Schaich Leaves Maharam
NEW YORK, New Yerk—Annette Schaich, Vice President of Business Development for Maharam Fabrics, a major contract jobber, left the company in early 2014 after 14 years.She is now an independent consultant and could not be reached for comment… Read more.May 22, 2014
Sunbury’s Truslow Sees $100 Million Sales Potential
SOHO, New York—Sunbury Textile Mills celebrates ‘Decades,’ a new collection of 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s inspired fabrics at its showroom on Broome Street here.Another decade was also celebrated with the tenth anniversary… Read more.May 22, 2014
Square Yard’s Brian Katz Changes 20 Year Business Model
LAS VEGAS, Nevada—Square Yard, a 23 outlet retail chain based here has turned to a more traditional purchasing model to better suit the industry wide growth in Chinese and Indian textile sources according to company principal Brian Katz.Katz… Read more.May 22, 2014
Keystone Weaving Plans Sale to Burlington Technologies
Lebanon, Pennsylvania — Mike Durham, President, CEO of Burlington Technologies and Sloan Caplan, President, CEO of Keystone Weaving announced May 7 that BT has signed a letter of intent to purchase KW. The purchase will include the KW… Read more.May 22, 2014
EuropaTex International Builds Huge Trim, Fabric Business In Just Ten Years
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — Quietly, EuropaTex International has become an important force in trimming in the USA with an annual sales growth of ten percent since 2004 with 20 percent more growth expected in 2014 according to Greg Kiriakou,… Read more.May 22, 2014
North American Fabric Jobbers Generally Report Positive 2014 Sales Results With More to Come Second Half
North American home fabric wholesalers report an improved sales result for the first quarter of 2014 after a rocky 2013, with many executives enthusiastic about the balance of the year.“Business is the best it has been since the recession… Read more.May 22, 2014
Proposte Produced Some Surprises
COMO, ITALY—Proposte managed to produce a few surprises this year in spite of the harsh economic environment in Europe which seems to be turning a corner.Spanish exhibitors at Proposte like Crevin, Aznar and Vilber were very active this year… Read more.May 19, 2014