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-- Navigation -- HOMEeLettersARCHIVES- Print Archives- ResearchNEWS- POSH News- POSH Subscription- Merchandising- Manufacturing- Brands & Marketing- Financial- Product News- People- International Developments- Industry InsightsVIDEOSCLAS*IFIEDSBLOGS- The Thread- SubscriptionCALENDAR- Material Changes- HFMSE- All Conferences- All Events See the DECEMBER 2018 issue of Home Textiles Today. In this issue, we look at What does the future of textiles look like? HTT's Material Changes conference pulled back the curtain on medical fabrics, biosynthetic fibers, environmental challenges and more. An era of acquisitions in the supplier sector seems to be unfolding. Frankly, I expected this to happen during the recession a few years ago and admit to being stunned when it didn’t. Several of the major home textiles mills today are publicly owned on their domestic exchanges. The industry’s U.S. importers are privately owned, often a combination of family members of the founders and an unknown stake from private equity stakeholders. That is changing. A few private equity firms are now stepping up their ownership. None of this is surprising. A third generation home textiles company. Read More There probably isn’t an economist, business leader or government head – OK, there is one – who believes that tariffs are a good way to reform international trade issues. For every intended target of these measures, there are almost always unintended victims, usually by a factor of three or four. They punish the wrong people, create artificial business conditions and generally antagonize almost everybody. But this isn’t a discussion of the value of placing tariffs on global trade. Rather it’s about one of the bizarre side PAKISTAN OVERCOMES ODDS TO KEEP TEXTILE SECTOR MOVING AHEAD Challenges such as high energy costs and reduced investment in technology has stymied, but not broken, Pakistan’s leading industry. For a full report on the Pakistani home textiles industry, click here.