What a Difference a Year Makes

摘要

If It's January, It Must Be Heimtextil, the traditional start of the new textiles year and the moment when everyone in the industry takes stock of business - theirs, their competitors and the world in general. This time last year, there were a lot of big question marks hanging over the home textiles universe: 1. Would China increasingly turn its attention to its domestic market, resulting in it turning its back to the export market? 2. Would the American economy continue its mild-mannered rebound from the Great Recession and resume its worldwide role as the chief conspicuous consumer of stuff?