Home Textiles Today articles from September 2004

Home Textiles Today archives from September 2004

Ailing Saydah sheds more programs: Town and Country acquires key accounts.(Wolverine World Wide Inc. Town and Country)(Cecil Saydah Co.)
September 6, 2004... NEW YORK -- Less than two weeks after Glenoit LLC acquired financially troubled Cecil Saydah's rug division, Saydah has inked a second deal--this time with Town and Country Living--for the sale of some key account programs in kitchen textiles...

White House considers China petition.
September 6, 2004... WASHINGTON -- In a break from common practice, the Bush administration will consider the petition for a China safeguard that is being filed by textiles and apparel trade groups later this month, the Commerce Department confirmed on Sept. 2. ...

Restoration continues textiles push.
September 6, 2004... CORTE MADERA, CALIF. -- With a successful three-year push to increase its home textiles business, Restoration Hardware has increased its fall assortment by about one-third. In 2000, under the aegis of Gary Friedman, then recently named...

Tide turns at Decosit and Textiles d'Interieur Premiere.
September 6, 2004... BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- Although their ranks are shrinking slowly, year by year, American decorative fabrics companies attending Decosit and Textiles d'Interieur Premiere here this week will see the tide turning for American export...

Kmart, Sears finalize deal.(Retail Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... KMART WILL SELL 45 STORES for $524.5 million in cash to Sears, Roebuck and Co., finalizing the exact terms of a deal that was inked in June. The original deal allowed for the sale of up to 54 stores for $621 million in cash. The sale of up...

Target: Mervyn's sale completed.(Retail Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... TARGET CORPORATION has completed the sale of its Mervyn's retail subsidiary to an investment consortium including Sun Capital Partners, Inc., Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., Lubert-Adler and Klaff Partners, L.P, and completed the sale of...

Overstock.com selects Oracle.(Retail Briefs)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... OVERSTOCK.COM is standardizing on Oracle technology as the foundation of its data-management infrastructure in an effort to ensure customers can access the company's Web sites. Following extensive reviews and tests of database software from...

Job fears eroding confidence.(News)
September 6, 2004... NEW YORK -- Weighed down by growing anxiety about a lackluster jobs market, consumer confidence tumbled 7.1 percent during August--heading south after four straight months of solid gains--to a current reading of 98.2 from 105.7 in July, The...

Balta grows up.(News)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... DALTON, GA. -- Balta U.S. is maturing its juvenile Flash collection this fall with about a dozen new designs--in a newly created bright color palette--to attract the tweener, teen and college crowd. Balta U.S., which is the North American...

Chadwick joins HTT.(News)(Home Textiles Today)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Damian Chadwick has joined the staff of Home Textiles Today as design director. He spent the past five years at Metropolis magazine--a publication about design and architecture--where he was associate art director. Chadwick holds a bachelor's...

Claire Murray goes door to door.(News)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... OSTERVILLE, MASS. -- Claire Murray is moving the way of Tupperware and Avon with her recently launched Home Galleries program, comprised of independent consultants nationwide who sell the designer's broad catalog of goods to friends and...

JTex taking linen to the extreme.(News)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... NEW YORK -- Since the explosion of bed-in-a-bag, the market has seen table linens in a bag, bath sets in a bag and dorm sets in a bag. Now, Extreme Linen has created room-in-a-box that goes beyond the standard comforter/sheet set ensemble...

Waites offers bedding line.(News)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... NEW YORK -- Raymond Waites is launching a contemporary bedding collection this fall--Metropolitan Chic--which features polka dots, origami flowers and masculine graphics. The collection will have new packaging, to be featured in an...

Dormisette starts new sourcing arm.(News)(Stellar Sourcing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... NEW YORK -- Dormisette has created an independent arm known as Stellar Sourcing, which will source a diverse range of products the company doesn't currently manufacture at its production facilities. Alen Sands York Associates will maintain...

