Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Marks shares news and views from around the home textiles marketplace. en-us http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247.html?nid=3786 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 12, 2009 http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/1440044544.html?nid=3786 Financial news reports on Wednesday were dominated by the U.S. Commerce Department’s morning announcement that retail sales fell back a bit -... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/1020044302.html?nid=3786 Sears/Kmart was the major sponsor of opening night for the 5th annual Design on a Dime benefit this evening in Manhattan. The charity benefiting is... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/180044218.html?nid=3786 Atlantic Monthly correspondent Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, has posted a meditation on evolving consumer habits. ... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/460043446.html?nid=3786 The New Yorker this week has an interesting piece on its Financial Page about the fate of companies that invest in R&D, marketing and acquisiti... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/450043445.html?nid=3786 The New Yorker this week has an interesting piece on its Financial Page about the fate of companies that invest in R&D, marketing and acquisiti... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/20043402.html?nid=3786 Wal-Mart ceo Mike Duke told The Today Show this morning he thinks the recession will change consumer behavior for the long term. Meantime, resea... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/660042866.html?nid=3786 Or is anyone else wondering how the explosion of recycled PET plastic fibers, fills and other products comports with what one would assume is a lar... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/1230041723.html?nid=3786 Remember a few years ago when seemingly everybody had at least one thing in their showrrom that was an interpretation of Shabby Chic? Now it’... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/40041204.html?nid=3786 For what it’s worth… An outfit called Prosper Technologies that builds consumer demand forecasts by analyzing survey data has come ... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/870041087.html?nid=3786 Ad Age has a piece today about how the economy threatens packaged goods brands as retailers turn increasingly to private labels. “Th... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/1040040904.html?nid=3786 It’s easy to tut-tut about the auto execs, bankers, homeowners and others looking for a piece of the bail-out pie. Understand, however, repre... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/270040627.html?nid=3786 I last attended a CES show in 1997 or 1998. CES is the grand-daddy of consumer electronics shows, where each January the brightest gather in Las Ve... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/1840040384.html?nid=3786 Just read an interesting post over at BoingBoing, a group blog I linked over to from one of my regular political blog reads, Andrew Sullivan at The... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/1380040338.html?nid=3786 While the company appears headed for liquidation, the name almost certainly will live on. Somebody is going to buy and license that name. I anticip... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/50040005.html?nid=3786 As this super recession unwinds, I keep thinking about a comment billionaire investor Wilbur Ross made in 2005 to contributing editor Brent Felgner... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/260039826.html?nid=3786 I spent yesterday at the Javits Center, concentrating on the Home Textiles Market area if the New York International Gift Fair. Exhibitors who h... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/1410039341.html?nid=3786 Only another two hours to go as I write this on my final day at the show. I’m going to dash off a few basic impressions, then head... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/760039276.html?nid=3786 The consensus so far holds there are no emerging trends evident on the floor or in the art section, save a slight elevation in color. That doesn&... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/290039229.html?nid=3786 The state of the global economy is Topic No.1, no matter who you talk to at Heimtextil. I ran into a U.S. supplier at mid-day who said: "Eve... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/410023841.html?nid=3786 When CIT Group, one of the industry's largest factors, breifly closed the window on transactions with Linens 'n Things in the opening weeks of 2008... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/520022252.html?nid=3786 Fascinating piece in the Wigan Observer about a project to build a Chinese textiles city in the United Kingdom. Reason: market proximity. The pr... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/860021086.html?nid=3786 Me either. But the Los Angeles Times was on the scene and brought back a report with pictures. And while you're in the market for show pix, chec... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/1570020957.html?nid=3786 The numbers from Heimtextil 2008 have arrived, and they show that the number of visitors climbed to 86,378 -- that's up 554 heads from 2007. My ... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/1790020579.html?nid=3786 After the stock market concluded its wild ride today, hard-charging market commentator and Mad Money host Jim Cramer advised his followers: &q... http://www.hometextilestoday.com/blog/470000247/post/1810020181.html?nid=3786 It's now been a week since Heimtextil's kick-off and five days since I returned home. I've been sorting through various impressions as well as conv...