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• Robert Allen Group launches new online Color Search tool
  
  HTT Staff, May 6, 2013
  New York - Looking to take its color know-how to new heights digitally, high-end fabric design house The Robert Allen Design Group is unveiling its new Color Search tool on its website.
  
• Decorating Den expands
  
  HTT Staff, May 6, 2013
  Easton, Md. - Decorating Den Interiors recently announced the selection of five new franchise owners:
  
• San Francisco exhibit to focus on textiles collection
  
  HTT Staff, May 6, 2013
  San Francisco - The de Young museum here last week a special new exhibition, From the Exotic to the Mystical, which represents 15 centuries of textile arts.
  
• WestPoint EBIDTA improved in Q1
  
  HTT Staff, May 3, 2013
  New York - Although sales dropped during the first quarter, WestPoint Home's EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, tax and amortization) improved by $4 million thanks to improved margins and lower overhead, according to parent company Icahn Enterprises.
  
• Home a driver for HSNi, HSN and Cornerstone in Q1
  
  HTT Staff, May 3, 2013
  St. Petersburg, Fla. - Home goods proved an important component of sales in the first quarter for HSN Inc., and within its two divisions, HSN and Cornerstone - especially for the latter, which experienced double-digit growth.
  
• Standard Linens intros bedding basics
  
  HTT Staff, May 3, 2013
  Toronto - Standard Linens has created a line of protectors, duvets and pillows for the retail market.
  
• Down Décor debuts DownTek
  
  HTT Staff, May 3, 2013
  Cincinnati - Private label down bedding manufacturer Down Décor has extended its hydrophobic and quick-drying down technology called DownTek into bedding.
  
• American Down and Feather Council releases consumer video
  
  HTT Staff, May 3, 2013
  New York - The American Down and Feather Council (ADFC) recently unveiled "Pillow Talk! With Barry Bedspringer," a video promoting the benefits of down and feather bedding, as part of its ongoing consumer outreach program.
  
• Heimtextil India planned for 2014
  
  HTT Staff, May 3, 2013
  New Delhi - Show organizer Messe Frankfurt's portfolio of global events next year will include Heimtextil India, which will take place June 19-21 in in Hall 11 of Pragati Maidan, New Delhi and targets the country's growing contract and retail trade.
  
• Cotton price 84 cents
  
  HTT Staff, May 3, 2013
  New York - Yesterday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for May contracts was 84 cents. The price on July contracts was 86 cents.
  
• Jo-Ann taps JCP home sourcing exec
  
  HTT Staff, May 2, 2013
  Hudson, Ohio -Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores has hired Kris Arabia as vice president of product development.
  
• Williams-Sonoma lands down under
  
  HTT Staff, May 2, 2013
  San Francisco - Williams-Sonoma today opened four stores in the Bondi Junction suburb of Sydney, Australia: Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids and West Elm.
  
• NRF Foundation launches new research website
  
  HTT Staff, May 2, 2013
  Washington D.C. - National Retail Federation's careers and education division, NRF Foundation, launched its new Retail Insight Center website, a resource for researching industry, government, economic and consumer trends within the retail industry.
  
• Valdese Weavers promotes three
  
  HTT Staff, May 2, 2013
  Valdese, N.C. - Valdese Weavers has promoted Bob Walters, Leslie Brown, and Jason Earles to positions of greater responsibility.
  
• Louis Hornick & Co. plans anniversary celebration
  
  HTT Staff, May 2, 2013
  New York - Family-owned home textiles manufacturer Louis Hornick & Co. will celebrate its 95th anniversary during the fall 2013 New York Home Fashions Market.
  
• IFDA to present "Take A Seat" gala and auction in mid May
  
  HTT Staff, May 2, 2013
  New York - The New York Chapter of the International Furnishings and Design Association is inviting members and friends of the industry to its "Take A Seat" event this month.
  
• Cotton price 82 cents
  
  HTT Staff, May 2, 2013
  New York - Yesterday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for May contracts was 82 cents. The price on July contracts was 84 cents.

   

  
  
• JCP apologizes through YouTube video
  
  HTT Staff, May 1, 2013
  Plano, Texas - JCPenney has posted a video on YouTube that apologizes to customers for changing in ways they didn't care for - an oblique reference to ousted ceo Ron Johnson's abrupt pricing and merchandising shifts - then invites them to give the retailer another try.
  
• JCPenney gets green light to sell Martha-designed goods
  
  HTT Staff, May 1, 2013
  New York - An appeals court here has turned down Macy's request to overturn a recent ruling that allows JCPenney to sell home merchandise designed by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia under the JCP Everyday label.
  
• HGTV Home pop-up stores opening at shopping malls
  
  HTT Staff, May 1, 2013
  New York - HGTV Home products will be popping up at several U.S. shopping malls this year, according to the lifestyle brand.