Penney award goes to Welspun.(News)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... MUMBAI, INDIA -- JCPenney has awarded its "Operational Excellence Award" for 2003 to Welspun India in the terry towels segment. Welspun India has been judged as the best towel vendor globally by JCPenney, which evaluated the company for...

ShopKo promotes White to head merchandising.(News)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... GREEN BAY, WIS. -- ShopKo Stores Inc. has made Paul White senior rice president and chief merchandising officer for the company's 140 store ShopKo division. White assumes responsibility for the merchandising and profitability of all ShopKo...

American Century hires design VP.(News)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... ARCHDALE, N.C. -- Tayo Onadein has joined American Century Home Fabrics as vice president of design, a new position. Onadein, most recently vice president of design at Tietex, earlier had been in the design department at Quaker. He is in...

Pine Cone, Lee team for furniture.(News)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... PITTSFIELD, MASS. -- Pine Cone Hill is broadening its reach again. The company recently debuted its first collection of solid color towels and has also struck a partnership with Lee Industries to produce furniture featuring Pine Cone Hill's...

Saks taps Mustafa, Villa.(Executive News)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... BIRMINGHAM, ALA. -- Saks Incorporated has made two promotions in its Saks Department Store Group (SDSG) Private Brand and Product Development area based in Birmingham, Ala. Harris Mustafa, with nearly 30 years of merchandising, finance, and...

Catalog and Internet outpace retail.(Direct Sales)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... CORTE MADERA, CALIF. -- Illustrating the dramatic growth of its direct sales, Restoration Hardware's retail sales increased just 4.2 percent to $371 million. In contrast, direct sales--including catalog and Internet--while still a small amount,...

Wamsutta Baby to show at ABC.(Product Intros)(Wamsutta-Pacific (New York, New York))
September 6, 2004... FORT MILL, S.C. -- Springs Baby, a business unit of Springs Industries, will feature Wamsutta Baby, its signature collection, at the upcoming ABC Kids Expo. The collection offers designs reflecting the dressmaker details of the adult Wamsutta...

Reworking the classics.(Decosit/TIP)
September 6, 2004... Tymaxx mixes jewel tones and creates a contemporary geometric scroll jacquard design with Luxuriant, polyester/rayon/ cotton. (TIP--Taiwan) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Blumenthal Print Works accents a neutral colorway with a taste of coral...

Sands of time.(Decosit/TIP)
September 6, 2004... Oriental Overseas enhances its sheer silk with jute embroidery in a contemporary design. (TIP--India) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Koolhaas is an architecturally inspired contemporary geometric jacquard, rayon/polyester. (Decosit--USA) ...

Orange poppy.(Decosit/TIP)
September 6, 2004... Aolar from Quaker is a lively contemporary geometric jacquard with a splash of color and texture, polypropylene/polyester. (Decosit--USA) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Taking inspiration from the ancient ikat technique, Sunbury features Ikat...

Soft and sweet.(Decosit/TIP)
September 6, 2004... Jordan from Antecuir makes a contemporary statement with a simple drawing, cotton/polyester/ acrylic/nylon. (Decosit--Spain) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Portfolio takes a classic approach to floral design with Lindcastle, a print on a...

Floral fantasy.(Decosit/TIP)
September 6, 2004... Waverly puts oversized leaves against a background of silhoutted leaves flaming a pineapple in Beverly Glen, a polyester/cotton print. (Decosit--USA) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Waldorf, from the Fruit Salad Collection at Zanav Home, puts a...

Housing cools as summer ends.(Housing Market)
September 6, 2004... WASHINGTON -- Starting to cool off after a run up during the second quarter, the broad housing market turned down in July, with sales of new and existing homes both tapering off, and only housing starts managing a gain. Hardest hit was the...

Rates down, houses go up.(Business Today)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... WASHINGTON -- Lower mortage interest rates helped boost home builders' confidence in the market for new single-family homes during August, according to a monthly canvass compiled by the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo...

Rentals on the rise.(Business Today)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... WASHINGTON -- As consumer demand for apartments rises across the country, multi-family housing developers say they're optimistic the rental market is finally in the midst of a recovery, the National Association of Home Builders reported. ...

