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THE DRIVING FACTOR IN THIS MARKET FOR yet another year was, of course, the price per barrel of crude oil, a component in the synthetic fiber market that has made [...]

NEW YORK-Unlike the bath towel business, where retail prices are heading south, retail prices for decorative pillows have remained fairly constant -- even heading up. 'It is not under pressure,' [...]

NEW YORK-They call it a wonder fiber. Bamboo, the vegetable cellulose fiber, is bound for a grand retail introduction in January, and will be in bath towels, sheets, blankets, comforters [...]

NEW YORK-Three catalog retailers are enticing consumers to purchase textiles products with discounts ranging from 10 percent to 70 percent and by offering one price for all sizes. In their [...]

NEW YORK-The next batch of beach towels will be shipped around the same time quota rights will be extinct among members of the World Trade Organization. While suppliers said they [...]

NEW YORK-Price increase? What's that? There hasn't been a price increase in sheets, towels or other home textiles goods in the last 10 to 12 years, but that may soon [...]

HIGH POINT, N.C.-Copyright infringement and pricing pressures were hot topics at this month's biannual upholstery textile market, held here. The International Textile Market Association, organizers of Showtime, kicked off the [...]

NEW YORK-Retailers can expect higher prices in carpet this summer as mills feel the pinch from oil price increases. Mills that make their own fiber are feeling the impact already. [...]

Manufacturers of textile fabrics complain of higher costs for raw materials but resistance to price increases for their products. Some prices have been raised about 0.3% to 0.5% by suppliers such as Anju/Woodridge, Hoffman Mills, and Malden Mills. Executives at the 1995 Showtime market in High Point, NC, discussed their efforts to control costs and prices by using cheaper yarns, including polyester warp, and eliminating waste., High Point, N.C - Upholstery fabric suppliers are finding themselves in a bind, squeezed between sharply increased raw materials costs and a soft, price-sensitive furniture market. A number of manufacturers [...]

The home furnishings business is suffering from rising prices for cotton and polyester fibers and slow retail sales, according to officials of leading greige mills. Polyester prices have been increasing since about early 1994 and total increases for cotton amount to about 88%. In addition to price hikes, record low retail sales are also plaguing the industry, and officials are split on whether it will continue or improve., NEW YORK - Executives from leading greige mills said increasing prices of cotton and polyester, and persistently slow retail sales are hurting their home furnishings business. 'The cost of cotton [...]

Price increases for raw materials have escalated to the point where fabric suppliers have begun to pass on higher prices for upholstery fabrics to furniture makers. Polyester and cotton prices have escalated sharply since the end of 1994. Furniture manufacturers are reviewing strategies to cope with raw material price increases which include using more economical constructions and raising their own prices., HIGH POINT, N.C. - No longer able to absorb the continuing fiber cost increases, fabric suppliers are beginning to pass on the price hikes to upholstered furniture manufacturers. Furniture makers [...]

Textile mills are raising prices, led by Fieldcrest Cannon. Fieldcrest announced an increase of 5% to 8% to be implemented Mar 1, 1995. The mill claims that cotton prices have risen 50% and nearly every other raw material and chemical involved in textile production has gone up in price. Fieldcrest has sought cost efficiencies in manufacturing, but feels it must pass on some of the costs to customers., NEW YORK--Fieldcrest Cannon, the third largest domestics mill, is leading the charge in a new round of price increases. In a letter to customers followed by a press release, Charles [...]

NEW YORK--The contentious issue of cost will once again be a hot topic at the Home Textiles Market, running this week, as manufacturers seek to defray rising raw materials charges [...]

FAR EAST MILLS FLOOD U.S. MARKET WITH CHEAP GOODS WASHINGTON, D.C.-Domestic textile makers continued to be whipsawed by the effects of Asia's financial crisis in 1998 as prices for fabrics [...]

Raw New Zealand wool prices have fallen slightly, despite slightly lower supplies of the product. Wools of New Zealand acting chief executive John Grainger noted that average prices for the fiber are about NZ$5 per kilogram in winter 1995-96, compared to about NZ$5.50 in winter 1994-95. He cited weak Chinese demand as the primary reason for the price drop., HANNOVER, Germany - While prices for raw New Zealand wool have dropped slightly, availability of the fiber has also dropped slightly, reported John Grainger, acting chief executive of Wools of [...]

NEW YORK--Lenzing Fibers Corp., the leading producer of rayon staple fiber, is instituting a 5 percent price increase effective Sept. 5, and another 5 percent increase effective Oct. 2. Doug [...]

NEW YORK - LENZING will raise prices for rayon staple fibers from 5 to 7 percent on Aug. 1. This is the first price hike on rayon by Lenzing this [...]

