Home Textiles Today - December 19, 2005

High Point, N.C. —Chasing the lowest price points is not the answer to the Chinese challenge in decorative fabrics. A number of exhibitors at last week's Showtime here are definitely moving upmarket in response to customers' increasing preferences for better goods and better print base cloths.

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• Housing Cools Down
• Business Briefs
• Pier One Reports Stormy Third Quarter
• November Sales So-So
• Consumers Wait For Deals

• News
• Retail Briefs
• Pier 1 Betting on Contemporary Looks
• Cotton Prices to Rise
• Expectations Solid for Mini-Market
• Valdese Launches V.I.P. Division
• Decosit Hong Kong to Launch in March
• The 10 Most Significant Events of 2005
• Sew-Rite Aims New Brands at U.S. Market
• Silberman to Helm FIT Textile Department
• Santens Adds Product Manager Role
• James Mammarella Joins HTT as Managing Editor
• American Pacific Adds Nautica GM Post
• WestPoint to Debut Betsey Johnson Collection

• Opinion Today
• Needed: A Design Revival at Retail
• Niche and Tuck

• People Today
• Gribetz Leaves Macy's
• Shanghai Textiles Park Enters Second Phase
• Parham Santana Expands to L.A.
• Stanton Selects Product Manager
• Orian Hires Hopkins
• Elrene Taps Ferretti For Sales Management
• Diddel Opens Showroom
• IINY Relocates to Javits