Same-store sales slow.(Johnson Redbook Index)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... NEW YORK -- Skewed lower by sputtering sales at the nation's big discounters, same-store retail sales limped ahead 1.3 percent during the fourth and final week of August, growing at roughly half their pace of the first two weeks of the month,...

Back-to-school, not back-to-stores.(Business Today)
September 6, 2004... NEW YORK -- For a second straight month, American retailers reported sharply weakening same-store sales as rising gasoline prices took a big bite out of back-to-school spending and consumers shunned the malls, worried about a worsening jobs...

Wall Street watch: for the week ended September 2, 2004.(Business Today)(Illustration)
September 6, 2004... MARKET SNAPSHOT HTT Stock Index * 2590.72 -0.64% NASDAQ Industrial 1873.43 1.11% Dow Jones Industrials 10290.3 1.15% S&P 500 1118.31 1.2% Greatest Gains during the week ...

A trip through time.(Opinion Today)
September 6, 2004... WHHEN HOME TEXTILES TODAY published its debut edition 25 years ago this month, department stores were the emperors of retailing and the mills decided what they would make and for whom. It goes without saying that times have changed. ...

Market weak?(Opinion Today)
September 6, 2004... WELL, IT'S JUST ABOUT a month before we begin the semi-annual ritual called Market Week. And for this upcoming event, there's more talk than ever about the validity--or even the need--for Market Week. The big guns, many contend, use...

WPS Shanghai office opens.(News)(WestPoint Stevens)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... WEST POINT, GA. -- WestPoint Stevens has moved into its new Shanghai office in the WestGate Mall Building on Nanjing West Road. Currently the company has a staff of six associates, but expects to double this by year's end. "Having a daily...

Where it all began: September, 1979.(25 Years of Textiles News)
September 6, 2004... Home Textiles Today began life as a monthly publication. Much of the photography was black and White--as were nearly all the advertisements in the early issues--and the color reproduction, where it appeared, was heavy on the eye. The debut...

Following fashion forward.(Trends)
September 6, 2004... from the beginning, HTT worked to cover fashion trends as well as the business side of the home textiles industry. It was an era when bedspreads had not completely given, way to comforters, the second most popular color for towels after white...

They played a different game.(25 Who Made a Difference)
September 6, 2004... Every industry has its innovators, risk-takers and starry-eyed dreamers. A reckoning of all the people who have propelled change in the home textiles world could run to book length. Here, however, are 25 who have greatly influenced the...

Top 25 best-selling hardcovers of 1979.(Time Capsule)
September 6, 2004... (total sales) 1. "Aunt Erma's Cope Book" by Erma Bombeck 692,000 2. "The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet" by Herman Tarnower 642,520 3. "How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years" by Howard J. Ruff 450,000 4. "Cruel Shoes"...

Top 25 music singles of 1979.(Time Capsule)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... 1. "My Sharona" Knack 2. "Bad Girls" Donna Summer 3. "Le Freak" Chic 4. "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Rod Stewart 5. "Reunited" Peaches & Herb 6. "I Will Survive" Gloria Gavnor 7. "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer 8. "Y.M.C.A."...

Top 20 grossing movies of 1979.(Time Capsule)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
September 6, 2004... 1. "Kramer vs. Kramer" $106.3 2. "Amityville Horror" $86.4 3. "Star Trek" $82.3 4. "Alien" $78.9 5. "Apocalypse Now" $78.8 6. "The Muppet Movie" $76.7 7. "The...

Top 25 TV shows of the 1979-80 season.(Time Capsule)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... 1.60 Minutes (CBS) 28.4 rating 2. Three's Company (ABC) 26.3 3. That's Incredible (ABC) 25.8 4. Alice (CBS) 25.3 M*A*S*H (CBS) 25.3 6. Dallas (CBS) 25.0 7. Flo (CBS) 24.4 8. The...

