show during Dutch Design Week, which takes place here Oct. 26-28.
  
• Cotton price 90 cents
  
  HTT Staff, June 13, 2013
  New York - Yesterday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for July contracts was 90 cents. The price on October contracts was 89 cents.

   

  
  
• Hudson's Bay Co. Q1 sales improve
  
  HTT Staff, June 12, 2013
  Toronto - Hudson's Bay Company generated a 4.2% gain in total sales in the first quarter with consolidated same-store sales up 4.0%.
  
• Lenzing marks 75th anniversary
  
  HTT Staff, June 12, 2013
  Lenzing, Austria - Viscose fiber producer Lenzing AG gathered some 3,000 customers and employees here this week to celebrate its 75th year in business.
  
• Loloi releases spring catalog
  
  HTT Staff, June 12, 2013
  Dallas - Loloi Rugs' 2013 spring catalog is now available online or in print.
  
• Colonial Mills rugs featured in Weekapaug Inn renovation
  
  Thomas Lester, June 12, 2013
  Weekapaug, R.I. - Braided area rugs from Colonial Mills are part of a $20 million renovation of historic Weekapaug Inn here.
  
• Intertextile Guangzhou Hometextile China extending to five days in 2014
  
  HTT Staff, June 12, 2013
  Guangzhou, China - With the number of visitors up 21.7% during the recently completed Intertextile Guangzhou Hometextile China trade show, fair organizer Messe Frankfurt announced it will add a fifth day to the event next year.
  
• Cotton price 88 cents
  
  HTT Staff, June 12, 2013
  New York - Yesterday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for July contracts was 88 cents. The price on October contracts was 87 cents.

   

  
  
• June starts off with comp gain
  
  HTT Staff, June 11, 2013
  New York - Comps were up 2.8% in the first week of June, but retailers largely slightly below plan, according to The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index.
  
• Retailers remain cautious on merchandise imports
  
  HTT Staff, June 11, 2013
  Washington D.C. - Retailers remain cautiously optimistic about the upcoming back-to-school/back-to-college season, which explains the expected 1.1% modest increase in June's import volume at the nation's major retail container ports over the same month last year.
  
• JCPenney exec joins Martha Stewart board
  
  HTT Staff, June 11, 2013
  New York - JCPenney's senior vp of corporate strategy has been elected to the board of directors at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
  
• Parris tapped to manage creative and visual for Rizzy Home
  
  HTT Staff, June 11, 2013
  Calhoun, Ga. - RizzTex USA has appointed Teresa Parris to the post of creative and visual manager at Rizzy Home.
  
• Nourison to offer NYC giveaway, other promos during Atlanta Market
  
  HTT Staff, June 11, 2013
  Saddle Brook, NJ - Nourison is offering buyers who purchase $5,000 or more in products during the July International Area Rug Market in Atlanta a chance to win a free trip for two to New York City.