Home Textiles Today - August 20, 2001

Mohawk Home last week signed a licensing agreement with home design guru Chris Casson Madden, who hosts the weekly program "Interiors By Design" on cable TV's HGTV network and is the author of 15 cooking, home design and lifestyle books.Mohawk Home will produce oversized throws made with soft cottons; decorative pillows that coordinate with throws and also stand ...

• Business Today
• JCPenney posts 2Q loss of $16 million
• U.S. retail sales flat for another month
• Guilford operations shift cuts jobs
• Federated cuts costs for 2Q gains
• Redbook average heats up in Aug.

• Fabrics Today
• Growing TIP show releases party schedule
• Susan Sargent inks deal
• Ex-Culp execs to service domestic and int'l mills

• News
• Springs extends reach with Brazilian deal
• Claire Murray rolls out bedding line
• Ex-Cell consolidates into one showroom
• Williams leads new Stein Mart team
• Boscov's closes in on NY metropolitan area
• Retail briefs
• Avon comes calling for more space
• Bill 603 is Calif. law despite objections
• DMSI recognizes top vendors
• Wal-Mart's 2Q pinched
• Revman eyes Tommy growth
• HFPA to honor five with HomeTex Design Awards
• LNT revises 2Q earnings
• Barth & Dreyfuss create 'special' room
• Trade Am grows chenille bedding
• Donna Karan settles in SoHo

• People Today
• Elder-Beerman bolsters mktg.
• Elrene hires new designer
• Comfortex adds sales mgr.
• Roman exits Piedmont Home
• Burlington House promotes two
• Foamex names vice chairman
• Kmart taps diversity chief
• WPS board loses member
• Barth & Dreyfuss adds new post
• Window designer joins Arley

• Special Report
• Gray Dawn: Textile makers search for answers in 2nd half
• Vendor Report Card
• Red ink has vendors singing the blues