The way we thought it would be: a look at predictions made in HTT's 20th anniversary issue & how they panned out.(2020 Visions)
September 6, 2004... Future Shock We Were Onto Something On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, HTT hauled out the crystal ball and created "an issue of the future." Although somewhat tongue-in-cheek, the effort five years later comes across as eerily...

The way we're headed: 25 factors that will influence the future.(28 Factors)
September 6, 2004... Trade Relations To Quota, or Not To Quota When industry experts are asked about next year's quota-flee environment, most say they expect to see an initial period of uncertainty followed by the imposition of safeguards on major textiles...

Editor's notes.(Editorial)
September 6, 2004... More than 600 vendors are getting ready to show their new juvenile products at this month's All Baby and Child Expo in Las Vegas. The energy level going in to this show is so high, it's hard to believe this is only the second annual show. ...

Nursery remodeling, online buying popular with new, expectant moms: study pinpoints where women like to shop and their choices.(By the Numbers)
September 6, 2004... Some good news for the baby products industry comes out of the most recent Baby Products Tracking Study conducted by Pennington, N.J.-based David Burnett & Associates for American Baby magazine. Nearly three-fifths of parents, whether they...

Pulaski to launch juvenile Casa Cristina line.(Licensing)
September 6, 2004... Pulaski, Va. -- Pulaski Furniture is launching its first youth bedroom collection at this fall's market, part of its new Casa Cristina licensed collection. Inspired by Latin talk show host Cristina Saralegui, Casa Cristina also includes dining,...

Amy Coe to expand brand.(Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... New York -- Juvenile bedding designer Amy Coe has formed a partnership with licensing agency Ripe Ideas to expand her brand into a variety of new categories. Coe, who designs both her Amy Coe Signature Collection as well as a collection...

Rooms to go, Disney sign deal.(Licensing)
September 6, 2004... Seffner, Fla. -- The Disney princesses and more are coming to Rooms To Go Kids. The nation's largest furniture store chain announced its entry into licensed furniture lines with plans to roll out a Disney youth bedroom line for its 20 Kids...

Springs to make Barbie bedding, bath: agreement with Mattel includes other popular youth properties.(Licensing)
September 6, 2004... Fort Mill, S.C. -- Springs Inds. has landed the license to produce Barbie bedding, bath and fabric in a deal with Mattel that also includes rights to Hot Wheels, My Scene, Polly Pocket and Matchbox properties. Dan River previously held the...

Creative Images plans to license art designs.(Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... St. Augustine, Fla. -- Juvenile wall art manufacturer Creative Images has entered the licensing arena, with plans to license up to 120 of its original art designs for categories including textiles, toys, gifts, wallcoverings and rugs. The...

Scene Weaver licenses Crayola, 'Humphrey's Corner'.(Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Columbia, S.C. -- Textile manufacturer Scene Weaver, which entered the juvenile market earlier this year, has landed licenses to produce textile accents for both Crayola and Humphrey's Corner. Under license from Binney & Smith, Scene Weaver...

Company debuts Rightsell tableware.(Licensing)(Kelly Rightsell)(Present Tense Home Artistry)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Sterling, Va. -- Present Tense Home Artistry, maker of hand-painted pottery, has unveiled its first collection by artist Kelly Rightsell, a line of children's tableware. The Holiday Kids collection was shown at the Atlanta International...

Springs shows Baby Looney Tunes.(Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Springs Baby is debuting Patchwork, a new Baby Looney Tunes infant bedding design under license from Warner Bros., at this month's ABC Expo. The design features shades of dark blue, goldenrod and cream. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Gund plans expansion of licensed products.(Licensing)
September 6, 2004... Edison, N.J. -- As the first non-family president in plush manufacturer Gund's 100-plus year history, Jim Madonna plans to continue building on the company's name and expand into new branding and licensing ventures, including a new Gund Kids to...

Fun Rugs brings new licensed line to ABC Expo.(Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Costa Mesa, Calif. -- Juvenile rug manufacturer Fun Rugs is making a new line of rugs featuring the David & Goliath characters, under license from King Features. The rugs, aimed at teens and tweens, will make their debut at the All Baby and...