Ametex officials report that printed fabrics are what is giving the firm the profit it needs, and prints priced at $3.99 are mostly responsible for the majority of the print business. Prints have lost sales in the 1990s, but Ametex officials believe that a better selection of printed products will help boost sales. Ametex has also made efforts to give the furniture industry what it needs., NEW YORK--While fabric converters have bemoaned the state of printed goods in the furniture industry, Ametex, a decorative fabric company that is part of the Masco Home Furnishings family, says [...]

Retailers are trying to cope with higher home-textile costs, while home-textile makers are trying to cope with changing market conditions. in the past, when textiles were sold primarily through relatively small, individual accounts, manufacturers would simply inform all their accounts of price increases. But now manufacturers must negotiate price increases with discounters, chains and other large accounts., Coping with higher costs from home textile manufacturers with the least disruption to retail selling prices is what occupies merchants now. This problem is more difficult this time than in [...]

NEW York--Dundee Mills has disclosed its intention to raise prices an average of 5 to 8 percent, effective March 1. its reason for the price hike echoes that of its [...]

The Bibb Co. will follow the lead of other major domestics mills and hike prices 5 to 8 percent at the end of April. Bibb executives said last month that [...]

Price increases in cotton fiber, and lesser increases in synthetic fibers, will probably force higher prices at the retail end. Given the current market demand, which is higher than supply, the price hikes should not reduce sales dramatically. The surge in cotton prices, started by a shortage in China's cotton crop, has increased demand among producers for rayon and polyester, which has driven up their price in turn. Retailers have absorbed much of that rise thus far, but are expecting to raise their own prices for synthetic goods soon., NEW YORK - Executives from fiber suppliers say their chief concern for 1995 is that continued hikes in the costs of raw materials used in the production of certain fibers [...]

Textile suppliers are absorbing increased raw material prices to keep textile prices down, but prices will have to rise during spring 1995. However, suppliers are optimistic that retailers can handle an increase in prices because their sales have risen in 1994. To circumvent the problem, some suppliers are buying advanced supplies of cotton through the futures market. However, the increase in polyester prices cannot be helped., NEW YORK--In spite of tension over imminent price hikes on raw materials, particularly polyester, many vendors foresee a robust spring based on positive retail reaction to an influx of new [...]

Faced with higher costs for raw materials ranging from cotton to corrugated cardboard, major domestics mills have announced another round of price increases. Although vendors faced resistance to increases they [...]

Polyester has increased in price 5% to 7% during May 1994, and textile manufacturers will reluctantly raise their prices too. Carpenter will raise the price of its mattress pads and pillows, and Hollander Home Fashions Corp will most likely do the same. Polyester increased in price twice during 1994, and companies, such as Joan Fabrics, in Tyngsboro, MA, reported that it raised its upholstery prices 2% as a result., NEW YORK--Hit by the second polyester price increase this year, textile manufacturers say they will have to pass along this price hike to their customers. The price increases for polyester [...]

Dundee Mills, a leading bath towerl maker, has reported a price increase in about 5 percent, effective for deliveries beginning July 1. According to Henry Walker, president: 'We have gone [...]

An oversupply and declining demand in tapestry fabrics has led to a price war. Many manufacturers have lowered quality to maintain competitively low prices, while others are turning to new designs to keep sales up. Lower-priced Italian imports are contributing to the price war, but it is expected that once the European economy improves, the Italian manufacturers will turn Europe and export less to the US. The market for tapestries will not completely disappear, as they are a timeless item and will continue to fill a niche., NEW YORK--An abundance of tapestries in recent years has led to fierce competition in the industry as suppliers struggle to maintain sales amid heavy price wars. As in other areas [...]

NEW YORK--Less equals more, or at least that is what DeBall hopes as the company lowers price points in an effort to attract a larger consumer base. 'We have plenty [...]

Hoechst Celanese Textile Fibers Group will place a 5 percent to 8 percent price increase on polyester staple fiber, effective on shipments beginning March 2. The price increase affects polyester [...]

NEW YORK--Several leading print converters have scheduled modest price increases effective immediately or with fall shipments. Others are considering price hikes. The increases, based on escalating printing costs, are in [...]

Rising Upholstery Fabric Tags Seen Mill execs: Prices to increase 5% to 8% at year's end or in early '91 in wake of raw material hikes NEW YORK--Price increases in [...]

Price hikes across the board Mills cite rising costs of materials, labor, energy Citing rising costs of polyester, cotton, labor and energy, domestic home textiles mills will be raising the [...]

Flannel prices rising 3% to 15% in '88 Both domestic and imported flannel resources are raising prices from 3 percent to 15 percent for 1988. Significantly higher cotton prices, combined [...]