Brent Felgner is an award-winning reporter and editor whose experience spans business and daily newspapers, magazines, radio and wire service. He has covered the home textiles industry for HTT for 18 years. en-us http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411.html?nid=3789 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 11, 2009 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/960041896.html?nid=3789 The story used to be, "Take me to your factory," when retailers wanted to bump their U.S. middlemen and go direct to the source, usuall... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/1820041782.html?nid=3789 For years, we’ve been writing about the unique challenges faced by an industry in transition. They’ve often been excessively painful, a... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/650038065.html?nid=3789 Learning Curve It was a rare moment, but Lowe’s didn’t have what I was looking for, so I went to Home Depot again today — fo... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/190037619.html?nid=3789 Sustainability Here’s President-Elect Barack Obama on NBC's Meet The Press this morning: “Well, I think that the Big Th... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/170037217.html?nid=3789 Redefining Black Friday It’s the day after Thanksgiving and retailers from sea to sea opened in the dark this morning as they usually ... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/1030036103.html?nid=3789 Yes we can History — of monumental proportion — was made last night. Now the work begins, and it is daunting. For many in the busine... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/1970028997.html?nid=3789 And the winner Is… All right, are you ready for the answers to this edition of Know Your Retailers? Here we go. Among Wal-Mart, Kmart... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/740028874.html?nid=3789 Let’s play: Know Your Retailers! So you think you know all there is to know about your biggest competitors or customers? Think again. S... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/110023611.html?nid=3789 Linens 'n Things 'n Bears, Oh My As Linens 'n Things readies its quarterly report for release tomorow (March 20), the noise surrounding this com... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/1230023123.html?nid=3789 Part II: Why Icahn Needs WestPoint There’s money to be made with WestPoint International — above-market returns to be scratch... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/1700022970.html?nid=3789 Why Icahn Needs WestPoint (Part I) In late June, 2005, when Carl Icahn emerged from bankruptcy court with the free-and-clear remains of WestP... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/1860013586.html?nid=3789 The Day After By Brent Felgner Bank of America has made an investment in Countrywide Financial, the country’s largest mortgage lender t... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/1980012598.html?nid=3789 Where is LNT headed? Everyone loves a good turnaround story — witness JCPenney and the undying (for that moment, at least) adoration it rec... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/1080011908.html?nid=3789 (Cover Factor: The extent to which the area of a knitted fabric is covered by yarn. Also an indication of the relative tightness of the knitting.) ... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/110000411/post/1030011903.html?nid=3789 (Cover Factor: The extent to which the area of a knitted fabric is covered by yarn. Also an indication of the relative tightness of the knitting.) ...