Cecile B. Corral has been a product editor with Home Textiles Today since late 2000. She covers the area and accent rug, kitchen textiles, table linens, beach towels, decorative bath and decorative pillow categories, as well as some retail subjects. en-us http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413.html?nid=3787 Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use July 18, 2008 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/230029023.html?nid=3787 Over the past few months, many industry contacts have talked about their clandestine efforts to pursue alternative channels to sell their wares. I ... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/660024066.html?nid=3787 When Williams-Sonoma Inc. -- which HTT this year ranked as the 10th largest home textiles retailer in the country -- says it is bracing itself... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/850022885.html?nid=3787 Good news for me (and bad news for my husband): Kohl’s is heading to Miami. During Kohl's fourth quarter and yearend earnings call last w... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1590020759.html?nid=3787 It seems the high-end consumer, the non-working lady of the house with a wallet bedecked in credit cards and a back account replete with ac... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1310019331.html?nid=3787 Despite the tense relations between the U.S. and Iran, carpets and other textile floor coverings are about the only product the U.S. can legally im... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1960018196.html?nid=3787 A quick Christmas shopping store traffic comparison for you I went to Target this past weekend, the first weekend in December. Saturday at 9:30 ... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1430017143.html?nid=3787 It's interesting to see Martha Stewart taking the lead role in Macy's holiday marketing, almost mothering other popular celebrities like Jessica Si... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1850016785.html?nid=3787 What do Paris Hilton, Janet Jackson, American Idol, autism, cancer and Harry Potter have to do with home textiles? Aside from the fact that all ... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1330016333.html?nid=3787 Surprise, surprise. Upon IKEA opening its first doors in the Sunshine State -- last week in Broward County -- South Floridians went bonke... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/200015620.html?nid=3787 This week I learned about the 150th birthday of a small, single-unit department store -- Weaver's -- tucked in the community of Lawrence, Kansas. ... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1200015120.html?nid=3787 Halloween. It's always been a favorite holiday of mine. And now that I have young children, I enjoy it more than ever. My five-year-old daughter h... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/970014697.html?nid=3787 Martha Hacked?! For a brief moment today, somewhere between 3:28 and 3:41 p.m., Martha Stewart was "linked" with Darth Vader, Luke Skywa... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/90014609.html?nid=3787 In researching a recent article about scatter rugs (it appears in HTT's Sept. 17 issue), I heard a lot about price deflation. Nearly every supplier... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1800013980.html?nid=3787 My much-younger and very idealistic brother, who is a junior at the University of Florida, is on a personal crusade to buy and use only "... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1530013153.html?nid=3787 Green...or Garbage - Part 2 More on my eco thoughts...I just returned home from almost a week in New York City for market and was glad to s... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1820012382.html?nid=3787 People appear to be latching on to any small aspect to be able to call a product "green" -- whether if it is because the produc... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/130000413/post/1050011905.html?nid=3787 First, suppliers complained about the changed New York market dates, saying Febraury is too cold, August is too hot. It didn't take them long to...