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HTT Sleep Accessories: Add-on Sales Opportunities , Here’s the set up: Consumers are sitting on their wallets. The housing market is lackluster. Unemployment is high. And, in our sector of the economy, mattress sales have been plummeting. What’s a smart retailer to do? Easy. Sell more sleep accessories.
Home Textiles Today Facts: Top of Bed 2010 , This report provides 2009 and 2008 retail sales figures for the entire top-of-bed market, as well as individual category sales, including comforter sets/bedding sets, comforters, bedspreads/coverlets, duvet covers and quilts, for both years. The report also provides an analysis of where top-of-bed linens, as a whole, were sold in 2009 and 2008, as well as how the distribution channels changed between 2008 and 2009.
Home Textiles Today Facts: Table and kitchen linens , The report provides 2009 and 2008 retail sales figures for the entire table and kitchen linens market, as well as individual category sales, including placemats, tablecloths, napkins, runners, napkin rings, kitchen towels, potholders, dishcloths, chair pads and aprons, for both years. The report also provides an analysis of where table and kitchen linens, as a whole, were sold in 2009 and 2008, as well as how the distribution channels changed between 2009 and 2008.
Home Textiles Today 2010 Business Annual
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This year’s report, a compilation of reports previously published by HTT throughout 2009, contains the Top 50 Home Textiles Retailers, the Top 15 Home Textiles Manufacturers, and the Top 5 Manufacturers by Product Category (for 17 different products). In addition there are seven product category reports including top of bed, bath, utility bedding, sheets, kitchen textiles, area rugs and window treatments. An industry calendar through September is included on two of the final pages.
Home Textiles Today Supplier Giants 2009
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The Great Recession and the Linens 'N Things liquidation dealt a double whammy to the home textiles industry in 2009, driving sales down for many top suppliers. Among Home Textiles Today's Top 15 Suppliers overall, two-thirds posted sales declines for the year.
Home Textiles Today Facts: Area Rugs
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The latest update in Home Textiles Today's series on the area rug market provides a look at where area and accents rugs were sold in 2009 and how the distribution channels changed from 2008. While total 2009 retail sales for area rugs decreased 18.5% from 2008, the channels performing the best were discount department stores, including Wal-Mart, Target and Kmart, and mid-priced chains, including JCPenney, Kohl's, Meijer and Sears.
2009 Home Textiles Today Top 50 Home Textile Retailers
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Home Textiles Today’s exclusive survey of the Top 50 home textiles retailers ranks the top U. S. retailers by sales of 2008 home textiles. All home textiles categories, bed, bath, kitchen, table linen and window coverings, including alternative window coverings, custom decorating and accessories that are generally sold with textile items, are included in the sales estimates.
Home Textiles Today The Facts: Window Treatments
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The exclusive distribution channel report provides 2008 and 2007 retail sales figures for the entire window treatments market.
Home Textiles Today Suppliers: Things are Looking Up
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The supplier side of the industry generally is still reeling – as most business segments are – from the most precipitous recession any have seen. However, as a group more are predicting a better second half of 2009 than first for business.
Home Textiles Today Facts: Bath and Bath Accessories
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The exclusive distribution channel report provides 2008 and 2007 retail sales figures for the entire bath linens and bath accessories market, as well as individual category sales, including bath towels, bath/scatter rugs, shower curtains, bath accessories and tank sets, for both years.
Home Textiles Today Facts: Sheets & Pillowcases
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The report provides 2008 and 2007 retail sales figures for the sheets and pillowcases market. The report also provides an analysis of where sheets and pillowcases, together, were sold in 2008 and 2007, as well as how the distribution channels changed between 2007 and 2008.
Home Textiles Today Facts: Utility Bedding
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The report provides 2008 and 2007 retail sales figures for the entire utility bedding market, as well as individual category sales, including blankets, mattress pads, sleep pillows and throws, for both years. The report also provides an analysis of where utility bedding, as a whole, were sold in 2008 and 2007.
Home Textiles Today Annual Market Basket Report - Bed & Bath
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In this 5-page report, Home Textiles Today editors take a first-hand look at spring bed and bath merchandise on store shelves. The stores of Bed Bath & Beyond, Big Lots, Family Dollar, JCPenney, Kmart, Kohl's, Macy's, Marshalls, Target and Wal-Mart, all in the metro New York and Miami markets, were visited between February 17 and 24.
Home Textiles Today 2007 Supplier Giants
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Report features Top 5 and the Top 15 Supplier Giants for 2007.
Home Textiles Today Soft Window Sales & Distribution 2006
Home Textiles Today Rug Sales & Distribution 2006 , Retail sales volumes in 2006 by channel of distribution and product type.
Home Textiles Today Kitchen & Table Linens Sales & Distribution 2006
Home Textiles Today Bedding Sales & Distribution 2006
Home Textiles Today Bath Sales & Distribution 2006
2005 Home Textiles Today Top 50 Home Textile Retailers , The name says it all: 2005 Home Textiles Today Top 50 Home Textile Retailers.
Area Rugs , Furniture Today market research worked with Easy Analytic Software Inc. (EASI) to develop sales estimates and projections for individual products for 2009 and projections for 2014 for each of 939 Core Based Statistical Areas and each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Casual Living's 2007 Fabric Survey & Showcase , The best-selling fabric patterns and colors for outdoor seating; both sling and cushion seating.
Leather Consumer Buying Trends - Leather , Data originates from the responses of 31,505 households to a survey conducted in December 2002 and January 2003.
Home Accents Today's 2005 Consumer Buying Trends Report , This survey presents a comprehensive look at the demographics of American households that are shopping for and purchasing home accents.
Furniture Today's 2004 Consumer Buying Trends Survey - Upholstery , National Family Opinion polled 50,000 households to find out about home furnishings shopping and purchasing patterns in 2002 and buying plans for 2003.
The American Chameleon , The 40-page report details the population growth and geographic shifts among Black, Asian and Hispanic populations.
Kids Textile Titans , Lists 20 leading kids textile producers with sales information.
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Home Textiles Today 2010 Business Annual
This year’s report, a compilation of reports previously published by HTT throughout 2009, contains the Top 50 Home Textiles Retailers, the Top 15 Home Textiles Manufacturers, and the Top 5 Manufacturers by Product Category (for 17 different products). In addition there are seven product category reports including top of bed, bath, utility bedding, sheets, kitchen textiles, area rugs and window treatments. An industry calendar through September is included on two of the final pages.
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Furniture Store Performance Report 2008
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Furniture Today Retail Planning Guide 2010
Furniture Today's Retail Planning Guide 2010 includes our analyses of the year that was 2009 and our outlook for 2010.
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