Body-care company to make kids' line featuring 'Guess How Much I Love You'.(Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Charlottesville, Va. -- DGMS Inc. has signed a deal to produce a line of "Guess How Much I Love You" body-care products under an agreement with RJM Licensing. The characters, text and artwork from the storybook will appear on body-care...

CopCorp to license 'Dear Dumb Diary' property: agency targets tween-oriented items toward stores that carry book series.(Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... New York -- CopCorp Licensing will run the licensing program for "Dear Dumb Diary," the first title in author and cartoonist Jim Benton's latest book series. "Dear Dumb Diary, Let's Pretend This Never Happened" is the debut book in the...

Sony hires Irving to lead domestic sales.(People in Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Culver City, Calif. -- Can dace Irving has been named director of domestic sales for Sony Pictures Consumer Products. She will report to Juli Boylan, senior vice president of domestic sales and retail development. "Candace is well-known in...

Regan new executive at Sesame Workshop.(People in Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... New York, NY -- Debra Regan has joined Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization, as director of international marketing, global consumer products and international TV distribution. Regan will be responsible for developing...

Soderberg receives promotion at Sony.(People in Licensing)
September 6, 2004... Culver City Calif. -- Yvonne Yvonne Soderberg has been promoted to executive director of marketing for Sony Pictures Consumer Products. Previously, she was director of marketing for Sony Pictures Consumer Products. Soderberg will continue to...

Lemmey joins HIT Entertainment.(People in Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... New York, NY -- Jean Lemmey has been appointed director of retail development, promotions and broadcast relations for HIT Entertainment. Lemmey brings more than 13 years' experience in brand, licensing, promotions and retail development for...

Karen Neuburger fills 4 marketing positions.(People in Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... San Rafael, Calif. -- Karen Neuburger has filled four positions in its expanding marketing department. Lisa Bazinet was named marketing communications manager, Jenna Lowe is the company's new special events planner, Tracey Trumbo is the...

Goldstein to lead sales at Wildflower Group.(People in Licensing)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... New York -- The Wildflower Group has named licensing industry executive Elyce Goldstein director of sales. Goldstein will report directly, to the agency's principals, Michael Carlisle and Fred R. Paprin. In her new capacity as director of...

Olive Kids to produce own crib bedding line.(Licensing)
September 6, 2004... Las Vegas -- Olive Kids is launching a new line of crib bedding at the All Baby and Child Expo here this month, dubbed Olive Kids Baby, or O.K., Baby. The first group from the collection, which is sourced directly by Olive Kids, is Country...

Toys 'R' Us to spin off Babies business.(News Watch)
September 6, 2004... Wayne, N.J. -- Children's toy retailer Toys 'R' Us said last month it intends to separate its Babies 'R' Us and Toys 'R' Us businesses, and it is evaluating options to sell the toy business. John Eyler, chairman and CEO of the company, said the...

Kids Today names Merritte managing editor.(News Watch)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Greensboro, N.C. -- Kids Today has named Tanya K. Merritte its new managing editor. In her new role, Merritte is responsible for editing, headline writing and page layout for the monthly publication, a popular supplement to Furniture/Today,...

Investors back company's expansion.(News Watch)
September 6, 2004... Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- An investment group here is hoping to contribute to the success of a Vietnamese-owned toy maker expanding into children's furniture. In June, Mekong Capital's Mekong Enterprise Fund invested $900,000 in Nam Hoa...

GiftGiant to distribute Annie & Moe.(News Watch)
September 6, 2004... Deer Park, N.Y. -- GiftGiant, a specialist in personalized gifts, has teamed up with juvenile room decor company Annie & Moe to source and distribute Annie & Moe's designs. The company will be at this month's All Baby and Child Expo in Las...

Susan Turner debuts pre-designed collection.(News Watch)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Marshallville, Ga. -- High-end custom textile designer Susan Turner has launched the Fable Collection, a group of pre-designed crib linens with a lower price point and faster delivery time than Turner's custom collection. Each three-piece...

