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Subject to its Terms of Use (http://www.hometextilestoday.com/info/terms-and-conditions.php) http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563379-Ullman_Private_labels_and_promotions_back_in_the_spotlight_at_JCPenney.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563379-Ullman_Private_labels_and_promotions_back_in_the_spotlight_at_JCPenney.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:53:08 GMT Plano, Texas - Five weeks after returning to the helm, JCPenney ceo Mike Ullman said the... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563378-Penney_home_remodel_has_new_opening_date_more_hard_goods.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563378-Penney_home_remodel_has_new_opening_date_more_hard_goods.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:50:35 GMT Plano, Texas - When the new vision for a JCPenney home department anchored by a Martha Stewart... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563377-Bloomingdale_s_heads_for_the_Aloha_State.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563377-Bloomingdale_s_heads_for_the_Aloha_State.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:48:12 GMT New York - Bloomingdale's will open its first Hawaiian store in Honolulu in late... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563376-Mason_files_discrimination_suit_against_Tuesday_Morning.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563376-Mason_files_discrimination_suit_against_Tuesday_Morning.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:46:44 GMT Dallas - Former Tuesday Morning ceo Kathleen Mason has filed a discrimination lawsuit against... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563375-Cotton_price_86_cents.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563375-Cotton_price_86_cents.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:45:23 GMT New York - Yesterday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for July contracts was 86 cents.... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563340-JCP_net_loss_widened_in_Q1_comps_down_16_6_.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563340-JCP_net_loss_widened_in_Q1_comps_down_16_6_.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 16 May 2013 20:48:50 GMT Plano, Texas - JCPenney's first quarter net loss swung to $348 million compared to a net loss of... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563325-Study_JCP_shoppers_keen_on_Macy_s.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563325-Study_JCP_shoppers_keen_on_Macy_s.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 16 May 2013 15:55:04 GMT Seattle - A recent Placed survey of first quarter shopping behavior found shoppers who visited a... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563324-Walmart_closes_out_difficult_quarter.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563324-Walmart_closes_out_difficult_quarter.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 16 May 2013 15:51:27 GMT Bentonville, Ark. - Walmart cited unseasonably cool weather and delayed tax refunds for its... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563323-Kohl_s_profit_dips_in_Q1.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563323-Kohl_s_profit_dips_in_Q1.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 16 May 2013 15:50:14 GMT Menomenee Falls, Wis. - Although all lines of business at Kohl's experienced sales declines... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563321-Dillard_s_logs_strong_Q1_profit.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563321-Dillard_s_logs_strong_Q1_profit.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 16 May 2013 15:48:37 GMT Little Rock, Ark. - Dillard's department stores produced record first quarter earnings thanks to... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563320-Cotton_price_86_cents.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563320-Cotton_price_86_cents.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 16 May 2013 15:47:11 GMT New York - Yesterday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for July contracts was 86 cents.... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563265-Alok_Plans_to_Open_Mill_in_the_U_S_.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563265-Alok_Plans_to_Open_Mill_in_the_U_S_.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 16 May 2013 07:16:44 GMT DALLAS - More than a decade after the last major home textiles mill closed in the United States... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563248-Macy_s_posts_strong_Q1_home_textiles_a_winner.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563248-Macy_s_posts_strong_Q1_home_textiles_a_winner.php?rssid=20964 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:15:07 GMT Cincinnati - Home textiles was again singled out as among Macy's strongest merchandise category... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563247-Gordmans_names_senior_vp_for_planning_allocation.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563247-Gordmans_names_senior_vp_for_planning_allocation.php?rssid=20964 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:13:36 GMT Omaha, Neb. - Apparel and home décor retailer Gordmans has hired Geoffrey Ayoub senior vp of... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563246-HSNi_announces_promotions.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563246-HSNi_announces_promotions.php?rssid=20964 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:11:18 GMT St. Petersburg, Fla. - Multi-channel retailer HSNi, parent of HSN and the Cornerstone brands,... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563245-Umbra_readies_Shanghai_flagship_store.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563245-Umbra_readies_Shanghai_flagship_store.php?rssid=20964 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:09:47 GMT Toronto - Seven years after Umbra unveiled its first flagship store here, the housewares brand... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563244-AmericasMart_revs_for_July_Markets.