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NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart continued to lead the home textiles retail sales derby in 2004, picking up $310 million, bringing its total to $3.36 billion, up 10.2 percent from 2003. [...]

High Point, N.C. -- Large scale designs, stripes, lots of silks including a plethora of embroideries, a new palette including chocolate browns and shades of purple are among the major [...]

NEW YORK -- An expansion of the movement embracing the '50s, '60s and '70s design heritage will propel contemporary into new interpretations in decorative fabrics. At Showtime in High Point, [...]

NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart has become the first $3 billion retailer in the home textiles world with sales of $3.05 billion in 2003. Interestingly, Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart barely increased its [...]

A report on the plans of Federated Department Stores, to make upto 70% of changes in their home furnishings business under the name of Macy's Home Store banner, to alter several years of slump in the sales of home products is presented. The addition of 'Macy's' to the five non-Bloomingdale divisions of Federated, to bring about a more central buying and merchandising approach and their other strategies to increase sales are also detailed.

The Spiegel catalog, New York has changed from just being a department store in print to a catalog with distinct life style, themes for different business and boutique. The catalog plans to use extensive advertisement including television to promote its new look.

PARIS -- It was a contradiction in color at Maison & Objet here last month. On one hand lots of color, especially in the red to orange family in fabrics [...]

PARIS -- Maison et Objet earlier this month was a home furnishings show full of color, spirit and mixes of fabrics--more so than most home shows in the last year. [...]

NEW YORK -- Specialty stores continued gaining market share in home textiles during 2002, with an increase of two percentage points in share of the Top 50. The retailers moved [...]

HIGH POINT, NC -- The exotic influences of Asia, India and Morocco will be the major influences on design and color for the coming year. They won't be typical motifs, [...]

The top twenty-five furniture retailers in the United States increased their market share to 26.9% in 2001, compared to 26.1% in 2000. The leading retailers also posted a 2.5% increase in yearly sales to $17.2 billion. The retailers include discount stores, home furnishing stores, and membership warehouse stores.

Furniture retailer Wal-Mart continues to hold the first place on the Top 25 list of 2004 bedding and furniture retailers, Rooms To Go is in second place. The complete details of Top 25 furniture companies are also presented.

The features of new design furniture displayed at two concurrent shows I Salone and ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) held in New York are discussed.

NEW YORK -- In moves that reflect the rapidly changing way the home textiles business is being done, American decorative fabrics producers--both mills and converters--are adopting new strategies to survive [...]

A 10.9% sales surge enabled Wal-Mart to hold on to No 1 spot easily in a market that grew 6.8% to $19 billion. Rooms To Go retained the second place in the top 25 retailers, helped by a 6.2% increase in sales. Ashley Furniture Home Stores was the highest new entry into the Top 25, where it was ranked at No 17.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. -- Sears is putting its home textiles muscle behind Color-mate, its standard bearer for years, but with a new casual approach; and Whole Home, the centerpiece for [...]

HIGH POINT, NC -- Think pink. That's the message from many decorative fabrics designers, who see the gamut of pinks from blush to geranium as the key color influence for [...]

The Salone Internazionale del Milan furniture exhibition featured reinterpreted leather, metal, and lacquer furniture lines. The April 2003 show emphasized colorful retro?furniture fashions.

Carole Sloan, Founding Editor-in-chief Things are definitely looking up - and that's the right direction. After a whirlwind tour through last week's High Point Market in North Carolina, 'looking up' [...]

By Carole Sloan High Point, N.C. -Home textiles exhibitors at the High Point Market here last week reported a significant uptick in retailers' attitudes and some order writing - a [...]

Carole Sloan Founding Editor-in-chief Looking back over this month's home fashions market, a consensus evaluation was that it rated a B or B+ in attitude, but still a C or [...]

By Carole Sloan New York - Big Lots customers want quality products and name brands - but with an attendant quotient of value and price. With these objectives in mind, [...]

By Carole Sloan New York - Ellery Homestyles' licensed programs have been refreshed for the season. During the recent market, 'it's not your grandmother's Waverly,' explained Chip Scala, president of [...]

By Carole Sloan At the New York Market -- Greenwich, a new solid color towel in 24 colors, is a major product entry for fall at Lauren Ralph Lauren Home. [...]

Carole Sloan, Founding Editor-in-Chief Looking back, it seems that many markets of recent vintage have had unofficial themes. We've had 'partnerships' as a market buzzword -- and look what happened [...]

By Carole Sloan New York--Gen Y is different. And Loftex set out to find out how different in a narrow business category: beach towels. 'We started in beach towels five [...]

By Carole Sloan New York - Everything Springs Global's branded division does from this point will focus on international expansion. Europe and the Middle East are important, with the signing [...]

By Carole Sloan New Division of Sun-Yin USA Readies Debut of Lenox Bedding City of Industry, Calif. - Suntex Designs, the new decorative bedding, table linens and bath division of [...]

By Carole Sloan Garfield, N.J.--Wearbest Sil-tex Mills here has launched a series of new design and product initiatives to create new opportunities in both the residential and contract segments of [...]

By Carole Sloan International Push Just One initiative Among Many Edison, N.J.--Sferra has developed a corporate strategy designed to move beyond its traditional domestic specialty store business with an ambitious [...]

By Carole Sloan New York-- Most apprehensions about the business outlook for the balance of the year and forward have been tempered as the results of the New York International [...]

Carole Sloan, Founding Editor-in-Chief There seems to be a new wave of thinking in many sectors of retailing today. The economy obviously played a considerable role in this new thinking [...]

By Carole Sloan New York and Las Vegas - Expectations are fairly strong for the New York International Gift Fair, and slightly less so for the World Market Center show [...]