Concord Tests Prices, Big Line
New York - Concord Home's new 74-SKU collection will test upper price points in the $8 range where it traditionally produces product in the $4 to $6 range, said Roger Burnim, president of the Concord Fabrics division. "This will be the largest… Read more.January 2, 2001
Rahim Joins Sipco as Agent for Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan – Sipco Publications has hired Mohammed Rahim as its agent in Pakistan, according to company president Eric Schneider. Schneider met Rahim in Pakistan following Decosit last fall. Rahim sold the first-ever Pakistani… Read more.December 13, 2000
Rana Tex Plans First Dubai Outlet, Gateway to Middle East
50-Year-Old Pakistani Producer Flourishes As Retail, Greige Cloth Sales Increase Faisalabad, Pakistan — Rana Textile Mill Ltd. is becoming one of the world's largest suppliers of greige goods for the upholstery fabric and curtaining… Read more.December 12, 2000
Cone Hires 'Babe Ruth' of Industry: Tom Finneran
Tupelo, MS (USA) — Industry veteran Tom Finneran has been named senior vice president of Cone Decorative Fabrics, reporting to Burt Kaplan, president in New York. They have known each other for 30 years since Finneran was at Joan Fabrics… Read more.December 12, 2000
Annabel Continues DVW
Ghent, Belgium — Just a few weeks after DVW's surprising absence from Decosit stirred rumors, news got out that the bankrupt Belgian decoration fabrics producer was taken over by his colleague Annabel from Mariakerke, near Ghent. The… Read more.December 12, 2000
As global supply shifts, Americans look for new footing in the Middle East
DUBAI, U.A.E. — Gone is the Middle East of the glorious late-'80s when, according to an American exhibitor at Index Dubai, the affluent buyer's modus operandi went something like this: "Let's buy 50 jetfighters at $1 million a piece… Read more.December 12, 2000
Clarysse Acquires Majority Interest in ITM
Kruishoutem, Belgium — In July 2000, Belgian toweling weavers Clarysse became the majority shareholders of the upholstery fabric weaving mill ITM International. Clarysse took over the shares of the two brothers of ITM's founder, Dirk Malfait,… Read more.December 12, 2000
Warwick U.K. focuses on new image, modern look
BRUSSELS — Since Roger Head became managing director of Warwick U.K. a year ago, the converter has undergone what one employee referred to as "an internal revolution." At the crux of the transformation is a renewed focus on marketing,… Read more.December 12, 2000