Quantum to market Relax-R.(News Watch)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... New York -- Quantum Furniture, a marketer of imported leather chairs and sofas, has acquired the worldwide rights to market Relax-R glider rockers. Relax-R products will continue to be manufactured at the Myca Inc. plant in Saint Honore,...

Textile group creates bedding committee.(News Watch)
September 6, 2004... Boston -- The National Textile Assn. has named Dan River Inc., Springs Inds. and WestPoint Stevens to a new committee for top-of-the-bed product manufacturers. Linwood Wright of Dan River is chairman of the Textile Bedding Committee, which...

Delta Enterprise moves to Manhattan.(News Watch)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... New York -- Juvenile furniture manufacturer Delta Enterprise has relocated to Manhattan from Brooklyn, N.Y. Company officials say the move was a response to Delta Enterprise's recent growth in the licensing market. "In a year that was...

Shabby Chic nursery debuts.(News Watch)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... New York -- Rachel Ashwell's new Shabby Chic nursery collection is set to hit retail this month and includes baby bedding, nursery furniture and accessories. Ashwell said that baby is a natural growth for the brand, as it completes the...

Palliser makes changes in its youth division.(People around the industry)(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Palliser Furniture has made two management changes in its youth category. Werner Disselkamp has been appointed sales manager for Canada and key accounts, and David Brady has been named merchandise manager of youth products. Disselkamp has...

CMI appoints four to management jobs.(People around the industry)
September 6, 2004... Pawtucket, R.I. -- CMI (Colonial Mills Inc.) has appointed four people to management positions. Donald R. Minchello Jr and Federico E. Read have been named materials manager and production mangers, respectively. William R. Turgeon is the new...

Gund names Rossi vice president of sales.(People around the industry)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Edison, N.J. -- Gund has named Russ Rossi vice president of sales. Rossi, who brings more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience in the toy and giftware industries, will report to Jim Madonna, president of Gund. "I'm pleased to...

Gilfoyle promoted at Universal Shows.(People around the industry)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... San Francisco -- David Gilfoyle has been promoted to national sales manager by Universal Shows and Western Exhibitors. He was most recently show manager for the Portland Gift and Accessories Show and will continue to oversee that event. ...

Alex hires sales chief, merchandising director.(People around the industry)(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Northvale, N.J. -- Educational toy manufacturer Alex has named Alex Polner director of visual merchandising and Gordon Haas sales manager. Polner, a visual consultant and designer for exhibits, has worked for clients including Hasbro Inc....

Stier named director of leasing at L.A. Mart.(People around the industry)(appointment)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... Los Angeles -- Tracy L. Stier has been named director of leasing at the L.A. Mart. Stier will report to Gerry Seibel, vice president and general manager of the L.A. Mart. "We're so excited to welcome Tracy to our leasing team," Seibel...

Applause CEO Robert Solomon dead at 50.(People around the industry)(Chief executive officers)(Obituary)
September 6, 2004... Woodland Hills, Calif. -- Robert G. Solomon, chairman and chief executive officer of plush toy manufacturer Applause, was found dead in his home last month. The Los Angeles Police Department determined the case was a suicide caused by a gunshot...

P.J. Kids opens textile showroom in N.Y.(News Watch)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... New York -- P.J. Kids is opening a new textile showroom at 230 Fifth Ave. at the site of its former furniture and toy showroom. The new showroom, which will be open during the fall New York Textiles Market, will showcase the P.J. Kids...

Ikea plans to build another Calif. store.(News Watch)(California)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2004... West Sacramento, Calif. -- Home furnishings retailer Ikea plans to build a store here with construction starting this year and an anticipated opening in fall 2005. The store, on a 20-acre site in West Sacramento, is the latest Ikea planned...

Berg Furniture--where function meets fashion.
September 6, 2004... To design truly great youth furniture, you've got to he able to think like a kid. Dozens of children were turned loose at the High Point showroom and gave Berg Furniture "two thumbs up" for doing just that[ At this spring's High Point market,...