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563244-AmericasMart_revs_for_July_Markets.php?rssid=20964 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:05:34 GMT Atlanta - Showroom hub The Atlanta AmericasMart is gearing up its July shows, the International... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563243-Cotton_price_87_cents.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563243-Cotton_price_87_cents.php?rssid=20964 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:04:01 GMT New York - Yesterday's end-of-day price on Cotton #2 futures for July contracts was 87 cents.... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563171-Comps_heat_up_as_May_kicks_off.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563171-Comps_heat_up_as_May_kicks_off.php?rssid=20964 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:07:57 GMT New York - Warmer springtime weather breezed in as May got started, taking comps up 2.8% in the... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563169-Bon_Ton_sees_Q1_sales_uptick.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563169-Bon_Ton_sees_Q1_sales_uptick.php?rssid=20964 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:06:38 GMT York, Pa. - The Bon-Ton Stores' first quarter sales rose 1.0% to $646.9 million, with comps up... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563168-Burlington_Coat_rings_up_over_1M_in_Q1_sales.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563168-Burlington_Coat_rings_up_over_1M_in_Q1_sales.php?rssid=20964 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:05:19 GMT Burlington, N.J. - Burlington Coat Factory's first quarter sales climbed 8.4% to $1.065 million,... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563167-Protect_A_Bed_sweepstakes_asks_Who_Snores_More_.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563167-Protect_A_Bed_sweepstakes_asks_Who_Snores_More_.php?rssid=20964 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:03:57 GMT Chicago - Bedding encasements manufacturer Protect-A-Bed has launched a sweepstakes offering... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563166-Kravet_to_open_Las_Vegas_Design_Center_showroom.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563166-Kravet_to_open_Las_Vegas_Design_Center_showroom.php?rssid=20964 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:02:19 GMT Las Vegas - Kravet, a distributor of fabrics, furniture, wall coverings, trimmings, carpets and... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563165-Former_home_textiles_exec_joins_Newport_Board_Group.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563165-Former_home_textiles_exec_joins_Newport_Board_Group.php?rssid=20964 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:37 GMT New York - Jack Toolan has become a partner in the Newport Board Group, a national professional... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563164-NRF_Import_volume_to_slow_down_this_summer_.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563164-NRF_Import_volume_to_slow_down_this_summer_.php?rssid=20964 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:57:41 GMT Washington D.C. - While import volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563163-Cotton_price_86_cents.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563163-Cotton_price_86_cents.php?rssid=20964 Tue, 14 May 2013 15:55:22 GMT New York - Yesterday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for July contracts was 86 cents.... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563137-NRF_Retail_sales_inched_up_in_April_home_stores_sales_flat.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563137-NRF_Retail_sales_inched_up_in_April_home_stores_sales_flat.php?rssid=20964 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:04:01 GMT Washington D.C. - Improved employment data, better housing prices, and a record-breaking stock... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563136-comScore_Ecommerce_up_13_in_Q1.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563136-comScore_Ecommerce_up_13_in_Q1.php?rssid=20964 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:02:38 GMT Reston, Va. - Consumers' online retail spending in the first quarter climbed 13% to $50.2... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563135-Target_to_launch_summer_collection_drawn_from_DC_Comics_archives.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563135-Target_to_launch_summer_collection_drawn_from_DC_Comics_archives.php?rssid=20964 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:01:29 GMT Minneapolis - Target has teamed with Warner Bros. Consumer Products on a broad summer collection... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563134-Suntex_signs_with_Sharon_Sacks_for_new_collection.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563134-Suntex_signs_with_Sharon_Sacks_for_new_collection.php?rssid=20964 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:00:03 GMT Los Angeles - Suntex Designs has a license with Sharon Sacks, international celebrity event... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563133-Universal_Home_Fashions_expands_team.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563133-Universal_Home_Fashions_expands_team.php?rssid=20964 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:58:20 GMT New York - Universal Home Fashions announced the return of Kaitlin O'Leary to the company as... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563132-Valdese_makes_new_appointments_for_the_cotnract_business.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563132-Valdese_makes_new_appointments_for_the_cotnract_business.php?rssid=20964 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:55:12 GMT Valdese, NC - Valdese Weavers had added new personnel for the Valdese Weavers Contract brand:... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563131-Surtex_to_offer_sessions_on_retailer_and_color_trends.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563131-Surtex_to_offer_sessions_on_retailer_and_color_trends.php?rssid=20964 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:53:22 GMT White Plains, NY - Next week's Surtex surface design show at the Javits Center in New York will... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563130-LIMA_plans_webinar_on_cultural_cues.