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• Sunbrella, Lonny magazine partner for Web-based home makeover series
  
  Home Textiles Today Staff, May 10, 2013
  Glen Raven, N.C. - Sunbrella and Lonny magazine recently launched a new Web-based video home makeover series created to inspire consumers with elegant and practical design solutions.
  
• Brentano broadens eco-friendly polyurethane textiles with new additions
  
  Home Textiles Today Staff, May 10, 2013
  Wheeling, Ill. - Expanding on its growing offering of leather and vinyl alternative products, fabric and design house Brentano this spring is adding two new patterns its "Green" line.
  
• Ex-Macy's exec Kronick steps into new role
  
  Home Textiles Today Staff, May 10, 2013
  Miami - Former Macy's Inc. vice chairwoman Sue Kronick has been elected the president of the board for the Miami City Ballet.
  
• Surtex set for May 19-21 in NYC
  
  Home Textiles Today Staff, May 10, 2013
  White Plains, N.Y. - Art and design industry trade show Surtex is coming to New York City this month for its annual event.
  
• Feizy Rugs to Exhibit at HD Expo
  
  Home Textiles Today Staff, May 10, 2013
  Dallas - Feizy Rugs has decided to exhibit at the upcoming Hospitality Design Expo in Las Vegas.
  
• Correction: Newell Rubbermaid still in the window business
  
  Home Textiles Today Staff, May 10, 2013
  An item in the May 8 edition of HTT Extra erroneously reported that Newell Rubbermaid is exiting the window business.
  
• A slow start, but April comps flowered
  
  HTT Staff, May 9, 2013
  New York - Despite unseasonably cold weather and the delay of brighter springtime temperatures, most major retailers pulled off nice comp gains in April.
  
• Alco Q1 sales make modest gain
  
  HTT Staff, May 9, 2013
  Abilene, Kan. - Alco Stores said first quarter sales, excluding fuel, rose 0.9% with positive performances coming from domestics, housewares and women's apparel.
  
• Missoni patriarch dies at 92
  
  HTT Staff, May 9, 2013
  Sumirago, Italy - Oattavio Missoni, founder of the eponymous fashion house, died here earlier today at his home in northern Italy. He was 92.
  
• Cotton price 86 cents
  
  HTT Staff, May 9, 2013
  New York - Yesterday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for May contracts was 86 cents. The price on July contracts was 88 cents.

   

  
  
• Stein Mart happy with home
  
  HTT Staff, May 8, 2013
  Jacksonville, Fla. - Soft home turned in a strong performance at Stein Mart during the first quarter, the company's chief said during today's earning call.
  
• JCP says home department redo impacted Q1 sales
  
  HTT Staff, May 8, 2013
  Plano, Texas - JCPenney announced its first quarter sales fell 16.4% to $2.635 billion, with comps down 16.6%.
  
• Bon-Ton to close Wisconsin Rapids unit in July
  
  HTT Staff, May 8, 2013
  York, Pa. - The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. will close its Younkers store in the Rapids Mall in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. this summer.
  
• Newell Rubbermaid to sell drapery hardware business
  
  HTT Staff, May 8, 2013
  Atlanta - Newell Rubbermaid is preparing to exit its remaining position in the window business.
  
• Proposte China pavilion to debut at Intertextil Shanghai
  
  HTT Staff, May 8, 2013
  Shanghai - Proposte, the Italian trade show for fine European fabric and window coverings, has partnered with Intertextil Shanghai organizer Messe Frankfurt to create a presence at the August fair here.
  
• Cotton price 86 cents
  
  HTT Staff, May 8, 2013
  New York - Yesterday's end-of-day price on Cotton #2 futures for May contracts was 86 cents. The price on July contracts was 87 cents.
  
• JCP says home department redo impacted Q1 sales
  
  HTT Staff, May 7, 2013
  Plano, Texas - JCPenney announced its first-quarter sales fell 16.4% to $2.635 billion, with comps down 16.6%.
  
• April comps dampened by early Easter
  
  HTT Staff, May 7, 2013
  New York - Comps were up 2.3% in the fourth and final week of April, said The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index.
  
• Mohawk Inc. has strong Q1, but rugs lag
  
  HTT Staff, May 7, 2013
  Calhoun, Ga. - Mohawk Industries Inc. generated first quarter gains in net earnings and sales thanks to improvements in the U.S. market, product mix, and productivity as well as lower amortization and the company's acquisition of Pergo.
  
• Target readies another wave of soft openings in Canada
  
  HTT Staff, May 7, 2013
  Mississauga, Ont. - Target began the soft open of its first 24 stores in Western Canada today following the recent launch of its first Canadian stores in Ontario.