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563130-LIMA_plans_webinar_on_cultural_cues.php?rssid=20964 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:51:46 GMT New York - The Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association will hold a webinar on the subject... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563129-Cotton_price_86_cents.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563129-Cotton_price_86_cents.php?rssid=20964 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:48:39 GMT New York - Friday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for July contracts was 86 cents. The... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563109-Alok_to_establish_U_S_spinning_mill.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563109-Alok_to_establish_U_S_spinning_mill.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:09:28 GMT Dallas - More than a decade after the last major home textiles mill closed in the United States... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563108-Restoration_Hardware_raises_Q1_guidance.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563108-Restoration_Hardware_raises_Q1_guidance.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:05:14 GMT Corte Madera, Calif. - Encouraged by is strong performance lately, Restoration Hardware Holdings... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563107-Sunbrella_Lonny_magazine_partner_for_Web_based_home_makeover_series.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563107-Sunbrella_Lonny_magazine_partner_for_Web_based_home_makeover_series.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:03:38 GMT Glen Raven, N.C. - Sunbrella and Lonny magazine recently launched a new Web-based video home... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563106-Brentano_broadens_eco_friendly_polyurethane_textiles_with_new_additions.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563106-Brentano_broadens_eco_friendly_polyurethane_textiles_with_new_additions.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:01:42 GMT Wheeling, Ill. - Expanding on its growing offering of leather and vinyl alternative products,... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563105-Ex_Macy_s_exec_Kronick_steps_into_new_role.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563105-Ex_Macy_s_exec_Kronick_steps_into_new_role.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 10 May 2013 16:59:53 GMT Miami - Former Macy's Inc. vice chairwoman Sue Kronick has been elected the president of the... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563104-Surtex_set_for_May_19_21_in_NYC.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563104-Surtex_set_for_May_19_21_in_NYC.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 10 May 2013 16:57:59 GMT White Plains, N.Y. - Art and design industry trade show Surtex is coming to New York City this... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563102-Feizy_Rugs_to_Exhibit_at_HD_Expo.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563102-Feizy_Rugs_to_Exhibit_at_HD_Expo.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 10 May 2013 16:54:29 GMT Dallas - Feizy Rugs has decided to exhibit at the upcoming Hospitality Design Expo in Las... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563101-Correction_Newell_Rubbermaid_still_in_the_window_business.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563101-Correction_Newell_Rubbermaid_still_in_the_window_business.php?rssid=20964 Fri, 10 May 2013 16:45:04 GMT An item in the May 8 edition of HTT Extra erroneously reported that Newell Rubbermaid is exiting... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563079-A_slow_start_but_April_comps_flowered.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563079-A_slow_start_but_April_comps_flowered.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:46:35 GMT New York - Despite unseasonably cold weather and the delay of brighter springtime temperatures,... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563078-Alco_Q1_sales_make_modest_gain.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563078-Alco_Q1_sales_make_modest_gain.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:45:19 GMT Abilene, Kan. - Alco Stores said first quarter sales, excluding fuel, rose 0.9% with positive... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563077-Missoni_patriarch_dies_at_92.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563077-Missoni_patriarch_dies_at_92.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:41:21 GMT Sumirago, Italy - Oattavio Missoni, founder of the eponymous fashion house, died here earlier... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563076-Cotton_price_86_cents.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563076-Cotton_price_86_cents.php?rssid=20964 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:39:30 GMT New York - Yesterday's end of day price on Cotton #2 futures for May contracts was 86 cents. The... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563052-Stein_Mart_happy_with_home.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563052-Stein_Mart_happy_with_home.php?rssid=20964 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:07:42 GMT Jacksonville, Fla. - Soft home turned in a strong performance at Stein Mart during the first... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563051-JCP_says_home_department_redo_impacted_Q1_sales.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563051-JCP_says_home_department_redo_impacted_Q1_sales.php?rssid=20964 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:06:10 GMT Plano, Texas - JCPenney announced its first quarter sales fell 16.4% to $2.635 billion, with... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563050-Bon_Ton_to_close_Wisconsin_Rapids_unit_in_July.php?rssid=20964 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/563050-Bon_Ton_to_close_Wisconsin_Rapids_unit_in_July.php?rssid=20964 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:03:19 GMT York, Pa. - The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. will close its Younkers store in the Rapids Mall in...